Word.ws English Dictionary

softlocks

softlocks is the plural of softlock.

softlocks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of softlock.

Meaning of softlock

Noun

softlock (plural softlocks)

  1. A situation where a game remains apparently playable, but further progress is impossible, typically due to a design flaw or glitch.
    • I defeated the boss, but got hit at the exact same time; now I'm stuck in a softlock and can't exit the level.

See all 2 meanings of softlock

Questions about softlocks

What is softlocks the plural of?
Softlocks is the plural of softlock.

Words near softlocks in the dictionary

  1. softloading
  2. softloads
  3. softlock
  4. softlocked
  5. softlocking
  6. softlocks
  7. softly
  8. softly softly
  9. softly, softly
  10. softly, softly caught the monkey
  11. softly, softly, catchee monkey

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: softlocks (page history and authors); softlock (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:

Cite this entry: “softlocks.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/softlocks. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.