Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jenga

/ˈd͡ʒɛŋɡə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables: jen-ga
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛŋɡə/

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A game where players take turns removing wooden blocks from a stack formed brickwise, the loser being the player whose actions cause the tower to collapse.

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Any activity that involves great precision with a risk of great failure.

Example Sentences

"With a soft-pronged gripper, external camera and force-sensing wrist cuff, the robot can both see and feel individual blocks in a Jenga tower, according to an MIT statement."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu [Term?] Swahili -jengabor. English Jenga Borrowed from Swahili -jenga (“to construct, to build”).

Questions

How do you pronounce jenga?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒɛŋɡə/.
What does jenga mean?: A game where players take turns removing wooden blocks from a stack formed brickwise, the loser being the player whose actions cause the tower to collapse.
Where does jenga come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu [Term?] Swahili -jengabor. English Jenga Borrowed from Swahili -jenga (“to construct, to build”).

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