noun | any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls

b'ilyerdz (IPA: bˈɪljɝdz)

bil-liards (9 letters | 2 syllables)

1591 (Elizabethan era | European Renaissance) (434 years ago)

French | Old French |

table game

(none among common words)

milliards

(none among common words)

bar billiards | pocket billiards

Mandarin Chinese: | 台球 (noun) Hindi: | बिलियर्ड (noun) Arabic: | البِليارد (noun) Spanish: | billar (sports) French: | billard (sports)

billiards.com

Banking game (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

12 (International English) | 12 (North American English)