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Acrostic

noun
1.
A puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across.  Synonym: word square.
2.
Verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message.





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"Acrostic" Quotes from Famous Books



... taking off his hat which was full of scraps of paper, 'a little trifle here, thrown off in the heat of the moment, which I should say was exactly the thing you wanted to set this place on fire with. It's an acrostic—the name at this moment is Warren, and the idea's a convertible one, and a positive inspiration for Jarley. Have ...
— The Old Curiosity Shop • Charles Dickens


Words linked to "Acrostic" :   word square, teaser, literary work, mystifier, puzzle, puzzler, literary composition


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