gameboard
/ˈɡeɪm.bɔɹd/noun
gameboard is spelled G-A-M-E-B-O-A-R-D: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gameboard means “A portable surface marked for playing a game, and on which the counters or other pieces are placed and moved” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gameboard is gameboards.
How many letters and syllables are in gameboard?
| Letters | 9: G-A-M-E-B-O-A-R-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is gameboard?
Gameboard appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce gameboard?
- UK /ˈɡeɪm.bɔːd/
- US /ˈɡeɪm.bɔɹd/
Gameboard has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-gameboard.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gameboard?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as gameboard (/eɪmbɔɹd/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: boardgame.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of gameboard
- gameboards plural
- game board
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gameboard mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A portable surface marked for playing a game, and on which the counters or other pieces are placed and moved.
- 2
The playfield.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gameboard in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense portable surface on which a game is played:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tablier |
| German | Spielbrett |
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 gameboard come from?
From game + board. First attested in 1826.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).