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gomoku

gomoku noun: an abstract strategy board game, played with pieces from the game go (black and white stones) on a go board with 19×19 intersections, or as a paper-and-pencil game. The winner is the first player to achieve an unbroken sequence of five of their pieces in a row, a column or a diagonal.

Noun

gomoku (uncountable)

  1. An abstract strategy board game, played with pieces from the game go (black and white stones) on a go board with 19×19 intersections, or as a paper-and-pencil game. The winner is the first player to achieve an unbroken sequence of five of their pieces in a row, a column or a diagonal.

Synonyms of gomoku

Origin of gomoku

Borrowed from Japanese 五目 (gomoku).

Questions about gomoku

What does gomoku mean?
Gomoku means an abstract strategy board game, played with pieces from the game go (black and white stones) on a go board with 19×19 intersections, or as a paper-and-pencil game. The winner is the first player to achieve an unbroken sequence of five of their pieces in a row, a column or a diagonal.
What part of speech is gomoku?
Gomoku is a noun.

Words near gomoku in the dictionary

  1. Gomm
  2. gommelin
  3. gommier
  4. gommiers
  5. gomo
  6. gomoku
  7. gomophioside
  8. Gomorrah
  9. Gomorrahy
  10. Gomorran
  11. Gomorrans

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