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Word entry · 5 letters

tally

Best crossword clue

"score mark"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈtæli/Part of speech noun, verbSorted alltyStarts with TEnds with Y2 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2A3L4L5Y

Definitions

  1. a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely

Word origin

From Middle English talie, from Anglo-Norman tallie and Old French taille (“notch in a piece of wood signifying a debt”), from Medieval Latin tallia, from Latin talea (“a cutting, rod, stick”). Doublet of taille and talea.

Used in a sentence

  • (Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.
  • (Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123, tally.
  • So paired, so suited in their minds and persons, That they were framed the tallies for each other.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01score mark5 letters
02Count5 letters

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