Definitions for snakes and ladders
snakes and lad·ders

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1. snakes and laddersnoun

   a board game for children who use dice to move counters up ladders and down snakes

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1. snakes and laddersnoun

   A children's luck-based board game played on a numbered grid, the aim of which is to proceed to the end, and in which ladders aid progress and snakes impede it.

2. snakes and laddersnoun

   any situation in which people or events go forward and backward, seemingly at random

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1. Snakes and ladders

   Snakes and ladders is a board game for two or more players regarded today as a worldwide classic. The game originated in ancient India as Moksha Patam, and was brought to the UK in the 1890s. It is played on a game board with numbered, gridded squares. A number of "ladders" and "snakes" are pictured on the board, each connecting two specific board squares. The object of the game is to navigate one's game piece, according to die rolls, from the start (bottom square) to the finish (top square), helped by climbing ladders but hindered by falling down snakes. The game is a simple race based on sheer luck, and it is popular with young children. The historic version had its roots in morality lessons, on which a player's progression up the board represented a life journey complicated by virtues (ladders) and vices (snakes). The game is also sold under other names such as Chutes and Ladders, Bible Ups and Downs, etc., some with a morality motif; a morality-themed Chutes and Ladders was published by the Milton Bradley Company starting from 1943.

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1. snakes and ladders

   "Snakes and Ladders" is a classic board game that has its roots in ancient India, originally known as "Moksha Patam". The game is designed for two or more players and involves a grid of squares, usually 100 (10x10), which are numbered in a sequence. The aim of the game is to navigate one's game piece from the start (bottom) to the finish (top), aided or hindered by ladders, which represent virtues and allow players to move upwards, and snakes, which symbolize vices and take players downwards, due to dice rolls. The first player to reach the highest square (100) is the winner. The game is purely based on luck and is often used as a tool to teach children about the positive consequences of good deeds and the negative outcomes of bad actions.

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1. Snakes and Ladders

   Snakes and Ladders is an ancient Indian board game regarded today as a worldwide classic. It is played between two or more players on a gameboard having numbered, gridded squares. A number of "ladders" and "snakes" are pictured on the board, each connecting two specific board squares. The object of the game is to navigate one's game piece, according to die rolls, from the start to the finish, helped or hindered by ladders and snakes, respectively. The historic version had root in morality lessons, where a player's progression up the board represented a life journey complicated by virtues and vices. The game is a simple race contest lacking a skill component, and is popular with young children.

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How to pronounce snakes and ladders?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of snakes and ladders in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of snakes and ladders in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7