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Meanings
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A word game consisting of a grid of letters, the aim of which is to find an array of given words hidden within the grid.
These word association lists can also be used in pedagogical materials, such as mind-maps, word-searches, weekly spelling lists, etc.
2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 109:
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Translations (17)
it parole intrecciate (a word game) · sv sökord (a word game) · pt caça-palavras (a word game) · cs osmisměrka (a word game) · cy chwilair (a word game) · ru филво́рд (a word game) · es buscapalabras (a word game) · ca sopa de lletres (a word game) · nrf mots muchis (a word game) · cmn 找詞遊戲 /找词游戏 (a word game) · fr mot caché (a word game) · pt sopa de letras (a word game) · fi sanalaatikko (a word game) · nl woordzoeker (a word game) · es sopa de letras (a word game) · de Wörtersuchspiel (a word game) · pl wykreślanka (a word game)