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knight's tour

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables
knight's -tour
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sequence of positions on a chessboard, including each square precisely once, and where successive positions are a knight's move away from one another.

noun

A similar sequence on a board of any size or shape.

Inflected Forms

knight's tours (plural)

Phrases

Warnsdorff's rule

Frequently Paired Words

Warnsdorff's rule

Questions

What does knight's tour mean?
A sequence of positions on a chessboard, including each square precisely once, and where successive positions are a knight's move away from one another.

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