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The ancient [[pentomino puzzle]] uses free pentominoes.
The ancient [[pentomino puzzle]] uses free pentominoes.
 
The recent [[iPhone]] game [[Twinflix]] mostly uses pentominos in its gameplay.


== The shapes ==
== The shapes ==
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{|
{|
|- valign="top"
|- valign="top"
|{{pfstart}}
|<playfield>
{{pfrow| | | | | | | | | | }}
..........
{{pfrow| | |I|I|I|I|I| | | }}
..IIIII...
{{pfrow| | | | | | | | | | }}
..........
{{pfend}}
</playfield>
I
I
|{{pfstart}}
|<playfield>
{{pfrow| | | |T|T|T| | | | }}
...TTT....
{{pfrow| | | | |T| | | | | }}
....T.....
{{pfrow| | | | |T| | | | | }}
....T.....
{{pfend}}
</playfield>
T
T
|{{pfstart}}
|<playfield>
{{pfrow| | | |G| |G| | | | }}
...G.G....
{{pfrow| | | |G|G|G| | | | }}
...GGG....
{{pfrow| | | | | | | | | | }}
..........
{{pfend}}
</playfield>
U
U
|-
|-
|{{pfstart}}
|<playfield>
{{pfrow| | | |L| | | | | | }}
...L......
{{pfrow| | | |L| | | | | | }}
...L......
{{pfrow| | | |L|L|L| | | | }}
...LLL....
{{pfend}}
</playfield>
V
V
|{{pfstart}}
|<playfield>
{{pfrow| | | |Z| | | | | | }}
...Z......
{{pfrow| | | |Z|Z| | | | | }}
...ZZ.....
{{pfrow| | | | |Z|Z| | | | }}
....ZZ....
{{pfend}}
</playfield>
W
W
|{{pfstart}}
|<playfield>
{{pfrow| | | | |T| | | | | }}
....T.....
{{pfrow| | | |T|T|T| | | | }}
...TTT....
{{pfrow| | | | |T| | | | | }}
....T.....
{{pfend}}
</playfield>
X
X
|}
|}
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These come in mirrored pairs:
These come in mirrored pairs:
{|
{|
|{{pfstart}}
|<playfield>
{{pfrow| |J| | | | | | |L| }}
.J......L.
{{pfrow| |J|J|J| | |L|L|L| }}
.JJJ..LLL.
{{pfrow| | |J| | | | |L| | }}
..J....L..
{{pfend}}
</playfield>
R and F
F
|{{pfstart}}
|<playfield>
{{pfrow| | |S|S| | |Z|Z| | }}
..SS..ZZ..
{{pfrow| | |S| | | | |Z| | }}
..S....Z..
{{pfrow| |S|S| | | | |Z|Z| }}
.SS....ZZ.
{{pfend}}
</playfield>
S and Z
Z
|{{pfstart}}
|<playfield>
{{pfrow|J| | | | | | | | |L}}
J........L
{{pfrow|J|J|J|J| | |L|L|L|L}}
JJJJ..LLLL
{{pfrow| | | | | | | | | | }}
..........
{{pfend}}
</playfield>
J and L
L
|-
|-
|{{pfstart}}
|<playfield>
{{pfrow| |I| | | | | | |I| }}
.I......I.
{{pfrow|I|I|I|I| | |I|I|I|I}}
IIII..IIII
{{pfrow| | | | | | | | | | }}
..........
{{pfend}}
</playfield>
Y' and Y
Y
|{{pfstart}}
|<playfield>
{{pfrow| | |S|S| | |Z|Z| | }}
..SS..ZZ..
{{pfrow|S|S|S| | | | |Z|Z|Z}}
SSS....ZZZ
{{pfrow| | | | | | | | | | }}
..........
{{pfend}}
</playfield>
H and N
N
|{{pfstart}}
|<playfield>
{{pfrow| |O|O| | | | |O|O| }}
.OO....OO.
{{pfrow| |O|O|O| | |O|O|O| }}
.OOO..OOO.
{{pfrow| | | | | | | | | | }}
..........
{{pfend}}
</playfield>
P and Q
P
|}
|}
== Naming conventions ==
{{expand section}}
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.
*[[Jstris|JStris]] in Penta and All-29 piece sets.
*[[Pentix]]
*[[EGAint]], depending on the piece set.
*[[Techmino]]


== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentomino Pentomino on Wikipedia]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentomino Pentomino on Wikipedia]
[[Category:Articles]]

Revision as of 06:10, 23 January 2022

A pentomino is a polyomino of five squares.

The ancient pentomino puzzle uses free pentominoes. The recent iPhone game Twinflix mostly uses pentominos in its gameplay.

The shapes

There are 12 free pentominoes. Six of them are chiral, making a total of 18 one-sided pentominoes.

Symmetric

..........
..IIIII...
..........

I

...TTT....
....T.....
....T.....

T

...G.G....
...GGG....
..........

U

...L......
...L......
...LLL....

V

...Z......
...ZZ.....
....ZZ....

W

....T.....
...TTT....
....T.....

X

Chiral

These come in mirrored pairs:

.J......L.
.JJJ..LLL.
..J....L..

F

..SS..ZZ..
..S....Z..
.SS....ZZ.

Z

J........L
JJJJ..LLLL
..........

L

.I......I.
IIII..IIII
..........

Y

..SS..ZZ..
SSS....ZZZ
..........

N

.OO....OO.
.OOO..OOO.
..........

P

Naming conventions

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There is no universally agreed upon convention for naming one-sided pentominoes.

Official games that use pentominoes

Incomplete.

Non-official games that use pentominoes

Very incomplete.

External links