This page gathers the 27 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Backgammon”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples.
- backgame noun A game in which a player blocks the opponent's progress by forming two or more points in the opponent's home board.
- backgammon noun 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 noun The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
- bear off verb To remove one of one's own checkers from the board.
- beaver verb After being doubled, to immediately double the stakes again, a move that keeps the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board.
- block noun Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
- blockade noun Synonym of prime.
- blot noun An exposed piece in backgammon.
- blunder verb To make a bad move, especially caused by tactical oversight.
- break verb To remove one of the two men on (a point).
- doubling cube noun A cube used to record the number of points at stake in a game, bearing on its six sides the powers of two from 2 to 64.
- flèche noun Any of the twenty-four points on a backgammon board.
- gammon verb To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone).
- hit noun A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- hit and run verb Synonym of pick and pass.
- make verb To establish two or more men on (a point) so that it cannot be captured.
- pick and pass verb To hit the opponent's blot (exposed piece) and take the hitting checker to safety, within a single play.
- pin verb To move a piece onto a blot, preventing the piece from further movement.
- point noun Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- prime noun A series of consecutive blocks. A prime of six prevents the opponent's pieces from passing.
- rail noun The raised edge of the game board.
- redouble verb To double an opponent's doubling bid.
- rollout noun A form of analysis in which the same position is played many times (with different dice rolls) and the various outcomes are recorded.
- singleton noun Synonym of blot.
- table noun One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.
- tables noun The halves or quarters of a backgammon board.
- throw off verb Synonym of bear off.