๐ŸŽฑ

๐ŸŽฑ Emoji meaning

Number 8, risk, challenge, last one standing.

๐ŸŽฑ Meaning

The black billiard ball with the number 8 may only be potted when all other balls are already gone. Represents the only remaining one (last man standing), a difficult situation, a risk-taking player. Fatal motive: With this emoji, the opposite effect is meant to be achieved.

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Commonly confused with

Direction Variant

Pool 8 ball
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Bowling

Pool 8 ball vs bowling; both ball-based indoor games often grouped as bar games.

Same Shape

Pool 8 ball
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Bullseye

Direct hit vs billiards; both circular targets/balls used for precision sports or games.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œPool 8 ballโ€ was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ 8ball + pool

Keywords removed

- pool 8 ball

In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- 8 ball

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ pool 8 ball

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there were 2 changes.

Emoji title renamed

Emoji title before

billiards

Emoji title after

pool 8 ball

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ 8 + 8 ball + ball + billiard + eight + game

In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- 8 ball - billiard

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