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Reverse Dictionary FAQs: What is a reverse dictionary & how is it used?
Miscellaneous Scrabble® Brand Crossword Game Links
Click here for the homepage of the National Scrabble® Association
Online Scrabble® Games
Click here for the Atari Play website, the place to find online versions of the world's greatest games.
Click here for the Scrabulous website, where you can play Scrabble® online for free.
Crosswords Facts & Trivia
- The first known crossword puzzle was created by Arthur Wynne, and he is usually credited with inventing the modern crossword. His puzzle appeared on December 21, 1913 in New York World. Click here to view it.
- The first crossword puzzle book (compiled by Margaret Petherbridge and published by Simon & Schuster) appeared in 1924, and this book quickly became a bestseller, initiating a nationwide craze.
- The term “Crossword” first appeared in a dictionary in 1930.
- In 1998 the US Postal Service issued a stamp to commemorate the first crossword puzzle. This stamp was on of the most popular ever, with a total of more than 18 million saved (that is, purchased but not used). Click here to view the stamp.
- Today more than 50 million people in the United States work crossword puzzles regularly.
- Crosswords exist worldwide with versions created and published in a variety of languages, including Japanese, French, German, Italian, Swedish, Spanish, and others.
- The term “cruciverbalist” was coined in 1981 to refer to a crossword puzzle enthusiast. Though a recent addition to English, the term is gaining acceptance.
Online Crossword Puzzle-solving Aids
Click here for a word finder from AllWords.com. Very useful if some letters are known.
Click here for a word finder from FindTheWord.info. Very useful if some letters are known.
Click here for a crossword clue and word finder from OneAcross.com. You can enter clue and word length to see possible solutions.
Click here for OneLook.com. This search engine indexes more than 1,000 dictionaries. (Try its reverse dictionary feature to find just about any catagory imaginable.)
Click here for Quinapalus.com. Its Word Match feature is a powerful puzzle-solving tool.
Miscellaneous Crossword Links
Click here for the homepage of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
Click here for the Index to articles and news clips from the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
Click here for a comprehensive set of links from the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
Click here for the homepage of the National Puzzler's League.
Free Online Crossword Puzzles
Click here for a free daily crossword from the LA Times.
Click here for a free Sunday crossword from the LA Times.
Click here for a free daily crossword from Newsday.
Click here for a free daily crossword from NY Times. (Registration Required.)
Click here for a free daily crossword from USA Today.
Click here for a free daily crossword from the Washington Post.
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