Meaning
- (noun) A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone. “Today I scored my first touchdown.”
- (noun) A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team’s own in-goal to stop the play
- (noun) A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team’s in-goal)
- (noun) The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing. “The passengers audibly relaxed at touchdown.”
- (noun) The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.
Letter breakdown
- Touchdown contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 18.
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Words starting with TOU
- toucan
- toucans
- touch
- touchdowns
- touched
- touches
- touchier
- touchiest
- touching
- touchingly
- touchings
- touchstone
- touchstones
- touchy
- tough
- toughen
- toughened
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Reader questions
What does Touchdown mean?
A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.
How many letters are in Touchdown?
Touchdown has 9 letters.
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