Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roguelike

/ˈɹoʊɡlaɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables: rogue-like
IPA: /ˈɹoʊɡlaɪk/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a genre of computer role playing games loosely characterized by various characteristics such as randomised environment generation, permadeath, turn-based movement, text-based or primitive tile-based graphics, and hack-and-slash gameplay.

adj

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the roguelike genre.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of roguelike.

adj

Alternative letter-case form of roguelike.

Example Sentences

"If you haven’t played a ‘roguelike’ before, it’s basically what happens when you take a twitchy hack-and-slash game like Diablo and make it boring, confusing, and frustrating."
"And I'm tempted to say that as long as it's got to do with fighting, single or in very small groups, with characters from different classes, different races, different stats, who learn along the way, it's roguelike enough for me. This may also include a lot of adventures, I know."
"I just played the remake of Sword of Fargoal to victory. I had to cheat like crazy (backing up saves) but it was fun. Granted, it's roguelike, at best, but it's a ton of fun: […]"
"It's not that there's some sort of a competition, and your game needs to meet some rules to qualify. If it's good, everyone will play it despite the fact it's roguelike or not."
"I've been thinking about building a Roguelike recently, and a point came to mind; namely, I've played Daggerfall; I liked the concept, but the system was buggy and holeish. So, how would one go about designing a "clean" classless CRPG? Especially a Roguelike, where YASDs are common, and backing up your saves is techinally cheating."
"I have been playing Roguelikes for a little while and have found them pretty fun."

Etymology

From Rogue (the name of a 1980 computer game which introduced the genre, from rogue) + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: like

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹoʊɡlaɪk/

Inflected Forms

roguelikes (plural) Rogue-like (alternative) more roguelike (comparative) most roguelike (superlative)

Phrases

roguelike-like rogue-lite

Frequently Paired Words

hacklike

Questions

How do you pronounce roguelike?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹoʊɡlaɪk/.
What does roguelike mean?: Any of a genre of computer role playing games loosely characterized by various characteristics such as randomised environment generation, permadeath, turn-based movement, text-based or primitive tile-based graphics, and hack-and-slash gameplay.
Where does roguelike come from?: From Rogue (the name of a 1980 computer game which introduced the genre, from rogue) + -like.

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