playoff

About 0.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
2. noun A short series of games to select a league champion.
3. noun A short series of games to select the last team to be promoted (to elevate to a higher league).
4. noun A short piece of underscore played during a scene transition in a stage musical, usually reprising a song from the preceding scene.

Similar words

match overtime separation semi-final play-off tiebreak tie break playdown tie-break tiebreaker

Often followed by

game games series with for berth spot to in

Word family

play-off play-offs playoffs