shufflepuck

noun

"shufflepuck" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“shufflepuck” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The game of shuffleboard.

Corpus desk

Index EN-shufflepuck · shufflepuck · English

shufflepuck · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for shufflepuck
PropertyValue
Headwordshufflepuck
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “shufflepuck” in English

shufflepuckfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

shufflepuck is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

shufflepuck has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From shuffle + puck. The correct English form is shufflepuck, spelled S-H-U-F-F-L-E-P-U-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    The game of shuffleboard.
  2. 2
    The puck used in the game.

Etymology

From shuffle + puck.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shufflepuck"?
"shufflepuck" is spelled S-H-U-F-F-L-E-P-U-C-K.
What does "shufflepuck" mean?
As a noun, "shufflepuck" means: The game of shuffleboard.
What is the origin of the word "shufflepuck"?
From shuffle + puck. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list