new kid on the block
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English
35
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
1
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "While the Reform Party is the new kid on the block, its members who attended its first national convention this weekend acted like delegates to any other political convention."
- "In the first game, humanity was the new kid on the galactic block, struggling for respect as a freshly spacefaring species. As Commander Shepard, you discovered that not only humanity but also all intelligent life was under threat from an insecto-mechanical enemy called the Reapers."