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word square

noun

  1. a set of words such that when arranged one beneath another in the form of a square they read alike horizontally and vertically.


word square

noun

  1. a puzzle in which the player must fill a square grid with words that read the same across as down
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of word square1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences

Wynne built his work, as Raphel describes, on centuries of wordplay and word squares, in which words could be read across and down a grid of letters.

He was an avid Scrabble player and word square solver for years before picking up crosswords.

Be very careful to give a clear and correct definition of words used in word squares, diamond puzzles, beheadings, acrostics, and charades.

Now here they are said to be all square; square is a note of perfection; but this word square may be taken two ways.

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