tetris
/ˈtɛtɹɪs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A puzzle video game in which falling tetrominoes must be manipulated to form complete lines, which are then cleared from the grid.
Example Sentences
- "There is one nice moment in the music, but it's not the moment identified by the owner of the system, and one idiot goes so far as to gush, "This is better than Tetris!""
- "From the kitchen the guy said, "I write science fiction. Or I'm trying to write. I've been staring at that screen for three days. You just interrupted a one-hour Tetris marathon. I need to talk to a real human being.""
- "[…]there were some other guys there who were into cosplay—that's costume play—and their thing was, they were dressed as Tetris blocks."
- "Prior to this, DAS and Hypertapping were the two standards for Tetris pros, but Rolling allows for a high amount of button presses per second without the "superhuman finger speeds" needed for Hypertapping, modified controllers, or any gloves - which also makes it is perfectly legal for tournament play."
- "Then I looked at the furniture. It was all a bit unimaginative, so I rearranged everything at a jaunty angle. When I returned to the cellar I was still playing Tetris with the cooker in my head."
- "While I worked out a Tetris-like arrangement to get all of the leftovers into the oven, Phil's curiosity got the better of him."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Те́трис
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɛtɹɪs/
- British English: /ˈtɛtɹɪs/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Tetrises (plural)
tetrises (present, singular)
tetrising (participle, present)
tetrised (participle, past)
tetrised (past)