# backgammon

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/ · frequency rank #55,934

## Definitions
1. A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
2. A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.

## Etymology
Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (“amusement, game”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/backgammon