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letter banks

letter banks is the plural of letter bank.

Meaning of letter bank

Noun

letter bank (plural letter banks)

  1. (crosswording) A type of cryptic device similar to an anagram, but in which fodder letters can be used more than once.
    • One form of wordplay that’s proved both popular and fruitful in the National Puzzlers’ League—but has been used rarely if at all in cryptic crosswords—is the letter bank.2013 February 14, Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto, “Going to the Bank”, in The Nation

Questions about letter banks

What is letter banks the plural of?
Letter banks is the plural of letter bank.

Words near letter banks in the dictionary

  1. letter art
  2. letter au
  3. letter balance
  4. letter balances
  5. letter bank
  6. letter banks
  7. letter blindness
  8. letter bomb
  9. letter bombed
  10. letter bombing
  11. letter bombs

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