exacta

noun

ex·​ac·​ta ig-ˈzak-tə How to pronounce exacta (audio)

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Bet Clever Again to win, and consider boxing him in exactas with a few price horses like Who Dey or Deposition. Jared Welch, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 The most popular exact score outcome is Chiefs 31, 49ers 21 with 16% of the market betting on that exacta. Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024 Take Skinner, who will be a big price, and play him in exactas with the other boss (Tapit Trice) plus the win contenders from the secondary list. Ed Derosa, The Courier-Journal, 1 May 2023 And: Nowhere in racing is that axiom turned on its head more swiftly than in the fashioning of a well-paying exacta, trifecta, or a boxed anything. Guy Martin, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023 See All Example Sentences for exacta

Word History

Etymology

probably borrowed from American Spanish (quiniela) exacta "exact quiniela"

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of exacta was in 1964

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“Exacta.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exacta. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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