WORD SQUARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does word square mean? 

• WORD SQUARE (noun)
  The noun WORD SQUARE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: WORD SQUARE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WORD SQUARE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

acrostic; word square

Hypernyms ("word square" is a kind of...):

mystifier; puzzle; puzzler; teaser (a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution)