playthrough
/ˈpleɪˌθɹu/
playthrough noun: the act, or a recording, of playing a game from start to finish.
Noun
playthrough (plural playthroughs)
- The act, or a recording, of playing a game from start to finish.
- I've started as many new playthroughs just to try a new idea for a centaur rifleman or steel-plated pugilist as I have because my last character met a grisly end after getting their head erupted by a psychic duelist. […] As exciting as my newest character build might be, it's Qud's setting that...2025 February, Lincoln Carpenter, “Best Roguelike 2024: Caves of Qud”, in PC Gamer (US), number 392, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2025, page 43; published online 22 December 2024
- Synonyms:
- run, walkthrough
- The cumulative monetary amount that must be wagered before an account may be withdrawn, typically stated as a multiple of the initial deposit.
Synonyms of playthrough
Forms of playthrough
| plural | playthroughs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | play-through |
Origin of playthrough
From play + through.
Questions about playthrough
- What does playthrough mean?
- Playthrough means the act, or a recording, of playing a game from start to finish.
- What part of speech is playthrough?
- Playthrough is a noun.
- How do you pronounce playthrough?
- Playthrough is pronounced /ˈpleɪˌθɹu/ (US).
- What is the plural of playthrough?
- The plural of playthrough is playthroughs.
Words near playthrough in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: playthrough (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.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-playthrough.wav.
Cite this entry: “playthrough.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/playthrough. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.