Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

you miss 100% of the shots you don't take

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: you mis-s 100% of the shot-s y-ou -don't -take
IPA

50

Scrabble Score

28

Letters

6

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

To make no attempt to do something guarantees failure, so you should always try.

Etymology

True origin unknown, but was most likely popularized by Wayne Gretzky.

Questions

What does you miss 100% of the shots you don't take mean?: To make no attempt to do something guarantees failure, so you should always try.
Where does you miss 100% of the shots you don't take come from?: True origin unknown, but was most likely popularized by Wayne Gretzky.

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