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green-white-checkered

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables
green-white-check-ered
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a rule concerning how to end a motorsports race, which requires that the final two laps of a race must be raced under green flag conditions, so that any red flag or (yellow) caution flag condition on these two laps will extend the race, to allow for a racing finish.

Etymology

From green + white + checkered. From the colors of the status flags, a green flag (clear racing condition), a white flag (last lap flag / bell lap flag), and a (black-and-white) checkered flag (finish flag), used in combination.

Inflected Forms

green-white-checker (alternative) green-white-chequer (alternative) green-white-chequered (alternative)

Questions

What does green-white-checkered mean?
Pertaining to a rule concerning how to end a motorsports race, which requires that the final two laps of a race must be raced under green flag conditions, so that any red flag or (yellow) caution flag condition on these two laps will extend the race, to allow for a racing finish.
Where does green-white-checkered come from?
From green + white + checkered. From the colors of the status flags, a green flag (clear racing condition), a white flag (last lap flag / bell lap flag), and a (black-and-white) checkered flag (finish flag), used in combination.

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