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twenty questions

twenty questions noun: a spoken parlour game in which one player chooses an object or concept and the others have twenty yes-no questions to identify what it is.

Noun

twenty questions (uncountable)

  1. A spoken parlour game in which one player chooses an object or concept and the others have twenty yes-no questions to identify what it is.

Questions about twenty questions

What does twenty questions mean?
Twenty questions means a spoken parlour game in which one player chooses an object or concept and the others have twenty yes-no questions to identify what it is.
What part of speech is twenty questions?
Twenty questions is a noun.

Words near twenty questions in the dictionary

  1. Twenty Forests
  2. twenty four
  3. twenty hundred
  4. twenty nine
  5. twenty one
  6. twenty questions
  7. twenty seven
  8. twenty six
  9. twenty three
  10. twenty to the dozen
  11. twenty two

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