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word square

/wərd skwɛər/

Other forms: word squares

Definitions of word square
  1. noun
    a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
    synonyms: acrostic
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    type of:
    mystifier, puzzle, puzzler, teaser
    a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
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