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shells

How many syllables in shells?

  1 syllable

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

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Synonyms for shells


2 syllables
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    What rhymes with shells

    1 syllable
    • bell's
    • bells
    • cells
    • dells
    • ells
    • fells
    • gels
    • hells
    • L's
    • sells
    • smells
    • swells
    • Welles
    • yell
    • belles
    • bels
    • dell's
    • dwells
    • els
    • fels
    • hell's
    • knells
    • schmelz
    • shell's
    • spells
    • tells
    • wells
    2 syllables
    • cartels
    • dispels
    • excels
    • gazelles
    • hotels
    • motels
    • outsells
    • propels
    • repels
    • smellsome
    • compels
    • elsass
    • expels
    • hotel's
    • lapels
    • moter
    • pastels
    • rebels
    • resells
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    Did You Know
    dogs = many dogs
    dog's = belongs to one dog
    dogs' = belongs to many dogs
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