Crossword-Solution: BACKGAMMON
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Backgammon | n. | A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables. |
| Backgammon | v. i. | In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first "table". |
We have 23 clues for the answer “BACKGAMMON”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Dicing game | 1 answer |
| Support Bacon? | 1 answer |
| Its motto could be "It takes two!" | 1 answer |
| It evolved from the Royal Game of Ur | 1 answer |
| Game with a bar in the middle of the board | 1 answer |
| game for two people played on a board with pieces | 1 answer |
| ENGLISH board game | 1 answer |
| Dicey game | 1 answer |
| Dice and counter game | 1 answer |
| Board game often on the other side of a checkerboard | 1 answer |
| pieces move according to throws of the dice | 1 answer |
| Board game for two players | 1 answer |
| Very old game. | 2 answers |
| BOARD game for two | 2 answers |
| game played with dice | 2 answers |
| PACHISI-like game | 2 answers |
| GAME for two | 11 answers |
| Popular board game | 11 answers |
| A BOARD GAME FOR TWO PLAYERS | 11 answers |
| ENGLISH game | 15 answers |
| board game | 46 answers |
| GAME, type of | 58 answers |
| Game ___ | 137 answers |
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Sentences with BACKGAMMON (5)
The hacker backgammon usage stems from the idea that a pseudoprime is almost as good as a prime: it does the job of a prime until proven otherwise, and that probably won't happen.
Type 'mail' to get to your mailbox, 'backgammon' to play, or 'SEARS' to visit the online version of this North American shoppers' paradise.
You are not going out, I hope?” “No; I am going to play backgammon with you, if you like,” said the Doctor.
The backgammon-table was placed; but a visitor immediately afterwards walked in and made it unnecessary.
And then, there was his matchless, unfailing patience in playing chess or backgammon or draughts or bezique, whatever he perceived that the master desired.
Quotes with BACKGAMMON (3)
When the corpses of [Sir John] Franklin's officers and crew were later discovered, miles from their ships, the men were found to have left behind their guns but to have lugged such essentials as monogrammed silver cutlery, a backgammon board, a cigar case, a clothes brush, a tin of button polish, and a copy of "The Vicar of Wakefield." These men may have been incompetent bunglers, but, by God, they were gentlemen.
Why couldn't Rachel be a little more specific about the type of person she was? Goodness knew; if she were a hippie I'd talk to her about her drug experiences, the zodiac, tarot cards. If she were left-wing I'd look miserable, hate Greece, and eat baked beans straight from the tin. If she were the sporty type I'd play her at... chess and backgammon and things.
It was at this time that backgammon was invented and began to be popular. It is a kind of paradigm of how wealth is acquired, which in this world is not the reward of intelligence or ability, just as luck is not a product of skill... If luck favours the player, he gets what he wants; if it doesn't, a skilled and prudent man cannot win that which fortune only bestows on whom it likes. It is thus that the good things of this world are apportioned by chance.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 10 times in crossword archives (1961–2023).