Definitions for play-by-play

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Spelling: [pley-bahy-pley]

IPA: /ˈpleɪ baɪˈpleɪ/

Play-By-Play is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in play-by-play (--aabllppyyy).

Definitions for play-by-play

noun

1. a detailed and sequential description of a sports contest or other event, as by a sportscaster, usually as it is taking place.

adjective

1. pertaining to or being a detailed account of each incident or act of an event, as in sports:

Origin of play-by-play

First recorded in 1925-30

Examples for play-by-play

Watch commentator Chris Webber make brilliant use of the telestrator, with a play-by-play of ice cream defense.

But for these two puerile sports fans, the evening was almost as much about the play-by-play as how things turned out.