Meanings
alternative tick-tack-toe · alternative tick-tat-toe · alternative tit-tat-toe · alternative tic tac toe · alternative tick tat toe · alternative tit tat toe
- uncountablegamesA game in which two players take turns placing circles and crosses on a 3x3 grid and attempt to obtain three of the same symbols in a straight line.
Synonyms: noughts and crosses, naughts and crosses, X's and O's, exie-osies, zeroes and crosses, zero cross, X O, X-O
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA game in which two players take turns placing circles and crosses on a 3x3 grid and attempt to obtain three of the same symbols in a straight line.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Imitative; from tick-tack, used earlier to denote games in which the pieces made clicking sounds.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque artzain joko
- artzain jokogame
Catalan tres en ratlla
- tres en ratllagame
Chinese Mandarin 井字棋, 井字遊戲 /井字游戏
- 井字棋 (jǐngzìqí)game
- 井字遊戲 /井字游戏 (jǐngzì yóuxì)game
Czech piškvorky
- piškvorkygame
Dutch kruisje-rondje, boter, kaas en eieren
- kruisje-rondjegame
- boter, kaas en eierengame
Esperanto ikso kaj O, tri en vico
- ikso kaj Ogame
- tri en vicogame
- tiktaktogame
Estonian trips-traps-trull
- trips-traps-trullgame
Finnish ristinolla, jätkänsakki
- ristinollagame
- jätkänsakkigame
French morpion, tic-tac-toe
- morpiongame
- tic-tac-toegame
- oxogame
German Tic Tac Toe, Dodelschach
- Tic Tac Toegame
- Dodelschachgame
- Drei gewinntgame
- Kreis und Kreuzgame
- XXOgame
Greek τρίλιζα
- τρίλιζα (tríliza)game
Hebrew איקס־עיגול
- איקס־עיגול (iks 'igul)game
Hungarian amőba
- amőbagame
Indonesian silang-bulat-silang
- silang-bulat-silanggame
Italian filetto, tris
- filettogame
- trisgame
Japanese 三目並べ
- 三目並べ (sanmoku narabe)game
Korean 틱택토
- 틱택토 (tiktaekto)game
Norwegian bondesjakk, tripp-trapp-tresko
- bondesjakkgame
- tripp-trapp-treskogame
Polish kółko i krzyżyk
- kółko i krzyżykgame
Portuguese jogo do galo, jogo da velha
- jogo do galogame
- jogo da velhagame
Romanian X și 0
- X și 0game
Russian кре́стики-но́лики
- кре́стики-но́лики (kréstiki-nóliki)game
Spanish tres en raya, ta-te-ti
- tres en rayagame
- ta-te-tigame
- gatogame
- michigame
- tatetígame
- ceritosgame
- triquigame
- triquisgame
Swedish luffarschack, tre i rad
- luffarschackgame
- tre i radgame
- tripp trapp trullgame
Turkish xox oyunu
- xox oyunugame
Cite this entry
tic-tac-toe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tic-tac-toe
“tic-tac-toe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tic-tac-toe. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tic-tac-toe,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tic-tac-toe.
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