What does "gomoku" mean?

An abstract strategy board game, played with pieces from the game go (black and white stones) on a go board with 19×19 intersections, or as a paper-and-pencil game. The winner is the first player to achieve an unbroken sequence of five of their pieces in a row, a column or a diagonal.

What is a synonym for "gomoku"?

Common synonyms include: five in row, five-in-a-row, gobang, gobang.

Gomoku

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Noun

1
An abstract strategy board game, played with pieces from the game go (black and white stones) on a go board with 19×19 intersections, or as a paper-and-pencil game. The winner is the first player to achieve an unbroken sequence of five of their pieces in a row, a column or a diagonal. uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

five in row five-in-a-row gobang gobang

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 五目 (gomoku).

Related phrases

board game

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