gomoku

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 五目 (gomoku).

Noun

gomoku (uncountable)

1. An abstract strategy board game, played with pieces from the game go (black and white stones) on a go board with 19×19 intersections, or as a paper-and-pencil game. The winner is the first player to achieve an unbroken sequence of five of their pieces in a row, a column or a diagonal.

   Synonyms: gobang, five-in-a-row

   Hyponym: renju

Translations

board game

• Japanese: 五目並べ (ごもくならべ, gomokunarabe)
• Swedish: fem i rad, luffarschack (sv) n (see usage notes)

Further reading

• gomoku on Wikipedia.Wikipedia