play in
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.60 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, in.
verb
Of a batsman, to settle and become comfortable with the conditions at the beginning of his innings.
Example Sentences
- "The children are playing in the sandpit."
- "Zubar played in Doyle down the Wolves left and his ball into the box evaded several players before falling for Mujangi Bia to finally drive in a second past Neil Sullivan."
- "Salah bamboozled Lisandro Martinez to play in Gakpo for another classy finish three minutes later before the Egyptian resumed his long-time role of United tormentor by getting on the scoresheet himself."