match-four game

noun

A tile-matching game in which sets of four must be matched.

Meanings

nounmatch-four game (plural match-four games)

plural match-four games

  1. video gamesA tile-matching game in which sets of four must be matched.

    He looks up from the recliner, where he's idly playing a match-four game on his phone. "What?"

    2021, Ramsey Hootman, Cyril in the Flesh, unnumbered page
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    Like many match-four games of its ilk, Game of Drones offers plenty of opportunities to generate Bucks (the game's currency), which can be spent to purchase more lives, as well as items that help with particularly tricky puzzles.

    2018, Eddy Webb, “Buy Gems to Woo Your Lover: Free-to-Play Narratives”, in Toiya Kristen Finely, editor, Narrative Tactics for Mobile and Social Games: Pocket-Sized Storytelling, page 238

    I puttered around on the computer for a while, mostly playing match-four games instead of actually doing anything that resembled work.

    2021, Molly Fitz, Pet Whisperer P.I., unnumbered page

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 四消游戲 /四消游戏
  • 四消游戲 /四消游戏 (sìxiāoyóuxì)Translations
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APA

match-four game. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/match-four%20game

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “match-four game,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/match-four%20game.

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