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Categories: Games of physical skill, All articles needing additional references, Children's games, Tabletop games
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jackstraws  spillikins  Mikado  pick-up sticks  pick up sticks
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A game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others WordNet 3.0
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A game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Pick-up sticks, pick-a-stick, jackstraws, jack straws, spillikins, spellicans, or fiddlesticks is a game of physical and mental skill in which a bundle of sticks, between 8 and 20 centimeters long, is dropped as a loose bunch onto a table top into a random pile. Wikipedia
Mikado is a pick-up sticks game originating in Europe, played with a set of same-length sticks which can measure between 17 and 20 cm. Wikipedia
Game of physical and mental skill. Wikipedia Disambiguation
The game pick-up sticks Wikipedia Disambiguation
A pick-up sticks game Wikipedia Disambiguation
Pick-up sticks game Wikidata
table game played with special sticks Wikidata
A game of skill, in which identically shaped (but differently colored and valued) wooden sticks must be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining stack. Wiktionary
A game of skill. Wiktionary (translation)
A game in which players attempt to remove sticks from a scattered pile without disturbing any stick other than the one currently being removed. Wiktionary
A game in which players attempt to remove flat, carved sticks of ivory or wood (the individual spillikins of meaning 1.) from a scattered pile without disturbing any stick other than the one currently being removed. Wiktionary
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Spillikins is a game of skill. Wiktionary
Charlie loves playing spillikins. Wiktionary
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