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Candyland

Candyland

4 2.3
A children's board game where players move along a colorful candy path
  • proper noun
: Candyland
  • Playing Candyland with Iz and the Jakester?
  • Candyland board game
  • play Candyland
  • Candyland board

If we were to model my TBR game after one of these board games, I think it would have to be Candyland.

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Examples

  • On rainy days, we often gather around the table to play Candyland with our friends.

  • Nobody beats me at Candyland.

  • When we wake up in the morning, we'll play "Candyland".

  • Among some young mothers, a modest pairing of the board games Chutes and Ladders and Candyland was especially popular.

    Academic text (2013)
  • He buys Jennifer, who is 11 but already has earrings and lipstick (until her mom makes her wipe it off), a Candyland game, something more appropriate for someone even younger than Katie.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Last weekend, I introduced my children to Candyland, and they were thrilled with the colorful game board.

  • During our family game night, we had a lot of fun playing Candyland together.

Synonyms

cat and mouse
vsCandyland
  • Baby Talk
17 5.0

A children's game where players hold hands in a circle and try to catch someone inside

is a board movement game rather than a physical circle chasing game
hopscotch
vsCandyland
11 2.0

A children's game where players hop through numbered spaces on the ground using a small stone

is a tabletop board game where players move counters along a path
child's game
vsCandyland
4 1.0

A simple game that children play for fun

is a children's board game where players move along a themed path
tiddlywinks
vsCandyland
  • UK
3 9.9

A game where players flick small disks into a cup using a larger disk

is a tabletop board game with players following a candy themed route
pog
vsCandyland
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A children's game where players flip small discs to win other players' pieces

is a board path movement game focused on progressing along spaces
carrom
vsCandyland
  • Indian
1 9.3

A tabletop game where players flick small round pieces into corner pockets on a square board

is a roll or path movement board game for young children with theme
snakes and ladders
vsCandyland
  • UK
1 2.1

A board game where players roll dice and move pieces up ladders or down snakes

moves along a colorful themed path rather than climbing or sliding by dice
walking simulator
vsCandyland
  • Jargon
1 6.3

A video game that focuses on exploring places and interacting with things, not fighting

is a simple children's board game with players moving along a candy path
halma
vsCandyland
9.9

A board game where players move pieces across a board with squares to reach the other players' starting area

moves along a simple linear themed path, not across opponent territory

Surface Forms

Candyland main

Morphology

Candyland = candy + land (transparent) = candy + land

The proper name is formed from the straightforward compound 'candy' + 'land' and names a fictional land of sweets, so the relation is transparent.

Etymology

Candyland as a game name comes from the same idea: candy ('sweet') + land ('place'). That's why the board game shows a colorful 'land' of sweets and has players move through an imaginary candy world.