board game
noun
board game is spelled B-O-A-R-D-G-A-M-E: 9 letters. As a noun, board game means “Any of many games of strategy or chance played on a specially designed board; often involves one or more players moving pieces and using dice or cards” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of board game is board games or board-games.
How many letters and syllables are in board game?
| Letters | 9: B-O-A-R-D-G-A-M-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you pronounce board game?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-board_game.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with board game
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: boardgame (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of board game
- board games plural
- boardgame
- board-games plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does board game mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of many games of strategy or chance played on a specially designed board; often involves one or more players moving pieces and using dice or cards.
noun
- 1
datedDated form of board game.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Board game in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense game played on a board:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | jeu de société |
| German | Brettspiel |
| Portuguese | jogo de tabuleiro |
| Spanish | juego de mesa |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does board game come from?
From board + game. First attested in 1844.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).