Ranked #9 · Sunday, November 1, 2026
Board games by spaces on the board
The Sunday, November 1, 2026 puzzle: put these five in order, from Fewest spaces at the top to Most spaces at the bottom.
- ChessKings, queens and pawns
- GoBlack and white stones
- MonopolyProperty-trading game
- ScrabbleWord-building game
- Snakes and Laddersaka Chutes and Ladders
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🎩 Monopoly40 spaces
Its roots lie in Lizzie Magie's 1903 game, designed to show the dangers of land monopolies. Source
♟️ Chess64 spaces
Early chessboards in India and Persia were one plain colour; the checkered pattern came later, in Europe. Source
🐍 Snakes and Ladders100 spaces
It began in India as Moksha Patam, where the ladders stood for virtues and the snakes for vices. Source
🔤 Scrabble225 spaces
Alfred Butts' board version was first called Criss-Crosswords; it became Scrabble in 1948. Source
⚫ Go361 spaces
It has about 2.1 x 10^170 legal positions, far more than atoms in the observable universe. Source
Standard boards; Snakes and Ladders as 10x10. Go counts line intersections, not squares.
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