Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conkers

/ˈkɒŋ.kəz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.91 in modern English

Syllables: conkers
IPA: /ˈkɒŋ.kəz/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A game for two players in which the participants each have a horse-chestnut (known as a "conker") suspended from a length of string, and take turns to strike their opponent's conker with their own with the object of destroying the opponent's conker before their own is destroyed.

British usage

noun

plural of conker

Etymology

By surface analysis, conker + -s, although the game itself came before the modern meaning of conker as "horse chestnut". See conker for more details.

Usage

British usage

Synonyms

cobbler

Questions

How do you pronounce conkers?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɒŋ.kəz/.
What does conkers mean?: A game for two players in which the participants each have a horse-chestnut (known as a "conker") suspended from a length of string, and take turns to strike their opponent's conker with their own with the object of destroying the opponent's conker before their own is destroyed.
Where does conkers come from?: By surface analysis, conker + -s, although the game itself came before the modern meaning of conker as "horse chestnut". See conker for more details.

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