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tiebreak

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From tie + break.

noun tiebreaks

  1. A tiebreaker, a game or an extension to a game played to resolve a tied score. Should the score in the tiebreak become tied at 6 points all, play must continue until one player has a two point advantage.

verb tiebreaks · tiebreaking · tiebroke · tiebroken

  1. To break a tie. As the end of the game, game tiebroke in favor of triad, inexplicably. I thought that two people on different teams(even if nominally aligned), like a Triad and a Judge lost ties against single factions with more members(2 town).

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@misc{tiebreak_2026,
  title = {tiebreak},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tiebreak},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}