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Jenganoun
A game where players take turns to remove wooden blocks from a stack formed brickwise, the loser being the player whose actions cause the tower to fall.
Etymology: The manufacturers assert that jenga is the Swahili verb "to build".
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Jenga
Jenga is a game of physical skill created by British board game designer and author Leslie Scott and marketed by Hasbro. Players take turns removing one block at a time from a tower constructed of 54 blocks. Each block removed is then placed on top of the tower, creating a progressively more unstable structure.
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Jenga
Jenga is a game of physical and mental skill created by Leslie Scott, and currently marketed by Parker Brothers, a division of Hasbro. During the game, players take turns to remove a block from a tower and balance it on top, creating a taller and increasingly unstable structure as the game progresses. Jenga is derived from a Swahili word meaning "to build."
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of jenga in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of jenga in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of jenga in a Sentence
It seems a bit silly. The people of r/wallstreetbets were buying up GameStop and playing a game of Jenga, but it's the same game that hedge funds have been playing for decades and decades, it's a bit ridiculous.
All it takes is one column, and everything can come down like a Jenga, after having seen the video ... you see the actual building coming down, and the actual collapse begins on one of the lower floors. So immediately, I see that something happened down there.
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