Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

new ballgame

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: new ball-game
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation

Example Sentences

"HDTV looks the same but it's really a whole new ballgame"

Synonyms

ballgame

Questions

What does new ballgame mean?: a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation

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