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stepquotes

stepquotes is the plural of stepquote.

Meaning of stepquote

Noun

stepquote (plural stepquotes)

  1. (crosswording) A message in the grid of a crossword, split between multiple lights and arranged in a zigzag or steplike pattern.
    • No Stepquote seems to make sense. The open diagonal, 63 to 11, gives 'KLEURTIWIAAOUOA,' which doesn't have the feel of a message at first glance, even reading in the other direction.1986, Herbert Resnicow, The Crossword Code, →ISBN
  2. (crosswording) A crossword puzzle including such a message.
    • Later Joseph Cotten and I became pen pals because he liked my Stepquotes, and Frank Sinatra's secretary proudly informed me that her boss does the Times puzzles in ink.1984, Eugene T. Maleska, Across and Down: The Crossword Puzzle World, Touchstone

Questions about stepquotes

What is stepquotes the plural of?
Stepquotes is the plural of stepquote.

Words near stepquotes in the dictionary

  1. steppingstone
  2. steppingstones
  3. steppogenin
  4. Stepps
  5. stepquote
  6. stepquotes
  7. steprelation
  8. steprelations
  9. steprelationship
  10. steprelationships
  11. steprelative

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stepquotes (page history and authors); stepquote (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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