Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

splayer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: splay-er
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who splays.

Example Sentences

"The soldiers on both sides start dropping to the ground. Every few seconds, another one slumps and splays on the eld. They are good splayers, these soldiers, arms and legs bent in all sorts of acute and obtuse angles."

Etymology

From splay + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: splay

Inflected Forms

splayers (plural)

Questions

What does splayer mean?: One who splays.
Where does splayer come from?: From splay + -er.

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