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Timbuktu

How many syllables in Timbuktu?

  3 syllables

Divide Timbuktu into syllables:   Tim-buk-tu
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What rhymes with Timbuktu

1 syllable
  • bleu
  • blue
  • brew
  • chou
  • clue's
  • coup
  • crew
  • cue
  • do
  • drew
  • due
  • few
  • flu
  • foo
  • glew
  • gnu
  • grew
  • gue
  • hewe
  • hue
  • hugh
  • knew
  • kyu
  • lieu
  • Lu
  • mew
  • mu
  • nu
  • pew
  • phu
  • pooh
  • pugh
  • qu
  • queue
  • rew
  • Ru
  • rued
  • screw
  • shoe
  • shrew
  • Sioux
  • slew
  • stew
  • su
  • tew
  • threw
  • thru
  • too
  • true
  • tue
  • U
  • w
  • who
  • Wu
  • you
  • Zhou
  • blew
  • boo
  • chew
  • clue
  • coo
  • coups
  • crewe
  • dew
  • doo
  • du
  • ewe
  • flew
  • flue
  • fu
  • glue
  • goo
  • gu
  • hew
  • hoo
  • hue's
  • Jew
  • ku
  • Lew
  • loo
  • lue
  • moo
  • new
  • ooh
  • phew
  • plew
  • Pu
  • Q
  • que
  • queue's
  • roux
  • rue
  • schuh
  • shew
  • shoo
  • shrew's
  • skew
  • spew
  • strew
  • sue
  • thew
  • through
  • to
  • trew
  • tu
  • two
  • view
  • whew
  • woo
  • yew
  • yu
  • zoo
2 syllables
  • accrue
  • ado
  • anew
  • babu
  • bamboo
  • canoe
  • cebu
  • crewcut
  • deux
  • drewite
  • eschew
  • Fitzhugh
  • foobar
  • into
  • kazoo
  • leu
  • outdo
  • perdue
  • pooh-bah
  • redo
  • review
  • shampoo
  • taboo
  • tatu
  • undo
  • unglue
  • Urdu
  • withdrew
  • adieu
  • ague
  • askew
  • Baku
  • boo-boo
  • canoe's
  • construe
  • debut
  • dewal
  • ensue
  • fewel
  • fondue
  • imbue
  • Jiangsu
  • Kwangju
  • meward
  • outgrew
  • Peru
  • pursue
  • renew
  • revue
  • subdue
  • tattoo
  • thribble
  • undue
  • untrue
  • wahoo
  • yue
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
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