theorycraft

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English

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Etymology

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theory +‎ -craft

Verb

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theorycraft (third-person singular simple present theorycrafts, present participle theorycrafting, simple past and past participle theorycrafted)

  1. (video games) To analyze (especially mathematically) the underlying mechanics of a video game in order to optimize or minimax one's gameplay.

Noun

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theorycraft (countable and uncountable, plural theorycrafts)

  1. (video games) Theorycrafting.