ko
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 6
- Letters
- 2
/ˈkəʊ/
Definition of ko
9 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.
“Black gets an easy game by just filling the ko.”
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noun
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A local shape to which the ko rule applies; a ko shape.
“Black gets an easy game by just filling the ko.”
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ko fight
“Black wins the ko easily.”
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a stone in a ko in atari, a ko stone
“Black recaptures the ko and white has to find another ko threat.”
- (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of knock out.
- (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of kick-off (“the time or manner of start of play”).
name
- Synonym of Fungor (“language of Sudan”).
- A surname.
verb
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(transitive)To knock someone out; to render someone unconscious.
“Joe KO'd the opposing boxer.”
- (intransitive)To start play.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 劫 (kō).
Hooks
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