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9 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle
originFrom cross + word. Various word puzzles referred to as "crosswords" date back to the 1860s. The modern crossword puzzle was invented in 1913 by Arthur Wynne, who coined the name word-cross – crossword first appeared a few weeks later as a typographical error or deliberate transposition.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- crowds 12
- crowd 11
- sorrows 10
- swords 10
- crows 10
- scows 10
- scrow 10
- scrods 9
- sorrow 9
- drows 9
- sword 9
- woods 9