Rubik's Cube

[ roo-biks ]

/ ˈru bɪks /

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noun Trademark.

a puzzle consisting of a cube with colored faces made of 26 smaller colored blocks attached to a spindle in the center, the object being to rotate the blocks until each face of the cube is a single color.

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