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Plural of playoff

regular plural

The plural of playoff is playoffs.

Forms of playoff

Singularplayoff
Pluralplayoffs
Countablecountable

Playoffs in a sentence

  • The team did OK in the playoffs.From the entry ok
  • After missing the playoffs for the seventh straight season in a row, the Detroit Red Wings are trying to rebuild.From the entry rebuild
  • Since they failed to make it to the playoffs after five consecutive seasons, the team has gone through a lengthy rebuild.From the entry rebuild
  • No one could really stop him in the second half and he was lights-out in OHL playoffs.2017 July 17, Mike G. Morreale, “'Super Buddies' McLeod, Bastian look to make mark with Devils”, in NHL.com. From the entry lights-out
  • The Packers will kick the tires on two injured starters in preparation for the playoffs.2011 December 30, Gregg Rosenthal, “Packers stars, including Rodgers, may sit out Sunday”, in NBC Sports. From the entry kick the tires

Meaning of playoff

  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).

Full definition of playoff

Questions about the plural of playoff

What is the plural of playoff?
The plural of playoff is playoffs.
Is playoff countable?
Playoff is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: playoff (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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