Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skill ceiling

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: skil-l -ceil-ing
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The amount of skill required to master some activity (especially a game or character); the maximum possible skill.

Example Sentences

"Coordinate term: skill floor"
"Chess has an extremely high skill ceiling⁠. Even the best chess-playing programs are constantly being improved."
"A fighting game with a low skill ceiling will quickly get boring after one masters its mechanics."
"Among 10 and 11-year-old children, boys' games have a higher 'skill ceiling', and are more competitive and longer-lasting than those of girls."
"There's an old game design maxim: good games take minutes to learn but a lifetime to master. Another way to say this is "low skill floor, high skill ceiling.""
"The really fantastic thing about this "visible suits" idea is that it would have a negligible effect upon the skill floor – the additional information would not have to be used, whereas its effect on the skill ceiling would be considerable."

Inflected Forms

skill ceilings (plural)

Questions

What does skill ceiling mean?: The amount of skill required to master some activity (especially a game or character); the maximum possible skill.

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