nonomino

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UK/nəʊˈnɒmɪnəʊ/US/noʊˈnɑməˌnoʊ/

noun

A polyomino consisting of nine squares.

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9-omino
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Meanings

nounnonomino (plural nonominoes)

plural nonominoes

  1. geometryA polyomino consisting of nine squares.

    If a domino had four squares on its surface, it would be a tetromino. With five squares, it would be a pentomino—nine, a nonomino, eleven, an unwieldy undecomino!

    2011 October 15, Maki Kaji, The Big Book of Visual Sudoku, Workman Publishing Company, page 118

    Synonyms: 9-omino

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA polyomino consisting of nine squares.

Similar
9-omino
Also see
9-omino

Origin

From non(a)- + -omino.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with nonomino

dominoheptominohexominomonominooctomino-ominopentominopolyominotetrominotriominotromino
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Cite this entry
APA

nonomino. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonomino

MLA

“nonomino.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonomino. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonomino,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonomino.

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