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   backgammon

   /ˈbakˌɡamən/

   noun

   • 1. a board game in which two players move their pieces around twenty-four triangular points according to the throw of dice, the winner being the first to remove all their pieces from the board.
   • ▪ the most complete form of win in the game of backgammon.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from back game. Compare the Middle English forms of game showing final -n, e.g. gammen, gammon, gamon.

   Scrabble Points: 23

   • B

     3

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • K

     5

   • G

     2

   • A

     1

   • M

     3

   • M

     3

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

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