word square
noun
: a series of words of equal length arranged in a square pattern to read the same horizontally and vertically
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Wynne built his work, as Raphel describes, on centuries of wordplay and word squares, in which words could be read across and down a grid of letters.
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Peter Sagal, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2020
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Peter Sagal, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2020
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“Word square.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/word%20square. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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