reversi

/ rɪˈvɜːsɪ /

noun

1. a game played on a draughtboard with 64 pieces, black on one side and white on the other. When pieces are captured they are turned over to join the capturing player's forces; the winner is the player who fills the board with pieces of his colour

Word History and Origins

Origin of reversi¹

C19: from French; see _reverse

Example Sentences

All the larvae are infected with a particular strain of Wolbachia — taken from a related mosquito species, Aedes reversi — that is not naturally present in French Polynesia.

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Othello, which is similar to Reversi, is played by two people, one placing pieces with the black side up, the other with the white side up.

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Othello, which is similar to Reversi, is played by two players, one placing pieces with the black side up, the other with the white side up.

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A typical chess - or draughts, or Reversi, or Go, or Shogi - master may "feel" a particular move is right and then test it in his head, looking several moves ahead.

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Scheme.A text adventure game.A board game, like Tic-Tac-Toe or Reversi.

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