Standard puzzles have only horizontal and vertical answers. However, there are many novelty puzzles which may contain diagonals, stairsteps, reversals, flower petals and anything else the puzzler can come up with. Games magazine often features such novelty puzzles.
No. You play words either horizontally or vertically.
Yes. They have to intersect somewhere; hence the name.
The clues for words that are entered horizontally in a crossword are labeled "Across."
The best way to learn more words that can be used in crossword puzzles would be to look in the Dictionary, purely because when playing crossword the words must be acceptable and be able to be found in a dictionary.
It is called a Crossword because they are WORDS that go aCROSS! That answer your question? It's a derivative of WORDCROSS
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Roe. It's just one of those crossword puzzle words you learn over time.
because if u look at a crossword puzzel the words overlap each other
i dont know 8?
Soduko?
a crossword puzzle
Yes because the words can cross
yes all you have to do is hide the words
Amo's Online Crossword Puzzle Dictionary is a useful online tool for that. For any blank spaces, use an asterisk instead and it will list possible words that can fill in the crossword.