Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kriegspiel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kriegspiel
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A board game used to train military tactics and strategy.

noun

A variant of chess in which the player cannot see their opponent's pieces.

Etymology

From German Kriegspiel, literally war game.

Inflected Forms

kriegspiels (plural)

Questions

What does kriegspiel mean?: A board game used to train military tactics and strategy.
Where does kriegspiel come from?: From German Kriegspiel, literally war game.

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