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ACROSTIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("acrostic" is a kind of...):
literary composition; literary work (imaginative or creative writing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
Synonyms:
acrostic; word square
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("acrostic" is a kind of...):
mystifier; puzzle; puzzler; teaser (a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution)
