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Penney's game

Penney's game proper noun: a game for two players in which each player selects an equally long sequence of heads or tails. The winner is the player whose sequence occurs first when a fair coin is tossed repeatedly.

Proper noun

Penney's game

  1. A game for two players in which each player selects an equally long sequence of heads or tails. The winner is the player whose sequence occurs first when a fair coin is tossed repeatedly.

Origin of Penney's game

Named after its inventor, Walter Penney.

Questions about Penney's game

What does Penney's game mean?
Penney's game means a game for two players in which each player selects an equally long sequence of heads or tails. The winner is the player whose sequence occurs first when a fair coin is tossed repeatedly.
What part of speech is Penney's game?
Penney's game is a proper noun.

Words near Penney's game in the dictionary

  1. pennest
  2. penneth
  3. penneths
  4. Penney
  5. Penney's
  6. Penney's game
  7. Penneys
  8. Pennfield
  9. Penngrove
  10. penni
  11. pennia

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