bucholz
/bˈʌkoʊlz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
noun
The sum of the scores of all opponents in a competition.
Example Sentences
- "It was now obvious that Mark had played the strongest opposition, moving well ahead of everyone else on Bucholz points (the total scores of his opponents) as well as on Sonnenbom-Berger points."
- "The Hungarian and the Soviet teams had 39 points each; and according to the Bucholz count the Soviet Union was the winner."
- "I have seen two Bulgarians drag out their last round game until long after other players had finished in order to have time to calculate who has the best Bucholz (sum of opponents scores) and hence the ideal result for their total prize."