halma
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 5
/ˈhalmə/
(UK)
Definition of halma
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)A board game invented by George Howard Monks in which the players' men jump over those in adjacent squares.
“As a crowning dissipation, they all sat down to play progressive halma, with milk chocolate for prizes.”
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noun
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(uncountable)A board game invented by George Howard Monks in which the players' men jump over those in adjacent squares.
“As a crowning dissipation, they all sat down to play progressive halma, with milk chocolate for prizes.”
- (countable, historical)In the Greek pentathlon, the long jump with weights in the hands.
name
- A strategic board game played with counters on a board of 16×16 squares.
- A city in Minnesota.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἅλμα (hálma, “leap”).
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