Home › Words › B › backgamebackgamebackgame means A game in which a player blocks the opponent's progress by forming two or more points in the opponent's home board.EtymologyFrom back + game.nounA game in which a player blocks the opponent's progress by forming two or more points in the opponent's home board.e.g.“The strategy of the backgame is very similar to the defensive strategy discussed earlier; i.e., you begin to make your points inside your inner table and wait for him to leave a blot.” — 1977, Nicolaos S. Tzannes, Basil Tzannes, Backgammon Games and Strategies, page 65:An indirect strategy in which one attempts to achieve one's goals by maneuvering behind the scenes.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.backgammon 64% match — 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. vs backgame →backgammoner 60% match — A player of backgammon. vs backgame →counterblock 58% match — A block set up in opposition to another block. vs backgame →blocker 55% match — Agent noun of block (“obstruct or prevent”); something that blocks something else.; One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent. vs backgame →backsyfore 54% match — The wrong side first; backwards. vs backgame →baduk 54% match — An ancient Chinese board game, today also popular in Japan and Korea, played with 181 black stones and 180 white ones, typically on a board of 19 × 19 squares. vs backgame →backball 54% match — A children's game in which one player throws a ball backwards over his/her head towards the others, who attempt to catch it. vs backgame →verquere 53% match — A board game related to backgammon. vs backgame →