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dots and boxes

dots and boxes noun: a pencil-and-paper strategy game in which the players (usually two) take turns adding a single horizontal or vertical line between two unjoined adjacent dots in a square grid, aiming to complete the most boxes whose corners are four adjacent dots.

Noun

dots and boxes (uncountable)

  1. A pencil-and-paper strategy game in which the players (usually two) take turns adding a single horizontal or vertical line between two unjoined adjacent dots in a square grid, aiming to complete the most boxes whose corners are four adjacent dots.

Questions about dots and boxes

What does dots and boxes mean?
Dots and boxes means a pencil-and-paper strategy game in which the players (usually two) take turns adding a single horizontal or vertical line between two unjoined adjacent dots in a square grid, aiming to complete the most boxes whose corners are four adjacent dots.
What part of speech is dots and boxes?
Dots and boxes is a noun.

Words near dots and boxes in the dictionary

  1. dotriacontane
  2. dotriacontanes
  3. dotriacontanoic
  4. dotriacontanoic acid
  5. dots
  6. dots and boxes
  7. dots and carries
  8. dots down
  9. dots per inch
  10. dots the i's
  11. dots the i's and crosses the t's

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