Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

middlegame

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables: mid-dlegame
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The period in a game between the opening and endgame.

Example Sentences

"Kramnik is perhaps the greatest exponent of heavyweight queenless middlegames in the history of chess."

Etymology

From middle + game.

Inflected Forms

middlegames (plural)

Questions

What does middlegame mean?: The period in a game between the opening and endgame.
Where does middlegame come from?: From middle + game.

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