Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

walking dead

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English

Syllables: walk-ing dead
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Corresponding to an unwinnable game state, where the player can still act in the game world but victory is impossible.

noun

Example Sentences

"The term I've typically seen used for the latter is "walking dead" -- meaning you can still wander around, but no progress can be made, and therefore you have effectively lost the game -- ie "died" -- and just don't know it."
"There are numerous ways to instantly get killed, as well as walking dead situations, which were practically banned across all other adventure games when this game was released in 1996."
"[I]t’s inevitable that we’d have some walking dead scenarios. Regretfully, I hit one. [...] I left my Boysenberry computer at my house when I headed off to the airport. [...] I [...] jumped into a cannibal-infested jungle before discovering that I lose immediately if I parachute in without the computer."

Synonyms

unwinnable softlock softlocked

Questions

What does walking dead mean?: Corresponding to an unwinnable game state, where the player can still act in the game world but victory is impossible.

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