Definitions for pelota

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pelota pe·lo·ta

Spelling: [puh-loh-tuh; Spanish pe- Pelota is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 144 anagrams from letters in pelota (aelopt).

Definitions for pelota

noun

1. a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
2. the game of jai alai.
3. the ball used in pelota and jai alai.

Origin of pelota

1890-95; Spanish: ball Middle French pelote; see pellet

Examples for pelota

There is a capital golf-course, a great bull-ring, and a pelota court.

pelota is a hard, fast game, and sometimes serious injuries result from playing it.

The villages are much devoted to pelota; and few are too poor to possess some species of primitive court.

The other feature is the court or fronton where is played the jeu de paume, or, to give it its Basque nomenclature, pelota.

pelota is a mixture of old time shinny or hocky, la-crosse and foot-ball.

We, the undersigned, are the recognized champions of pelota Basque.

Smuggler and pelota player,—two things which go well together and which are essentially Basque.