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A DARK HORSE

Definition: A DARK HORSE

A DARK HORSE

1. In racing or politics, a horse or a candidate whose chances of success are not known, and whose capabilities have not been made the subject of general comment or of wagers. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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Crosswords: A DARK HORSE

English words defined with "A DARK HORSE": buckskinchestnutliver chestnutZain. (references)
Specialty definitions using "A DARK HORSE": Horse.. (references)

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Modern Usage: A DARK HORSE

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

A Dark Horse (1922)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: A DARK HORSE

DomainTitle

Books

  • Ride a Dark Horse (Hall, Lynn. Gusty McCaw Mystery.) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: A DARK HORSE

Language Translations for "A DARK HORSE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

ein unbeschriebenes Blatt. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aay arkday orsehay.(various references)

   

Turkish

  

yeteneklerini gizleyen kimse, sır küpü, kapalı kutu (cagey, close-lipped, close-tongued, secretive). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: A DARK HORSE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-h-k-o-r-r-s"

-2 letters: hoarders.

-3 letters: adorers, arrased, drosera, hoarder, hoarser, sharked, sharker.

-4 letters: adorer, adores, ahorse, ardors, arkose, ashore, darers, darker, dasher, dorser, drakes, drears, harder, harked, hoards, hoarse, hordes, horsed, kasher, khedas, kosher, orders, oreads, radars, rakers, rasher, reshod, resoak, roared, sardar, sarode, shader, shaker, shared, sharer, shored, soaked, soaker, soared, soarer, sradha.

-5 letters: aahed, adore, ahead, araks, ardor, areas, arose, arras, ashed, asked, asker, darer, dares, darks, dears, deash, dhaks, doers, dorks, dorrs, dorsa, doser, drake, drear, dreks, eskar, haars, hades, hakes, hards, hared, hares, harks, heads, heard, hears, herds, heros, hoard, hoars, hoers, hoked, hokes, horas, horde, horse, hosed, kasha, kheda, oared, okehs, okras, order, oread, radar, raked, raker, rakes, rared, rares, rased, raser, reads, rears, redos, resod, rheas, roads, roars, rosed, sadhe, saker, sarod, shade, shake, shako, shard, share, shark, shear, sherd, shoed, shoer, shore, shred, sorer.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: A DARK HORSE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41      44 41 52 4B      48 4F 52 53 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 00100000 01000100 01000001 01010010 01001011 00100000 01001000 01001111 01010010 01010011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#32 &#68 &#65 &#82 &#75 &#32 &#72 &#79 &#82 &#83 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041      0044 0041 0052 004B      0048 004F 0052 0053 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3523835524524249525339

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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