Meanings
plural crossword puzzles · alternative xword puzzle
- gamesA crossword.
Humans are not so different, she argues: “We have these incredibly huge brains but we use them to do crossword puzzles – that’s not something that is evolutionarily selected for.”
2019 December 12, Chris Baraniuk, “Crows could be the smartest animal other than primates”, in BBC Future
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
crossword puzzle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossword%20puzzle
“crossword puzzle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossword%20puzzle. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crossword puzzle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossword%20puzzle.
Source: crossword puzzle on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.