gamesmanship
noun
gamesmanship is spelled G-A-M-E-S-M-A-N-S-H-I-P: 12 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gamesmanship means “The use of legal but unsporting tactics to gain an advantage over one’s opponent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gamesmanship is gamesmanships.
How many letters and syllables are in gamesmanship?
| Letters | 12: G-A-M-E-S-M-A-N-S-H-I-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 85,266th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is gamesmanship?
Gamesmanship appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 85,266th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce gamesmanship?
Gamesmanship has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of gamesmanship
- gamesmanships plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gamesmanship mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The use of legal but unsporting tactics to gain an advantage over one’s opponent.
They kept the other team waiting on the field until the last possible moment – that was a clear case of gamesmanship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gamesmanship come from?
From game + -s- + -manship or gamesman + -ship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).