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Word entry · 3 letters

nim

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"Matchstick strategy game"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /nɪm/Part of speech nounSorted imnStarts with NEnds with M1 cluesCommon crossword word
1N2I3M

Definitions

  1. A strategy game where players remove objects from piles in turn.

Word origin

From Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”).

Used in a sentence

  • Ich cham a Cornysche man, al[e] che can brew; […] Nym me a quart of ale, that iche may it of sup.
  • Then Alfyne to the court Of Syleuma doth come, And Pandauola in her armes Her Alfyne hath up num And kisseth him full ofte […]
  • They'll question Mars, and, by his look, Detect who 'twas that nimm'd a cloak;

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