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What type of game is crossword? ›

A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues.

Some common synonyms of diminutive are little, miniature, minute, small, and tiny.

Some common synonyms of tease are annoy, harass, harry, pester, plague, and worry.

Perhaps the most famous is the November 5, 1996, puzzle by Jeremiah Farrell, published on the day of the U.S. presidential election, which has been featured in the movie Wordplay and the book The Crossword Obsession by Coral Amende, as well as discussed by Peter Jennings on ABC News, featured on CNN, and elsewhere.

Clue: A crossword clue is a hint that the solver must decipher to find the answer that is then entered into the puzzle grid. Clues are not necessarily dictionary definitions; they can involve puns, anagrams and other types of wordplay.

Besides those, I'd say Quote-Acrostics are quite similar, with each letter showing up in two places (once in each clue, and once in the overall quote), with clue-answer length known, and with initially solved clues ("in the dark", as it were) contributing letters to solve the other clues.

Improves Cognitive Functioning

That's because crossword puzzles require you to use your brain to make connections between words and clues, which can help strengthen the neural pathways in your brain.

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of oppose are combat, resist, and withstand.

What is a synonym for identical crossword? ›

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of identical are equal, equivalent, same, selfsame, and very.

How Can You Tell It's a Hidden Word Clue? Often, hidden word clues have a "tip-off" word. For example, the clue might have the word "contained” in it. That could mean that a portion of the clue "contains" the answer, which is the hidden word.

Some common synonyms of noticeable are conspicuous, outstanding, prominent, remarkable, salient, and striking.

Some common synonyms of mingle are amalgamate, blend, coalesce, commingle, fuse, merge, and mix.

by grid / style: free-form, themed, themeless, cryptic, rebus, barred, cipher, diagramless, fill-in, etc.

Look for signals such as "caught in," "buried in," "part of," and "housed by." For example, CAT could be clued as: "Lover of birds imprisoned in Alcatraz (3)." Here's another example: "Karen always displays an engagement ring? (5)" (As in standard crosswords, a question mark at the end of a clue typically signals a ...

Unlike regular crosswords, which typically ask the solver to find a synonym for a word or phrase, cryptic crosswords use clues that are deliberately misleading.

The most common type of symmetry is 180° symmetry, in which the shape looks the same when you rotate it 180°. But, a puzzle can also use 90° rotation or be mirror symmetric up-down or left-right, or in both directions.