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nine men's morris

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables
nine -men's -mor-ris
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ancient strategic board game for two players, each having nine pieces, and in which forming a row of three of one's own pieces earns the removal of one of the other player's pieces.

Uncountable

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Etymology

Popularly claimed to ultimately be from Latin merellus (“gamepiece (incl. in draughts), token, etc.”); a possible connection has also been linked to French marelle (“hopscotch”).

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Phrases

twelve men's morris three men's morris

Frequently Paired Words

twelve men's morris three men's morris

Questions

What does nine men's morris mean?
An ancient strategic board game for two players, each having nine pieces, and in which forming a row of three of one's own pieces earns the removal of one of the other player's pieces.
Where does nine men's morris come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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