dice
Chance-determining polyhedrons
Dice are small cubes marked on each face with one to six dots, used in games of chance.
The singular is die, though dice now serves for both.
To dice is to cut into small cubes: Dice the onions.
To dice with death is to take dangerous risks.
No dice means no luck or refusal: I asked for an extension—no dice.
The adjective dicey means risky or uncertain.
Risked stake on outcome
roll · shooter · boxcars · odds · payout · jackpot · croupier · dealer
Flat surface competition
- backgammonTwo-player dice board contest
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- settlersThose who establish homes
- riskPossibility of harm
bunco · d20 · polyhedral · tabletop · roll · turn · pawns · tokens
Occurring without pattern
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- fortuneWealth or destiny
uncertainty · unpredictable · fate · stochastic · aleatory · outcome · chance · gamble
Six-squared-faced solid
edge · vertices · polyhedron · d6 · d20 · polyhedral · icosahedron · solid
bet
Risked stake on outcome
stakes · roll · shooter · boxcars · odds · payout · jackpot · croupier · dealer · highroller
boardgame
Flat surface competition
- backgammonTwo-player dice board contest
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- settlersThose who establish homes
risk · bunco · d20 · polyhedral · tabletop · roll · turn · pawns · tokens · player
random
Occurring without pattern
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
fortune · uncertainty · unpredictable · fate · stochastic · aleatory · outcome · chance · gamble · risk
cube
Six-squared-faced solid
face · edge · vertices · polyhedron · d6 · d20 · polyhedral · icosahedron · solid · tumbling
chop
Quick forceful slice
knife · uniform · small · prep · vegetables · onion · carrot · celery · ingredient · cook
- cookingbaking, chop, boiling, mince, saute
- game playrules, scoring, turns, winning, losing
- game termslevel, score, player, win, lose
- games and pastimeschess, card games, board games, children's games, backgammon
- tabletop gamesboard games, board game, card games, card game, backgammon
- game nightboard games, card games, players, turns, rules
dicecards
Stiff paper rectangles
playing cards · deck · deck of cards · spinner · coin
dicechoice
Act of selecting
strategy · skill · deliberate choice · deliberation · calculation
- fuzzy diceSoft hanging car ornament
- roll the diceAccept uncertain outcome
- rolling the diceGambling on an outcome
- roll of the diceRandom chance outcome
- no diceCasual refusal phrase
- slices and dicesChops into small pieces