Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

number eight

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English

Syllables: num-ber eight
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A box-to-box midfielder.

noun

A player in the scrum, who controls the movement of the scrum, and can pick up the ball exiting the scrum; eighthman.

noun

The batsman who bats eighth.

Example Sentences

"Naturally, Franco plays as a number eight (a midfielder who has both attacking and defending responsibilities), but he also has the capability to play as a defensive midfielder."
"But Ireland dug out a gutsy response and applied pressure which resulted in number eight Heaslip diving over in the corner to revive home hopes."

Inflected Forms

number eights (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

number seven number nine and so on

Questions

What does number eight mean?: A box-to-box midfielder.

How to pronounce number eight

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