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diagramless

diagramless adjective: having a blank grid, so that the solver must determine the positions of the black (non-lettered) squares as well as the answers to the clues.

Adjective

diagramless (not comparable)

  1. (crosswording) Having a blank grid, so that the solver must determine the positions of the black (non-lettered) squares as well as the answers to the clues.
    • I hope the addition of KenKen to the puzzles page is an accommodation to the new size, not preliminary to discontinuation of the cryptic, acrostic, diagramless, etc.2009 June 28, “The Redesign”, in New York Times

Noun

diagramless (plural diagramlesses)

  1. (crosswording) A puzzle of this kind.

Forms of diagramless

pluraldiagramlesses

Origin of diagramless

From diagram + -less.

Questions about diagramless

What does diagramless mean?
Diagramless means having a blank grid, so that the solver must determine the positions of the black (non-lettered) squares as well as the answers to the clues.
What part of speech is diagramless?
Diagramless can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near diagramless in the dictionary

  1. diagram chase
  2. diagram chases
  3. diagram chasing
  4. diagramed
  5. diagraming
  6. diagramless
  7. diagramlesses
  8. diagrammability
  9. diagrammable
  10. diagrammatic
  11. diagrammatical

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