Definitions For Handicap

noun

  • Advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning
  • Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
  • The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
  • To make success or progress difficult for (someone)
  • To make a judgment about the likely winner of a race or contest

verb

  • Injure permanently
  • Put at a disadvantage
  • Attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant

Is Handicap a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
18

The word Handicap is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Handicap in a Sentence

  • His shyness was a handicap in his job.
  • She's been practicing a lot and her handicap has gone down from 18 to 12.
  • It's very hard to handicap the election at this point.
  • The baseball player's small size did not handicap him in the least

Synonyms for Handicap

Antonyms for Handicap

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