Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

close only counts in horseshoes

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables: close on-ly -counts in horse-shoes
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

27

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Coming close to achieving a goal is not good enough.

Etymology

Referring to the game of horseshoes.

Inflected Forms

close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades (alternative) close only counts in horseshoes and darts (alternative)

Phrases

close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades

Frequently Paired Words

close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades

Synonyms

a miss is as good as a mile nearly never bulled a cow

Questions

What does close only counts in horseshoes mean?: Coming close to achieving a goal is not good enough.
Where does close only counts in horseshoes come from?: Referring to the game of horseshoes.

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