"-doku" meaning in English

See -doku in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Clipping of sudoku. Etymology templates: {{clipping of|en|sudoku}} Clipping of sudoku Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -doku, {{en-suffix}} -doku
  1. Used in naming of puzzle games similar to sudoku. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--doku-en-suffix-GKHqTWAV Categories (other): Games, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. Used in naming of puzzle games similar to sudoku.
    Indicating a game that uses a rectangular grid of boxes where a set of symbols is used to fill the boxes of the grid, where each symbol is used only once in each row and each column; and the symbols form an ordered set, where only symbols up to the cardinality of the row or column are used. Typically the game is on a square grid, and the symbols are decimal numerals.
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--doku-en-suffix-uB3ogDSc Categories (other): Games, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: calcdoku, calcudoku, calculdoku, letterdoku, mathdoku, wordoku Related terms: sudoku
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "letterdoku"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mathdoku"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-doku"
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    "English lemmas",
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  "derived": [
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      "word": "calcdoku"
    },
    {
      "word": "calcudoku"
    },
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      "word": "calculdoku"
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    {
      "word": "letterdoku"
    },
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      "word": "mathdoku"
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    }
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