double-six

Twelve-pip domino piece

Double-six is the highest domino in a standard set—the tile with six pips on each end.

In dominoes, the double-six typically starts the game.

The term also names a common domino set containing all combinations from blank-blank to double-six, totaling twenty-eight tiles: We played with a double-six set.

dominoes

tiles

Flat covering pieces

  • pipsSeeds or dots
  • spotsDetects or marks
  • bonesRigid internal support structure

spinner · set · hand · draw · boneyard · shuffle · layout · match · round · score

paired

twin

One of matched pair

identical · mirror · matched · symmetry · equivalent · parallel · bilateral · corresponding

Opposites
dice value

double-sixsnake eyes

Pair of ones rolled

boxcars · two · twelve · low roll · aces

dominoes ranking

double-sixzero-zero

Tied at nothing

Family

double, six, doubles, doubled, doubling, doubly, redouble, redoubled, redoubling

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