mancala

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Definition of mancala

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, uncountable)Any of various board games, common throughout Africa and Asia, in which a move consists of emptying a pit and then its contents are sown one by one into ensuing pits.

“Mameh could sit on the floor to play board games like mancala with her friends, or roll out a mat and lounge about.”

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Borrowed from Arabic مَنْقَلَة (manqala).

2 plays · some not in Scrabble

30 playable · top: ALMANAC (11 pts)

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