Pentomino
A pentomino is a polyomino of five squares. The ancient pentomino puzzle uses free pentominoes.
The shapes
There are 12 free pentominoes. Six of them are chiral, making a total of 18 one-sided pentominoes.
Symmetric
I |
T |
U | |||
V |
W |
X |
Chiral
These come in mirrored pairs:
F |
Z |
L | |||
Y |
N |
P |
Naming conventions
There is no universally agreed upon convention for naming one-sided pentominoes.
Official games that use pentominoes
Incomplete.
- Tetris 2 + Bombliss in Bombliss mode.
- Magical Tetris Challenge in Magical Tetris mode.
- Tetris 64 in Bio Tetris mode.
- Pokémon Tetris
- Puyo Puyo Tetris in Party mode.
- Tetris Effect as the signature attack of the boss Capricorn.
Non-official games that use pentominoes
Very incomplete.