billiards

Meanings

Noun

any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls
A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.
Any of various games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.
plural of billiard

Origin / Etymology

From French billard, originally referring to the wooden cue stick, diminutive of Old French bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, probably of Gaulish origin (compare Old Irish bile (“large tree, tree trunk”)), from Proto-Celtic *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yos (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

Synonyms

English billiards

Scrabble Score: 12

billiards is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
billiards is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
billiards is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

billiards is a valid Words With Friends word