<p>No, you can only move your own pawns. The rules don’t specify this under the description of the 7 card, but they actually don’t specify that for any number. The “3”, for example, simply says “move one pawn forward 3 spaces”. The “1” says “either start a pawn out OR move one pawn forward one space”. The rulebook as a whole always just assumes that you only ever move your own pieces without ever stating it. “Move a pawn” and “move any pawn” are grammatically the same meaning.</p>

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2023-11-26T02:29:38.670Z
And see https://gamerules.com/rules/sorry-board-game/ for another version of the rules that specifies "split the move between two of your pawns".
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GendoIkari
<p>My husband seems to think on a 7 (where you can split between two pawns) you can split the number between someone else’s pawns as well as yours. He thinks that just because it says “any” pawn.</p>

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Sorry! 7 Card splitting between two pawns
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# Sorry! 7 Card splitting between two pawns

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-11-23)

My husband seems to think on a 7 (where you can split between two pawns) you can split the number between someone else’s pawns as well as yours. He thinks that just because it says “any” pawn.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-11-25. Score: 1

No, you can only move your own pawns. The rules don’t specify this under the description of the 7 card, but they actually don’t specify that for any number. The “3”, for example, simply says “move one pawn forward 3 spaces”. The “1” says “either start a pawn out OR move one pawn forward one space”. The rulebook as a whole always just assumes that you only ever move your own pieces without ever stating it. “Move a pawn” and “move any pawn” are grammatically the same meaning.

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> **username_2**: And see https://gamerules.com/rules/sorry-board-game/ for another version of the rules that specifies "split the move between two of your pawns".  

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