word square

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

   Synonymsacrostic

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Questions about word square

What does word square mean?

word square means "a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across".

What is another word for word square?

Close synonyms include acrostic. 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 word square a common word?

word square is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.