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Numbers Game

Definition: Numbers Game

Numbers Game

Noun

1. An illegal daily lottery.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonyms: Numbers Game

Synonyms: numbers (n), numbers pool (n), numbers racket (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Numbers Game

English words defined with "numbers game": beano, bingo ♦ keno ♦ lotto. (references)

Specialty definitions using "numbers game": FLOOR ATTENDANT ♦ one-liner wars. (references)

Photo Album: Numbers Game

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	The new numbers game.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translations: Numbers Game

Language		Translations for "numbers game"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		zahlenspiel. (various references)

Pig Latin		umbersnay amegay

Russian		мошенничество (chouse, dishonesty, do, fraud, fraudulence, fraudulency, gyp, hanky-panky, knavery, rascality, roguery, scam, scams, sharp practice, skin-game), жульничество (imposture, scam). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Numbers Game

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-g-m-m-n-r-s-u"
	-2 letters: engrammes, membranes, subgenera.
	-3 letters: auberges, bargemen, engramme, gamesmen, membrane, rummages, subgenre, submerge, umbrages.
	-4 letters: ambeers, auberge, bangers, bareges, bargees, basemen, bemeans, benames, besmear, bummers, bungees, burgees, embrues, engrams, enrages, gammers, germane, germans, germens, grabens, grammes, gummers, magnums, maneges, mangers, manures, meaners, measure, members, menages, numbers, rebegan, rebegun, renames, rummage, sunbeam, surname, umbrage, unbears.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Alternative Orthography: Numbers Game

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 75 6D 62 65 72 73 47 61 6D 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01110101 01101101 01100010 01100101 01110010 01110011 00100000 01000111 01100001 01101101 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#117 &#109 &#98 &#101 &#114 &#115 &#32 &#71 &#97 &#109 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0075 006D 0062 0065 0072 0073 0047 0061 006D 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

48877968718485241677971

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Photo Album

5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography

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