WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Crossword - AOL

    www.aol.com/games/play/masque-publishing/crossword

    Solve puzzle clues across and down to fill the numbered rows and columns of the grid with words and phrases. By Masque Publishing

  3. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossword_abbreviations

    Cryptic crosswords often use abbreviations to clue individual letters or short fragments of the overall solution. These include: Any conventional abbreviations found in a standard dictionary, such as: "current": AC (for "alternating current"); less commonly, DC (for "direct current"); or even I (the symbol used in physics and electronics)

  4. The New York Times Crossword - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_crossword

    Android. Release. February 15, 1942; 82 years ago. ( 1942-02-15) Genre (s) Word game. Mode (s) Single-player. The New York Times Crossword (marketed as The Crossword) is a daily American-style crossword puzzle published in The New York Times as part of The New York Times Games, online on the newspaper's website, syndicated to more than 300 ...

  5. Crossword - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossword

    A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...

  6. Blend word - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blend_word

    Blend word. In linguistics, a blend —also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau [a] —is a word formed, usually intentionally, by combining the sounds and meanings of two or more words. [2] [3] [4] English examples include smog, coined by blending smoke and fog, [3] [5] as well as motel, from motor ( motorist) and hotel. [6]

  7. Anagram - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anagram

    Animation for the anagram "Listen = Silent". An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once. [1] For example, the word anagram itself can be rearranged into nag a ram; which is an Easter egg in Google when searching for the word "anagram". [2]

  8. Puzzle - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puzzle

    v. t. e. A puzzle is a game, problem, or toy that tests a person's ingenuity or knowledge. In a puzzle, the solver is expected to put pieces together ( or take them apart) in a logical way, in order to achieve the correct solution of the puzzle. There are different genres of puzzles, such as crossword puzzles, word-search puzzles, number ...

  9. Text messaging - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_messaging

    The word "lol" sent via iMessage. Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic messages, typically consisting of alphabetic and numeric characters, between two or more users of mobile devices, desktops / laptops, or another type of compatible computer. Text messages may be sent over a cellular network or may also ...