tetromino

Falling block piece

A tetromino is a shape made of four squares joined edge to edge—the pieces in the video game Tetris.

There are seven distinct tetrominoes, typically named by the letters they resemble: I, O, T, S, Z, J, and L.

The term comes from combining "tetra" (four) with "domino."

shape

T-piece

Perpendicular pipe junction

  • squareRhombus with right angles
  • lineContinuous mark or queue
  • zigzagAngled back-and-forth path

rotation · symmetry · tessellation · grid · tile · configuration · orientation · mirror

geometry

polygon

Multisided plane figure

symmetry · congruence · plane · perimeter · area · convex · tiling · tessellation · coordinate · transformation

stacking

clearing

Treeless space in forest

combo · gap · overhang · opener · finesse · garbage

tetris

arcade

Arched passageway or gaming hall

playfield · speedrun · marathon · sprint · ultra · level · cascade · NES

puzzle

brain-teaser

Challenging mental puzzle

  • logicScience of valid reasoning
  • patternRecurring arrangement or template
  • packingPutting items in containers

dissection · tangram · fitting · arrangement · solution · challenge

Opposites
number of component squares

tetrominodomino

Rectangular game piece

pentomino

Family

domino, tetra, tetrad, tetrahedron, tetrahedral, tetrads, pentomino, tetrahedrons

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