Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wide receiver

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: wide re-ceiv-er
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An offensive football player whose position on the line of scrimmage is farthest from the ball and whose function is to principally to catch passes.

Example Sentences

"All season, the Chiefs have struggled on offense, in particular in the pass catching department. On multiple occasions throughout the regular season, Mahomes was burned by mental miscues from his wide receivers which cost the Chiefs wins."

Inflected Forms

wide receivers (plural)

Questions

What does wide receiver mean?: An offensive football player whose position on the line of scrimmage is farthest from the ball and whose function is to principally to catch passes.

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