Kicker
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A player in a football team whose specialist role involves kicking the ball, particularly for penalties or conversions.
“The kicker stepped forward and sent the ball cleanly between the posts.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/ˈkɪkə(r)/
Syllables
kick·er
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Wordle
Contains CK in the middle and ends in -ER, a doubly common pattern for agent nouns
Scrabble
Two K tiles (5 pts each) in one word is exceptional rack value, though rare to achieve
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