fair game
"fair-game" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fair game” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Actions permissible by the rules.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fair-game · fair game · English
fair game · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fair game |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fair game” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fair game is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fair game, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is fair game, spelled F-A-I-R- -G-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1Actions permissible by the rules.
- 2A goal or an object that may legitimately be sought.
- 3An acceptable subject or target for criticism, scrutiny, mockery, or attack.
- 4Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fair, game.: a game that is fair, that does not involve cheating, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fair game appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pretending to be slow is fair game. Pretending to be injured is not.
The referee ruled the unprecedented play fair game.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.