Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

backstroker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: back-stro-ker
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A swimmer who uses the style backstroke.

Example Sentences

"I swam differently from the other backstrokers," he says. ""
"Matt Grevers was struggling to keep his head above water in a deep pool of backstrokers when a coach from the Netherlands offered him a preserver."

Etymology

From backstroke + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: backstroke

Inflected Forms

backstrokers (plural)

Questions

What does backstroker mean?: A swimmer who uses the style backstroke.
Where does backstroker come from?: From backstroke + -er.

How to pronounce backstroker

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