pachisi

noun

pa·chi·si pə-ˈchē-zē

: an ancient board game played with dice and counters on a cruciform board in which players attempt to be the first to reach the home square

Examples of pachisi in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There are paintings which show Shiva and Parvati playing pachisi, while Mahabharata has Karna and Duryodhana’s wife playing ashta chemma. —

Mallik Thatipalli, Quartz India, 13 Nov. 2019

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