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After this thread's been dead for 3 days, here are the results:

1) Tetrads: 2

2) Tetriminoes: 1 (spelled tetrominoes, but I'm counting it)

3) Other: 12 (including 1 for "tets")

4) Blocks: 14



"Tetriminoes" or "pieces".



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The Ghost of RubangB said:
They were called Tetrads in the original Tetris manual for Game Boy and the NES.

They were also called tetrads in a random zing in the NES game Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics 2, as can be seen here:





At some point the switch was made from "Tetrads" to "Tetriminoes" and they are called Tetriminoes in Tetris DS. I'm not sure when the switch was made, but I remember seeing "Tetriminoes" in the manual for Tetris DS and wondering what the hell happened.

Also, a quick look at Wikipedia tells me that "tetrominoes" is the original word which comes from the Greek "tetra" and "domino" but that the Tetris Company spells it with an I instead of an O.


Apparently I'm the only one using either term because I'm the only person here who gives a shit about Tetris vocabulary. I'm ashamed of all of you.

 I was about to ask that. I thought they were referred to as "tetrads" in Zoda's Revenge. I normally refer to them as "pieces" or "blocks", but that doesn't make it right. I am ashamed.



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Tetrazoids!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZV9IlTJcIg

No, seriously i'm not sure i've ever had to refer to them. Outside of individually.

"L Block"
"Stright guy"
"Box"
"Revere L"
"The Z"
"Reverse Z"
and
"Crazy Pete"

I knew Tetrads was the correct name however.