Definitions For Murderball

Noun

MURDERBALL (uncountable) A team sport resembling dodgeball in which players are eliminated ("murdered") by being struck with the ball. The original name for wheelchair rugby, and still the Canadian vernacular name for the sport

Synonyms

dodgeball killerball wheelchair rugby quad rugby, wheelchair rugby

Translations

Finnish: polttopallo French: rugby-fauteuil, m

Etymology

murder + ball dodgeball "murder" as a synonym for being eliminated by being struck by the ball wheelchair rugby "murder" from the aggressive full-contact nature of this ball-based sport

Is Murderball a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
20

The word Murderball is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

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