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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A set of words arranged in a square such that they read the same horizontally and vertically.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
square , 15.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of
acrostic , consisting of a set of words written out in a square grid, such that the same words can be read both horizontally and vertically.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
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