Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defence-splitting

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: de-fence-s-plit-ting
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Passing between defenders.

Example Sentences

"a defence-splitting pass"
"For both goals, Wolves' backline were caught sleeping. Two defence-splitting passes at the start of each half was all the visitors needed to wrap up all three points at Molineux."

Questions

What does defence-splitting mean?: Passing between defenders.

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