tic-tac-toe

1. 1.

   a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does

   Synonymsticktacktoeticktacktootick-tack-toetit-tat-toenoughts and crosses

   Broaderboard game

Questions about tic-tac-toe

What does tic-tac-toe mean?

tic-tac-toe means "a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does".

How many syllables are in tic-tac-toe?

tic-tac-toe has 3 syllables: tic--tac--toe. The stress falls on "tic-".

What is another word for tic-tac-toe?

Close synonyms include ticktacktoe, ticktacktoo, tick-tack-toe, tit-tat-toe, noughts and crosses. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tic-tac-toe a common word?

tic-tac-toe is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.