solitaire
noun/ˈsɑləˌtɛr/
Frequency rank: #12,964 most common English word
Meaning
a card game played by one person alone, or a single gemstone set by itself in jewelry.
Example sentence
She spent the quiet afternoon playing solitaire on her laptop.
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