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Glossary of Domino Terms
Here are some common terms that you will encounter while playing at DominoChamp.
Arm
A row of domnoes off the spinner. There can be up to four arms off the spinner.
Blocked Game
A game is blocked when none of the players can play a domino and the boneyard is empty.
Bones
The domino tiles (those white things with the black dots).
Boneyard
The pile of dominoes yet to be drawn by a player.
Count, Table
The total of the dots at the domino tips at the end of the arms.
Cutthroat
Any dominoe game where the player plays independently. It's all player for themselves.
Dime
A score worth ten points.
Dominoed
The first player to play all of his dominoes. This player gets to go first on the next round.
Double Six
The 6-6 domino or the game that uses a set of dominoes that go from 0-0 to 6-6.
Draw
Take a domino from the boneyard and put it in your hand.
Fives Up
The type of game where players only score if the table count is a multiple of five.
Go Out
When a player plays the last domino in his hand.
Hand
The dominoes that a player has drawn from the boneyard and plays on the table.
Nickle
A score worth 5 points.
Partners
In a four player game, where the players opposite each other are on the same team and share one score.
Pass
When a player cannot play a domino and there are none left to draw from the boneyard.
Pips
The dots on the domino tiles.
Rating, Rated Game
Ratings are a numerical value that indicates how many games a player has one and lost. Ratings are determined by an algorith that takes many factors into account. For example, if a high rated player beats a low rated player, he will not get as many rating point as if he played a more equally rated player. On the other hand, the low rated player would have gained many more rating points for beating a higher rated player.
Shuffle
When all of the dominoes are mixed face down before the initial draw at the start of a round. At DominoChamp, this is done automatically by the computer.
Spinner
The first domino to be played.
