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— English words —

• gambit n. (Chess) An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
• gambit n. Any ploy or stratagem.
• gambit n. A remark intended to open a conversation.
• gambit v. (Chess, transitive) To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Polish
  • gambit n. (Chess) gambit (chess move).
  • gambit n. Gambit (risky move).
• Romanian
  • gambit n. Gambit.
• Slovak
  • gambit n. (Chess) gambit.

— English word, defined in French —

• gambit n. (Échecs) Gambit.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• gambit s. (Scacchi) gambetto.

— In German —

• Gambit S. Schach: ein Bauern- oder (seltener) Figurenopfer in der Eröffnung…

— In French —

• gambit n.m. (Jeux) Sacrifice d’une pièce en vue d’obtenir un avantage…
• gambit n.m. (Échecs) Type d’ouverture présentant un tel sacrifice.

22 English words from 8 English definitions

advantage Any chess conversation gain gambit intended minor minor␣piece move open opening pawn piece ploy remark risky sacrifice sacrificed stratagem transitive which

5 English words from 5 foreign definitions

der Gambit sacrifice tel Type

19 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

avantage Bauern Échecs ein en␣vue Eröffnung gambetto Jeux obtenir oder ouverture pièce présentant Scacchi Schach seltener une un␣tel vue

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

gambits gambited gambiting

3 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

countergambits Stafford␣gambits Queen's␣Gambit␣Declined

5 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Benko␣Gambit countergambit Stafford␣gambit Staunton␣Gambit Shaviliuk␣Gambit

11 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

amb amb. ambi- ambit bit B.I.T. gam GAM Gam. gamb Mbit

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

BMA B.␣M.␣A. IBM mag MAG Mag. tib TiB

4 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

gambist gambits megabit timbang

6 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ambit bigam BTAIM imbat it␣bag timba

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

gambet Gambia gambir

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

ambit

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

gambist

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