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WORD SQUARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does word square mean? 

WORD SQUARE (noun)
  The noun WORD SQUARE has 1 sense:

1. a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as acrossplay

  Familiarity information: WORD SQUARE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WORD SQUARE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

acrostic; word square

Hypernyms ("word square" is a kind of...):

mystifier; puzzle; puzzler; teaser (a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution)


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