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double word

double word

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A square that gives a word twice its score when placed on it
  • noun
translation icon : palabra doble
  • Landing on a double word square instantly doubled my score in Scrabble.
  • double word square

Examples

  • You need more than two double words, and you have to move around these words every time you want to manipulate the date.

  • I was thrilled to use my 'jazz' on a double word space, boosting my points significantly.

  • During the game, she placed her word on a double word square and scored 20 points.

Surface Forms

double word singular
double words plural

Morphology

double + word

The meaning 'an accidental repetition of the same word' is directly derivable from combining 'double' (twice/twofold) with 'word' (a lexical item): i.e., a word that appears twice. This is a straightforward compositional compound following regular English and cross-linguistic patterns (e.g., 'repeated word', 'duplicated word'), so a B1 learner who knows the parts would understand it.

Etymology

Double word comes from board word games like Scrabble, where a special square makes a word worth double points when you place it there, so the phrase means a square that gives 'double the score' for a word.