Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sportaholic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sporta-holic
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sportsaholic.

Example Sentences

"I have spent much of my life a recovering sportaholic. If it bounced, rolled, slid, or flew, I chased it. Or watched it."

Etymology

From sport + -aholic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sport

Inflected Forms

sportaholics (plural)

Questions

What does sportaholic mean?: A sportsaholic.
Where does sportaholic come from?: From sport + -aholic.

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