Definitions for play-off

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play-off play-off

Spelling: [pley-awf, -of]

IPA: /ˈpleɪˌɔf, -ˌɒf/

Play-Off is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 97 anagrams from letters in play-off (-afflopy).

Definitions for play-off

noun

1. (in competitive sports) the playing of an extra game, rounds, innings, etc., in order to settle a tie.
2. a series of games or matches, as between the leading teams of two leagues, in order to decide a championship:

Origin of play-off

First recorded in 1890-95; noun use of verb phrase play off

Examples for play-off

And then for him to play-off like he did, and say he was calling at a neighbor's!

Just one mistake, made by “Fred” Merkle, resulted in this play-off game.

When Jimenez was ready, Rainsford pressed the play-off button, and for a minute the recorder gave a high, wavering squeak.

Then Dad came on the screen with a record player in front of them, and gave them a play-off of my interview with Leo Belsher.

Aristophanes referred to Cheropho as "Socrates' bat," a play-off on Minerva and her bird of night, the owl.