base ball
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "1823, National Advocate, April 25, 1823. p. 2, col. 4. I was last Saturday much pleased in witnessing a company of active young men playing the manly and athletic game of “base ball” at the Retreat in Broadway (Jones’)"
- "1823, New-York Gazette & General Advertiser, Apr. 25, 1823, p. 2, col. 2. We have received a communication in favor of the manly exercise of base ball;"