Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
ambsace | a double ace, the lowest possible throw at dice. |
amesace | a double ace, the lowest possible throw at dice. |
backgammon | a board game played with dice and counters; (verb) to defeat at backgammon. |
checkerboard | a board used in various games (as checkers) with usually 64 squares in 2 alternating colors. |
checkmate | in chess, to put (a player's king) in checkmate; to defeat or render incapable of counterattack. |
chequerboard | a board for playing chequers. |
chess | a game of skill for two players, in which figures or men of different kinds are moved on a chequered board. |
chessboard | a checkerboard used in the game of chess. |
chessman | one of the pieces used in chess. |
chesspiece | a piece used in playing chess. |
chessplayer | one who plays chess. |
counterplay | a threat or offensive position in eg chess intended to counter an opponent's advantage in another part of the board; (verb) to make a counterplay. |
counterplayer | one who makes a counterplay. |
crambo | a game in which one player gives a word or line of verse to be matched in rhyme by other players. |
crapshoot | a game of dice. |
crapshooter | one who plays craps. |
crokinole | (Fr.) a board game popular in Canada in which players flick wooden discs. |
damboard | a draught-board. |
dambrod | a draught-board. |
dicer | a player at dice. |
draughtboard | a board for the playing of draughts. |
draughtman | a piece used in playing draughts. |
endgame | the end part of the game in eg chess. |
fianchetto | (Ital.) in chess, the development of bishop on the N2 diagonal (verb) to develop the bishop |
fulham | a loaded dice. |
fullam | a loaded dice. |
fullan | a loaded dice. |
gambit | a sacrifice or offer of a sacrifice in the opening stages of a game; (verb) to offer as a gambit. |
goban | (Japanese) a board for playing go. |
gobang | (Japanese) a game played on a board of 256 squares with fifty counters, aka gomoku. |
gomoku | (Japanese) a game played on a board of 256 squares, with fifty counters. |
grandmaster | a high-ranking chess-player. |
halma | (Greek) a board game played with pegs. |
highman | a loaded die. |
keeno | a gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with numbered balls or knobs. |
keno | a gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with numbered balls or knobs. |
kingside | a part of a chessboard. |
kriegspiel | (Ger.) a game in which miniature characters and blocks represent armies, ships, etc. as they move around on a drawing of a battlefield, used to simulate war. |
kriegsspiel | (Ger.) a war game played on a map to train officers; a form of chess in which the players use separate boards and are allowed only limited communication through an umpire. |
loto | a game played by covering on a card each number drawn till a line of numbers is completed. |
lotto | a game played by covering on a card each number drawn till a line of numbers is completed. |
ludo | a simple board game played with dice and counters in which the aim is to be the first to reach a destination. |
mahjong | (Chinese) an old Chinese table game. |
mahjongg | (Chinese) an old Chinese table game. |
mancala | (Arabic) an African board game. |
marrels | a rustic game, aka fivepenny morris. |
merel | a counter used in the game of merils. |
merell | a counter used in the game of merils. |
meril | a counter used in the game of merils. |
merils | a rustic game, aka fivepenny morris. |
missout | a losing throw of dice. |
novum | (Shakesp.) a dice game in which the chief throws were nine and five. |
pachisi | (Hindi) a game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India. |
pairial | a pair-royal, a throw of three dice all the same. |
pakapoo | (Chinese) a Chinese version of lotto. |
parcheesi | (Hindi) a game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India. |
parchesi | (Hindi) a game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India. |
parchisi | (Hindi) a game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India. |
parial | a pair-royal, a throw of three dice all the same. |
patzer | (Ger.) an inept chess player. |
pawn | to give as security for something borrowed. |
prial | a pair-royal, a throw of three dice all the same. |
queenside | in chess, the side of the board where the queen stands at the beginning of play. |
quino | a gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with numbered balls or knobs. |
shogi | (Japanese) an Oriental board game. |
shovelboard | an old game in which a coin or other disc was driven along a table by the hand. |
shuffleboard | an old game in which a coin or other disc was driven along a table by the hand. |
simul | (Short for) a simultaneous, a display in which a player plays a number of games of chess simultaneously against different opponents. |
spellican | a small slip of wood, ivory, etc, to be picked out from a heap without disturbing the others in the game of spillikins. |
spilikin | a small slip of wood, ivory, etc, to be picked out from a heap without disturbing the others in the game of spillikins. |
spillikin | a small slip of wood, ivory, etc, to be picked out from a heap without disturbing the others in the game of spillikins. |
stalemate | in chess, a situation where a player not actually in check has no possible legal move, resulting in a draw; an inglorious deadlock; (verb) to subject to a stalemate. |
sudoku | a type of puzzle in which numbers must be entered into a square grid in such a way that no number is repeated in any row, column or internal square. |
ticktacktoe | the game of noughts and crosses. |
tricktrack | a form of backgammon in which pegs as well as pieces are used. |
trictrac | a form of backgammon in which pegs as well as pieces are used. |
uckers | a form of the game ludo, played in the Navy. |
verquere | (Dutch) an obsolete form of backgammon. |
verquire | (Scott) an obsolete form of backgammon. |
zugzwang | (Ger.) a situation in a chess game in which a player is forced to make an undesirable or disadvantageous move; (verb) to place in zugzwang. |
zwischenzug | (Ger.) in chess, a temporizing move (i.e. a delay in capturing, usually via a check). |