Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cat's game

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: cat's game
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tie game. Comes from the concept that a cat cannot catch its own tail just like a player in tic-tac-toe cannot win a game that is already tied.

Inflected Forms

cats' games (plural)

Questions

What does cat's game mean?: A tie game. Comes from the concept that a cat cannot catch its own tail just like a player in tic-tac-toe cannot win a game that is already tied.

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