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Stratego

Syllables: Stra·te·go/strəˈtiːɡoʊ/

Stratego proper noun: a two-player strategy board game in which each player controls an army that tries to capture the other player's flag.

Proper noun

Stratego

  1. (board games) A two-player strategy board game in which each player controls an army that tries to capture the other player's flag.
    • It is shown that Stratego is a complex game when compared to other games, such as chess and Hex. The game-tree complexity of 10⁵³⁵ exceeds the game-tree complexity of Go.2010 March, Sander Arts, “COMPETITIVE PLAY IN STRATEGO”, in Maastricht University, page vii

Origin of Stratego

From Ancient Greek στρατηγός (stratēgós, “general”).

Questions about Stratego

What does Stratego mean?
Stratego means a two-player strategy board game in which each player controls an army that tries to capture the other player's flag.
What part of speech is Stratego?
Stratego is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Stratego?
Stratego is pronounced /strəˈtiːɡoʊ/.

Words near Stratego in the dictionary

  1. strategizer
  2. strategizers
  3. strategizes
  4. strategizing
  5. strategizings
  6. Stratego
  7. strategoi
  8. strategos
  9. strategus
  10. strategy
  11. strategy game

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