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Plural of crossword

regular plural

The plural of crossword is crosswords.

Forms of crossword

Singularcrossword /ˈkɹɒswɜː(ɹ)d/
Pluralcrosswords
Countablecountable

Crosswords in a sentence

  • I love doing puzzles, especially crosswords, but lately I've taken to sudokus too.From the entry do
  • The crosswords and mind games are my favourite part of the newspaper.From the entry mind game
  • Although some word games, such as anagrams and crosswords, can be completed alone, others such as charades are designed for groups.From the entry word game
  • I like to do my exercises every morning before breakfast. I do calisthenics for physical exercise, and I do crosswords for mental exercise.From the entry exercise
  • This grants access to a huge archive of the Times’ crosswords, as well as the addictive Spelling Bee.2022 December 6, Kathryn Mannie, “A gift guide for men who don’t want whiskey stones or golf clubs”, in Global News, archived from the…. From the entry Wordler

Meaning of crossword

  1. noun A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.
  2. noun The grid of such a puzzle.
  3. noun The words in an acrostic puzzle from which the letters are to be taken.

Full definition of crossword

Questions about the plural of crossword

What is the plural of crossword?
The plural of crossword is crosswords.
Is crossword countable?
Crossword is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crossword (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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