Etymology

gomoku

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Japanese 五目
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from五目
  2. English todaygomoku

Borrowed from Japanese 五目 (gomoku).

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