Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

play the board

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.09 in modern English

Syllables
play the board
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have as one's best hand the communal cards on the board. A player in such a situation can only achieve a split pot at best, since all the other players can also play the board.

Inflected Forms

plays the board (present, singular) playing the board (participle, present) played the board (participle, past) played the board (past)

Questions

What does play the board mean?
To have as one's best hand the communal cards on the board. A player in such a situation can only achieve a split pot at best, since all the other players can also play the board.

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