kenken
/ˈkɛn.kɛn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A Japanese math game that involves adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing numbers in boxes.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "KenKen is the brilliant successor to Su Doku that's taken Japan by storm selling over one million copies in less than a year."
- "Cora went through the whole explanation about solving KenKen."
- "The difficulty in solving a KenKen puzzle arises from there being too many ways to fill in each cage."
- "Let's try some 4×4 KenKens using all four math operations!"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: 賢賢