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xword en · NOUN

Etymology

From x- as an abbreviation for cross- in crossword.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of x-word (“crossword”).
   alt of x-word
   • You took the newsy xwords of yore and transformed them into the themed puzzles modern solvers have come to love. 2021, Hayley Gold, Letters to Margaret, page 15:
   • In the first instance I think that it was a good thing that I had that Xword to do or I should have been very bored with the first day's proceedings, having heard that evidence so often before. 2015, Gordon Lowe, The acid bath murders: the trials and liquidations of John George Haigh, page 159:

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