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Rarebackgammon
The correct spelling is backgammon.
How to pronounce backgammon
noun
IPA: /ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/
Say it like: Bak-gam-mon
The correct spelling is backgammon. A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's piec…
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
- 2.A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
verb
- 1.To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
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