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NEED SHELTER in Morse Code

Copy the Morse code for NEED SHELTER, hear it played back, or open it in the translator to edit it.

NEED SHELTER
-. . . -.. / ... .... . .-.. - . .-.
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Letter by letter

How "NEED SHELTER" is built in Morse

NEED SHELTER is 11 characters — 19 dots and 5 dashes in all. Here is each letter with its Morse code so you can send or write it one symbol at a time:

NEED
N -.
E .
E .
D -..
SHELTER
S ...
H ....
E .
L .-..
T -
E .
R .-.

How to read it

The format in one line

Dot
.   one short signal (1 unit)
Dash
-   one long signal (3 units)
Letter gap
a single space between letters (3 units)
Word gap
/   with surrounding spaces (7 units)

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