miscount

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miscount

/mɪsˈkaʊnt/
/ˈmɪskaʊnt/

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From Middle English miscounten, equivalent to mis- + count.

verb miscounts · miscounting · miscounted

To count incorrectly.

noun miscounts

An incorrect counting. To bait the mark, the veteran grifter initially covers one of the three numbers on the clothespin or miscounts the marble tally which serves to award the mark fairbanked points. The grateful mark will not question the grifter's tricky misread or miscount.

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@misc{miscount_2026,
  title = {miscount},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/miscount},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}