shneid

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
10
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6

Definition of shneid

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, informal)A losing streak, especially a hitless period in baseball.
    “Danny Kaye was an avid baseball fan, passionately devoted to his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers who broke the shneid by beating the Yankees in the previous World Series.”
    “Ok. The dolphins got off the shneid by finally beating the Jets in the first go round.”
    “Cal is 3-0 all-time against the Boilermakers and is in a good position to keep Purdue on the shneid.”
    “[Eric Osmundson] has to get off the shneid, David [Whitehurst] has to help us, and even Ibby's better than 2-for-7. Hopefully, it'll start to come.”

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Etymology

From Yiddish

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