basketball

basketball is a 10-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 22 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop

   Synonyms: hoops

2. noun. an inflated ball used in playing basketball

Synonyms

hoops

Common word forms

basketballs, basketballer

Words from these letters

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