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1 |
Also known as an ace. |
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2 |
Also known as a deuce. |
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3 |
Also known as a trey. |
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Ace |
The end of a domino marked with one spot. |
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Arm |
A single straight line of dominoes forming a section of the
layout of a domino game. |
B
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The reverse side of the
numbered spotted face of a domino tile. The backs may be plain or may bear
an identical design, logo, or other pattern marked on them, so they cannot
be distinguished from each other.
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The centrally marked line
separating the two ends of a domino tile. Also known as the "divider"
or "centre".
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Blank |
One end of a domino tile that
bears no spots. Also known as a "white", "zero", or
"pale". |
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A situation in a domino game
when no player is able to make a move, either to place a tile on the
layout or to draw one from the boneyard. Typically ends a game. Also
known as a "jam".
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Block Games |
Domino games in which tiles are played onto a sequential
layout but where players score points at the end of a round and not as a
game is in progress like Point games. The idea of these games is for
players to "block" other players so they can't play a tile onto the
layout. |
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Board |
The domino tiles that have
been played and set out on the playing area. Also known as the
"layout",
"table", "tableau", or "line-of-play". |
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Board Count |
The total number of pips on the open,
playable ends of the layout. Useful in point games. |
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Bone |
An individual domino piece.
Known as "bones" because they were originally made from animal bone
or ivory. Also known as "stones", "tiles", "men", or
a "domino". |
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Boneyard |
The
collection of domino tiles (or bones) turned face-down and shuffled
for the players to draw from. Also known as the "reserve". |
C
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Card Games |
Domino games in which players use domino tiles more like
playing-cards rather than playing them onto a sequential layout like
Block, Draw, and Point games.
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Centre |
The centrally marked line
separating the two ends of a domino tile. Also known as the "divider"
or "bar".
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Cribbage Board |
A scoring device used for domino games, consisting of a
block drilled with a series of holes and used with small pegs that are
moved sequentially around the holes to indicate players' score/progress
in a game. |
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Deuce |
One end of a domino tile
marked with two spots. |
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Divider |
The centrally marked line
separating the two ends of a domino tile. Also known as the "bar"
or "centre".
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Domino |
An individual domino piece.
Also known as "stones", "bones", "men", or a
"tile". |
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To "domino" or "go domino" is also the act
of a player playing their last tile which will typically end a round or
game.
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Dominoes |
The term "dominoes" can be used to refer to
both a game of dominoes and the actual domino tiles. |
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Double
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A domino tile with the same
spotted suit marked on both ends. For example, two sixes is a
"double-six", and two blanks is a "double-blank". Also known as
a "doublet".
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Double-6s |
A domino set made up of 28 tiles bearing all the two
numbered combinations of 0 (blank) up to 6 on either end. |
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Double-9s |
A domino set made up of 55 tiles bearing all
the two numbered combinations of 0 (blank) up to 9 on either end. |
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Double-12s |
A domino set made up of 91 tiles bearing all
the two numbered combinations of 0 (blank) up to 12 on either end. |
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Double-15s |
A domino set made up of 136 tiles bearing all
the two numbered combinations of 0 (blank) up to 15 on either end. |
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Double-18s |
A domino set made up of 190 tiles bearing all
the two numbered combinations of 0 (blank) up to 18 on either end. |
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Doublet |
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A domino tile with the same
spotted/numbered suit marked on both ends. For example, two sixes is a
"doublet six" or "six doublet" Also known as a
"double".
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Dot |
One of the circular marks on a
domino tile used to denominate the suit of one end. Also known as a
"pip" or a "spot".
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Down |
Playing the first initial tile to start the
layout of a round or game of dominoes. Also known as "posing", to
"pose", "setting", or a "set", |
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Draw
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Taking a domino from the
boneyard and into your hand.
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Draw Games |
Domino games in which players play tiles onto a sequential
layout of tiles but score points at the end of a round not as the game
as in progress like Point games. Daw games may be distinguished from
Block games by the difference that players draw tiles from any in the
boneyard during play. |
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End |
One of the two sides of a
domino tile, divided by the central dividing line, that is marked with a
suit. |
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G
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H
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Hand |
The set of domino tiles
belonging to each individual player. They are not usually held in
players' actual hands, but set in front of them so only they can see the
suit values. Also refers to an
individual round in a game consisting of a number of rounds. |
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Hub |
A device often used for the layout of the domino games
Mexican Train and
Chickenfoot that holds an initially
set double tile with a number of spaces around it for playing subsequent
tiles that radiate out. |
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I
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Domino enthusiasts don't have to apply for Irish citizenship to try the Celtic Cross fortune telling layout. There are also many Irish influenced domino sets available for collectors.
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Jam |
A situation in a domino game
when no players are able to make a move, either to place a tile on the
layout or to draw one from the boneyard. Typically ends a game. Also
known as a "block".
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K
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L
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Layout
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The domino tiles that have
been played and set out on the playing area. Also known as the
"table", "tableau", "line-of-play" or "board". |
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Line-of-play |
The domino tiles that have
been played and sequentially set out on the playing area. Also known as the
"layout",
"table", "tableau" or "board". |
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Men |
The individual domino pieces.
Also known as ""tiles", stones", "bones", or a
"domino". |
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N
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O
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Open End
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The end of a domino layout not connected to
any other tile. Subsequently played tiles may only be placed on this end. |
P
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Pegs |
Small markers used with a cribbage board that are moved
sequentially around the board's series of holes to indicate players'
scores/progress in a game. Also known as "spilikins". |
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Pips |
The circular dots marked on a domino tile
denominating the suit of either end. Also known as "spots" or
"dots".
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Pivot |
Another name for the metal pin or "spinner" that
protrudes through the middle of the central dividing bar that may be found
on some domino sets. |
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Point Games |
Domino games played with a sequential layout of tiles and
where players score points as the game is in progress and not just at
the end of a round as in Block and Draw domino games. |
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Pose |
Playing the first domino to start the layout in a round of
dominoes. Also known as "posing", "setting", or to
"set". |
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Reserve |
The
collection of domino tiles turned face-down and shuffled for the players
to draw from. Also known as the "boneyard". |
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Set |
Placing a domino tile onto the playing area.
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Can also refer to the first domino placed onto the playing
area to start a layout - "to set". Also known as "posing", "a
pose". |
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In bidding games, when a player is unable to make their bid
they are said to have been "set". |
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Shuffle |
The act of turning domino tiles face down and then moving
them around at random so no player knows which tile is which. |
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"Smacking the bone down" |
Slang used for the first initial set of a tile to start the
layout in a round or game of dominoes. Derived from the tradition of
Caribbean and South American domino players who will physically "smack"
a tile down onto the playing area. |
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Solitaire Game |
A game played by a single individual player who must
complete it by themselves. |
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Spilikins |
Small markers used with a cribbage board that are moved
sequentially around the boards series of holes to indicate players'
scores/progress in a game. Also known as "pegs". |
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Spinner |
The first double played in a
game is often called the "spinner". Many games allow domino
tiles to be played off
all four edges of the spinner - ends and sides.
Sometimes all doubles played onto the layout,
in a game that allows play to branch four ways from any double, are called
"spinners"
A spinner is also a
metal pin found in some dominoes protruding through the middle of the
central dividing bar. Also known as a "pivot"
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- Spots
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The circular dots marked on a domino tile
denominating the suit of one end. Also known as "pips" or
"dots".
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Stones |
An individual domino piece.
Also known as "tiles", "bones", "men", or a
"domino". |
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Streets |
Rows of sets of 30 holes drilled into a cribbage board
scoring device commonly used for keeping score in some domino games.
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Suit |
The spotted denomination of a tile or the collection of
tiles all bearing the same spotted value on at least one end. |
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Table |
The domino tiles that have
been played and set out on the playing area. Also known as the
"layout", "tableau", "line-of-play" or "board". |
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Tableau |
The domino tiles that have
been played and set out on the playing area. Also known as the
"layout",
"table", "line-of-play" or "board". |
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Tile |
An individual domino piece.
Also known as "stones", "bones", "men", or a
"domino". |
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Trey |
One end of a domino tile marked with three spots. |
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White |
One end of a domino tile that
bears no spots. Also known as a "blank", "zero", or
"pale". |
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Woodpile |
An arrangement of Chinese domino tiles arranged in
stacks which can vary in height and length according to the
particular Chinese domino game played. Players draw or are dealt
tiles from the "woodpile". |
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Z
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Zero |
One end of a domino tile that
bears no spots. Also known as a "blank", "white" or
"pale" |
