touchdown
A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.
Noun 4 meanings
A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.
“Today I scored my first touchdown.”
A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team's own in-goal to stop the play.
A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal).
The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.
“The passengers audibly relaxed at touchdown.”
Etymology
From touch + down.
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TOUCHDOWN at a glance
TOUCHDOWN has 9 letters and scores 18 points in Scrabble (T 1 + O 1 + U 1 + C 3 + H 4 + D 2 + O 1 + W 4 + N 1) and 20 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,509 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with touchdown
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