gomoku

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noun

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.

Similar
gobangfive-in-a-row
OriginJapanese 五目 →
UncommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

noungomoku (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn 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.

    Synonyms: gobang, five-in-a-row

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn 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.

Similar
gobangfive-in-a-row
Also see
five-in-a-row

Origin

  1. Japanese五目
  2. Englishgomoku

Borrowed from Japanese 五目 (gomoku).

More words from Japanese

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 五子棋
  • 五子棋 (wǔzǐqí)board game
Czech piškvorky
  • piškvorkyboard game
Japanese 五目並べ
  • 五目並べ (gomoku narabe)board game
Korean 오목
  • 오목 (omok)board game
Swedish fem i rad, luffarschack
  • fem i radboard game
  • luffarschackboard game
Cite this entry
APA

gomoku. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gomoku

MLA

“gomoku.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gomoku. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gomoku,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gomoku.

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