RUGBY
What does "RUGBY" mean?
A team sport played with an oval ball that players may carry, kick, and pass backward.
Meanings
- A full-contact football game using an oval ball, played in codes such as rugby union and rugby league. She broke her collarbone playing rugby last season.
Did you know?
- Rugby takes its name from a single school-Rugby School in England-where the game's defining feature, carrying the ball, took hold in the early 1800s.
- A full rugby union match runs exactly 80 minutes, split into two 40-minute halves, with the clock often kept running through stoppages.
Word origin
Named after Rugby School in Warwickshire, England, where the game's distinctive ball-carrying form developed in the early 19th century.
Remember it
RUGBY = the town RUGBY in England, where the school gave the sport both its style and its name.
A little poem
Mud and oval ball-
the pack heaves like one creature,
breathing through the scrum.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why is rugby honest about its past? Because every play, the ball has to be passed backward.
What it teaches
Some games are won by giving ground to teammates behind you-progress can run against the grain.
Quick facts
What does RUGBY mean?
A team sport played with an oval ball that players may carry, kick, and pass backward.
Is RUGBY a valid word?
Yes — RUGBY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is RUGBY?
RUGBY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does RUGBY come from?
Named after Rugby School in Warwickshire, England, where the game's distinctive ball-carrying form developed in the early 19th century.
What can RUGBY teach us?
Some games are won by giving ground to teammates behind you-progress can run against the grain.
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