Hyphenation of tells

Are you trying to hyphenate tells? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

tells

Definitions of tells:

1.	A Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer According to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
2.	Express in words He said that he wanted to marry her Tell me what is bothering you State your opinion State your name
3.	Let something be known Tell them that you will be late
4.	Narrate or give a detailed account of Tell what happened The father told a story to his child
5.	Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority I said to him to go home She ordered him to do the shopping The mother told the child to get dressed
6.	Discern or comprehend He could tell that she was unhappy
7.	Inform positively and with certainty and confidence I tell you that man is a crook!
8.	Give evidence He was telling on all his former colleague
9.	Mark as different We distinguish several kinds of maple

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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.