draughts

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draughts

/dɹɑːfts/ UK
/dɹæfts/ Canada, US
/dɹɐːfts/ Australia, New Zealand
/dɹaːfts/ Australia, New Zealand

Sounds like drafts · Rhymes with -ɑːfts, -æfts

noun drafts

plural plural of draught

noun drafts

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, uncountable A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.
Similar: checkers
uncountable A mild vesicatory.

verb drafts

indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of draught

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noun game for two players

Español	damas, andarraya
한국어	체커 chekeo
日本語	チェッカー chekkā, 西洋碁 seiyōgo, ドラフツ dorafutsu
中文	國際跳棋 /国际跳棋 guójì tiàoqí, 跳棋 tiàoqí
हिन्दी	चेकर्स cekars, ड्राफ़्टस ḍrāfṭas
Kiswahili	dama, drafti
Português	damas
Français	jeu de dames, dames
Deutsch	Dame, Damespiel
Italiano	dama
Ελληνικά	ντάμα ntáma
Română	dame
Русский	ша́шки šáški
Tiếng Việt	cờ đam
العربية	دَامَا dāmā, دَامَة dāma, ضَامَة ḍāma
עברית	דַּמְקָה dámka

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@misc{draughts_2026,
  title = {draughts},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/draughts},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}