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crazyhouse

crazyhouse noun: a variant of chess, similar to bughouse chess but with only two players, allowing a player to place captured pieces back on the board as his/her own.

Noun

crazyhouse (uncountable)

  1. A variant of chess, similar to bughouse chess but with only two players, allowing a player to place captured pieces back on the board as his/her own.

Origin of crazyhouse

From crazy + house.

Questions about crazyhouse

What does crazyhouse mean?
Crazyhouse means a variant of chess, similar to bughouse chess but with only two players, allowing a player to place captured pieces back on the board as his/her own.
What part of speech is crazyhouse?
Crazyhouse is a noun.

Words near crazyhouse in the dictionary

  1. crazy-pants
  2. crazy-pated
  3. crazy-paved
  4. crazyhead
  5. crazyheads
  6. crazyhouse
  7. crazying up
  8. crazyish
  9. crazyitis
  10. crazymaker
  11. crazymakers

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