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Tetris

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Tetris"

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tile-matching gamenoun	(video games) A type of puzzle game in which tiles arranged in columns and rows are shifted or eliminated by the player in order to align a set number (usually three or four) of the same type.
well	(manner) Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
match-three gamenoun	(video games) A tile-matching game in which sets of three must be matched.
puzzlernoun	One who devises puzzles for others to solve.
puzzlefestnoun	(video games, informal) A game, especially a text adventure, that mainly requires the player to solve puzzles.
tic-tac-toenoun	(games) A game in which two players take turns placing circles and crosses on a 3x3 grid and attempt to obtain three of the same symbols in a straight line.
match-four gamenoun	(video games) A tile-matching game in which sets of four must be matched.
dots and boxesnoun	A pencil-and-paper strategy game in which the players (usually two) take turns adding a single horizontal or vertical line between two unjoined adjacent dots in a square grid, aiming to complete the most boxes whose corners are four adjacent dots.
puzzlenoun	(countable) A thing such as a complicated matter or a problem which is difficult to make sense of or understand; also, a person who is difficult to make sense of or understand; an enigma.
griddlernoun	(games, puzzles) A puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled or left blank, according to sets of numbers given at the side of the grid, to reveal a hidden picture.
jenganoun	(games) A game where players take turns removing wooden blocks from a stack formed brickwise, the loser being the player whose actions cause the tower to collapse.
hanjienoun	(games, puzzles) A puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled or left blank, according to sets of numbers given at the side of the grid, to reveal a hidden picture.
tic tac toenoun	Alternative form of tic-tac-toe. [(games) A game in which two players take turns placing circles and crosses on a 3x3 grid and attempt to obtain three of the same symbols in a straight line.]
hard dropnoun	A manual downward motion of a piece in the video game Tetris that makes it land immediately (that is, within only one frame).
brick breakernoun	(video games) A game of a genre that involves moving a paddle horizontally or vertically to deflect a ball, using the deflected ball to destroy an arrangement of bricks on the screen.
tit-tat-tonoun	Archaic form of tic-tac-toe. [(games) A game in which two players take turns placing circles and crosses on a 3x3 grid and attempt to obtain three of the same symbols in a straight line.]
picrossnoun	(games, puzzles) A puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled or left blank, according to sets of numbers given at the side of the grid, to reveal a hidden picture.
tivolinoun	An ancient city in the province of Rome, Lazio, Italy.
twisternoun	(colloquial) A tornado.
tower defensenoun	(video games) A style of real-time strategy video game in which the player attempts to stop enemies from crossing a map by building traps to slow them down and towers or turrets which shoot at them as they pass within range.