Educational Games Vocabulary

noun a board game for two players, played on a chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid

• Chess is a game of strategy that requires critical thinking and foresight.
• Hey, do you want to play some chess later?
• I'm totally going to checkmate you in chess!
• Life is like a game of chess, you have to think several moves ahead to succeed.

noun a form of play or sport, especially a competitive one played according to rules and decided by skill, strength, or luck

verb to manipulate a situation to achieve a desired outcome

• The game of chess requires strategic thinking and careful planning.
• Let's play a game of Monopoly tonight!
• I'm totally addicted to this new mobile game, it's so lit.
• Life is like a game, you never know what move will come next.

adjective a descriptive word that modifies a noun or pronoun, describing something that is mixed up or confused

• The jumbled words in the document made it difficult to understand.
• I tried to read the jumbled text, but it just didn't make sense.
• The jumbled mess of papers on my desk is giving me a headache.
• Her thoughts were jumbled, like a puzzle missing pieces.