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). |