Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

special team

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.17 in modern English

Syllables
spe-cial team
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of football players with special assignments for plays other than standard offensive and defensive plays, such as those involving kicking.

noun

A group of ice hockey players most often used during power plays consisting of more defensive players than usual on the team that was penalized in hopes of killing the penalty, or more offensive players than usual on the team with the advantage in players to increase the chance of scoring a goal.

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What does special team mean?
A group of football players with special assignments for plays other than standard offensive and defensive plays, such as those involving kicking.

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