Hyphenation of outskirts

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word outskirts? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

out-skirts

Definitions of outskirts:

1.	Outlying areas (as of a city or town) They lived on the outskirts of Houston They mingled in the outskirts of the crowd

Synonyms of outskirts:

noun	section
noun	outskirt, fringe, city district

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.