Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

offensive line

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables: of-fen-sive -line
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The five players of the team possessing the ball comprising the center, the left and right offensive guards, and the left and right offensive tackles who are positioned around the ball at the line of scrimmage.

noun

The seven players required to be within one yard of the line of scrimmage in an offensive formation.

noun

All of the offensive players, whether obligatory or not, lined up one yard or less from the line of scrimmage.

Inflected Forms

offensive lines (plural)

Synonyms

OL

Questions

What does offensive line mean?: The five players of the team possessing the ball comprising the center, the left and right offensive guards, and the left and right offensive tackles who are positioned around the ball at the line of scrimmage.

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