See crossword in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"_dis": "86 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Norwegian translations",
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"_dis": "86 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Persian translations",
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{
"_dis": "83 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "87 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "86 14",
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{
"_dis": "87 13",
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"_dis": "86 14",
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"A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word."
],
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[
"games",
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[
"puzzle",
"puzzle"
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[
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"(games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word."
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"ref": "1957, Drum: A magazine of Africa for Africa, page 72:",
"text": "HOW TO ENTER::Fill in the crossword and send it to CROSSWORD No.54, DRUM, 176 Main Street, Johannesburg",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1962, Juan Garcia Hortelano, Summer Storm, page 175:",
"text": "I sat on the bed and began to fill in the crossword.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1967, Pigeon Racing News and Gazette - Volumes 23-24, page 27:",
"text": "All you have to do is fill in the crossword on this page and write your name and address on the coupon in Block Capitals (those written in longhand will not qualify).",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1979, Judith A. Gillespie, An Energy Curriculum for the Elementary Grades - Page 2-45, Indiana Dept. of Commerce Energy Group, page 2-45:",
"text": "They should be able to fill out the crossword using their knowledge from this chapter.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2021, Sarah Everett, Some Other Now, page 218:",
"text": "“You said you wanted me to fill out the crossword for you!”",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2021, Sian Phillips, Private Faces and Public Places: The Autobiography:",
"text": "Flair, the butler, drank.[…]On weekdays when we were alone, he would open The Times and fill in the crossword, each clue no sooner read than solved. At weekends he merely read the crossword, then ironed the paper before giving it to Herbie.",
"type": "quote"
}
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"The grid of such a puzzle"
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"(informal, by extension) The grid of such a puzzle"
],
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"broadly",
"informal"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈkɹɒswɜː(ɹ)d/"
},
{
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},
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"code": "af",
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"sense": "word puzzle",
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},
{
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"sense": "word puzzle",
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],
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},
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"roman": "kalimāt mutaqāṭiʕa",
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"word": "كَلِمَات مُتَقَاطِعَة"
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"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "խաչբառ"
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"sense": "word puzzle",
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"roman": "krǎstoslovica",
"sense": "word puzzle",
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"word": "кръстословица"
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{
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"sense": "word puzzle",
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"word": "pulongbay"
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"_dis1": "51 49",
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{
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{
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{
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{
"_dis1": "51 49",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "51 49",
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"plural"
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{
"_dis1": "51 49",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"_dis1": "51 49",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳrosvordi",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "კროსვორდი"
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{
"_dis1": "51 49",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "Kreuzworträtsel"
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{
"_dis1": "51 49",
"code": "el",
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"roman": "stavrólexo",
"sense": "word puzzle",
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{
"_dis1": "51 49",
"code": "he",
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"masculine"
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{
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "word puzzle",
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{
"_dis1": "51 49",
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"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "word puzzle",
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{
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "teka-teki silang"
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{
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
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{
"_dis1": "51 49",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "cruciverba"
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{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "word puzzle",
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"feminine",
"plural"
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"word": "parole crociate"
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{
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"roman": "kurosuwādo pazuru",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "クロスワードパズル"
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{
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"roman": "sipjamal",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "십자말"
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{
"_dis1": "51 49",
"code": "lt",
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{
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"neuter"
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{
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"tags": [
"neuter"
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{
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "krstozbor",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "крстозбор"
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{
"_dis1": "51 49",
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"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "silang kata"
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{
"_dis1": "51 49",
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"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tisliba"
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{
"_dis1": "51 49",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "panga kupu"
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{
"_dis1": "51 49",
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"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "పదబంధ ప్రహేళిక"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "word puzzle",
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"word": "crosswordlike"
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{
"word": "crosswordy"
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{
"word": "cryptic crossword"
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{
"word": "two-speed crossword"
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"ref": "1957, Drum: A magazine of Africa for Africa, page 72:",
"text": "HOW TO ENTER::Fill in the crossword and send it to CROSSWORD No.54, DRUM, 176 Main Street, Johannesburg",
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{
"ref": "1962, Juan Garcia Hortelano, Summer Storm, page 175:",
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},
{
"ref": "1967, Pigeon Racing News and Gazette - Volumes 23-24, page 27:",
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"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "1979, Judith A. Gillespie, An Energy Curriculum for the Elementary Grades - Page 2-45, Indiana Dept. of Commerce Energy Group, page 2-45:",
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"type": "quote"
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"ref": "2021, Sarah Everett, Some Other Now, page 218:",
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"type": "quote"
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"ref": "2021, Sian Phillips, Private Faces and Public Places: The Autobiography:",
"text": "Flair, the butler, drank.[…]On weekdays when we were alone, he would open The Times and fill in the crossword, each clue no sooner read than solved. At weekends he merely read the crossword, then ironed the paper before giving it to Herbie.",
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "blokkiesraaisel"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "word puzzle",
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"masculine"
],
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"lang": "Arabic",
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},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xačʻbaṙ",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "խաչբառ"
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"code": "ba",
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"roman": "krossvord",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "кроссворд"
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{
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"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "krasvórd",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krǎstoslovica",
"sense": "word puzzle",
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"feminine"
],
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{
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"plural"
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{
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"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "pulongbay"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "填字遊戲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiánzì yóuxì",
"sense": "word puzzle",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "word puzzle",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zònghéng zìmí",
"sense": "word puzzle",
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"sense": "word puzzle",
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{
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "word puzzle",
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},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "kryds-og-tværsopgave"
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"sense": "word puzzle",
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"neuter"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "word puzzle",
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "word puzzle",
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{
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"sense": "word puzzle",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "word puzzle",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "word puzzle",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "ristisanatehtävä"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "mots croisés"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grille de mots croisés"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳrosvordi",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "კროსვორდი"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Kreuzworträtsel"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "stavrólexo",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "σταυρόλεξο"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tashbetz",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "תשבץ"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "keresztrejtvény"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "krossgáta"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "teka-teki silang"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "crosfhocal"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cruciverba"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "parole crociate"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kurosuwādo pazuru",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "クロスワードパズル"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sipjamal",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "십자말"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "kryžiažodis"
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{
"code": "nds",
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"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "Kräizwuerträtsel"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "krstozbor",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "крстозбор"
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "silang kata"
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{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tisliba"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "panga kupu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "pangakupu"
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{
"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "word puzzle",
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"masculine",
"plural"
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{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "kryssord"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "jadval",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "جدول"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
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"plural"
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"word": "palavras cruzadas"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "krossvórd",
"sense": "word puzzle",
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "word puzzle",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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"tags": [
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "word puzzle",
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "word puzzle",
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"masculine"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word puzzle",
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "gaḷḷa nuḍikaṭṭu",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "గళ్ళ నుడికట్టు"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "padabandha prahēḷika",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "పదబంధ ప్రహేళిక"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "kare bulmaca"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "çengel bulmaca"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "çapraz bulmaca"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "krosvord",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"word": "кросворд"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "word puzzle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "croesair"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a grid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mot-croisé"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a grid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grille de mots croisés"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"crossword"
],
"word": "crossword"
}
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