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runs

How many syllables in runs?

  1 syllable

Divide runs into syllables:   runs
Syllable stress:   runs
How to say runs:

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What rhymes with runs

1 syllable
  • buns
  • funs
  • guns
  • muns
  • nuns
  • ones
  • shuns
  • sons
  • suns
  • tons
  • duns
  • gun's
  • huns
  • nun's
  • one's
  • puns
  • son's
  • sun's
  • tonnes
2 syllables
  • Frunze
  • runsy
  • reruns
3 syllables
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