Definitions for goalkeepers

goalkeepers goal·keep·er

Spelling: [gohl-kee-per]
IPA: /ˈgoʊlˌki pər/

Goalkeepers is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 819 anagrams from letters in goalkeepers (aeeegkloprs).

Definitions for goalkeepers

noun

  1. (in ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, etc.) a player whose chief duty is to prevent the ball or puck from crossing or entering the goal.

Origin of goalkeepers

First recorded in 1650-60; goal + keeper

Examples for goalkeepers

Now, the goalkeeper is out with a memoir about his life until that point: The Keeper: A Life of Saving Goals and Achieving Them.

But Silva, hapless Silva, got his merely for tangling with the Colombian goalkeeper in a clumsy melee of limbs.

The opponents' goalkeeper shall not advance beyond his goal line.

I have often seen a goal scored simply through a poor return by the goalkeeper.

In a flash he deflects the shot, with the speed of instinct, right past the goalkeeper.

By doing so he gives the goalkeeper no possible chance of knowing where it is going.

United States goalkeeper Tim Howard on why soccer struggles in America and how he essentially chose his career over his wife.

If the half-back makes a mistake it can be rectified by the man behind him, but if the goalkeeper makes a blunder it is fatal.

It is also important to know when to pass back to the goalkeeper, and to do so correctly.

The best player was Manuel Neuer, Germany’s goalkeeper, but ‘keepers are seldom lauded in this way.

Word Value for goalkeepers
Scrable

17

Words with friends

20

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