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game-play

game-play is the alternative form of gameplay.

Meaning of gameplay

Noun

gameplay (usually uncountable, plural gameplays)

  1. (usually) The totality of player experiences during a game, such as the gaming environment and the competitive interaction with other players; often with reference to a video game or a board game.

Forms of game-play

pluralgame-plays

Questions about game-play

What is game-play the alternative form of?
Game-play is the alternative form of gameplay.

Words near game-play in the dictionary

  1. game-mistresses
  2. game-over
  3. game-overed
  4. game-overing
  5. game-overs
  6. game-play
  7. game-plays
  8. game-theoretical
  9. game-time decision
  10. game-time decisions
  11. game-winner

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Adapted from Wiktionary: game-play (page history and authors); gameplay (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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