How many syllables in race?

There is 1 syllable in the word race.

Divide race into syllables:

race (noun):: a contest of speed; the fact of dividing people, or of people being divided, into such groups categorization by race; any one of the groups that humans are often divided into based on physical traits regarded as common among people of shared ancestry

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bucket along

cannonball along

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dash

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hie

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move

pelt along

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rush

scoot

scud

shoot

shoot down

speed

step on it

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