Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blue straggler

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables: blue s-trag-gler
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unusually hot and blue star in globular clusters.

Example Sentences

"This boosted the mass of the companion, turning it into a blue straggler, while reducing the companion to a sub-dwarf B star."

Inflected Forms

blue stragglers (plural)

Questions

What does blue straggler mean?: An unusually hot and blue star in globular clusters.

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