What does the word Yahtzee mean?

Answer 1

E.S. Lowe filed Yahtzee as a trademark with the U.S. Patent Office on April 19, 1956. The first commercial usage of the name Yahtzee was a few weeks earlier on April 3. Lowe classified his product as a "Poker Dice Game".

Invention of Yahtzee:
According to Hasbro, the game was invented in 1954 by an anonymous Canadian couple, who called it "The Yacht Game" because they played it on their yacht with their friends.
Two years later they asked toy and game entrepreneur Edwin S. Lowe if he would make up some sets to be given as gifts to their friends who enjoyed the game.
Lowe perceived the possibility of marketing the game, and acquired the rights to the game from the couple in exchange for 1,000 gift sets.

Answer 2

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There's a game where you're supposed to shout Yahtzee when you win a lot of points. "A Yahtzee is five-of-a-kind and holds the game's highest point value of 50 (not counting multiple "Yahtzees" in the same game)." Apparently it originally came from the word "yacht"... "The overall concept of Yahtzee traces its roots to a number of traditional dice games. Among these are the Puerto Rican game Generala, and the English games of Poker Dice and Cheerio. Most notable is the dice game named Yacht, which is an English cousin of Generala. This game is fully explained in The Complete Book of Games by Clement Wood and Gloria Goddard (1940). This predecessor is extremely similar to Yahtzee in both name and content." The present-day commercial Yahtzee began when toy and game entrepreneur Edwin S. Lowe filed Yahtzee as a trademark with the U.S. Patent Office on April 19, 1956. The first commercial usage of the name Yahtzee was a few weeks earlier on April 3. Lowe classified his product as a "Poker Dice Game."

Answer 3

Main Entry: Yahtzee
Part of Speech: n
Definition: a trademarked board game involving rolling dice and keeping score
Etymology: originally called the 'yacht game'
Usage: trademark

Answer 4

It's a dice game. 1, You have five dice. 2, You have three go's to throw five 1s. If say you throw three 1's you score three. 3, Everybody else then tries their luck, then it'ss the round of 2's, 3's 4's 5's and 6's. 4, The total scores are added up, then you move onto the Poker-esque combinations starting with a full house (3 numbers plus two numbers, full (4 of the same numbers) small straight (1,2,3,4,5) big straight 2,3,4,5,6. etc. One with the most points wins. The game is also known as Yams.

Answer 5

I don't think it has any meaning other than being the name of a board game.

Answer 6

It's Jewish for "This is my boat and I win "