Before Spelling Bee, before Wordle and before Connections, there was the crossword. Who invented the first published crossword, and what was it?

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In late 1913, New York World journalist and editor Arthur Wynne was planning the Christmas edition of ...

Created by a British-American wordsmith, the very first Word-Cross appeared in the New York World on Dec. 21, 1913. And the crossword puzzle — as we know it — was born. To observe the centennial ...

If your day kicks off with coffee and a craving for brain teasers, USA TODAY Play is your new best friend. From breezy 10-minute crosswords to lightning-fast Quick Cross puzzles, it’s the perfect way ...

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Everywhere he looks, Merl Reagle sees word puzzles. A few minutes into our phone conversation, he stops mid-sentence. "Did you know that your last name anagrams perfectly into two different types of ...

What’s a 10-letter word for the 100th anniversary of something, in this case crossword puzzles? Google is celebrating the centennial of crossword puzzles Friday with an interactive doodle on its home ...

A great amount of my time is spent refereeing matches between Gil Smart (on the left) and some readers (on the right) and explaining to other readers why a crossword puzzle and its clues don't match.

Started playing the new CodyCross crossword puzzle game but stuck on answers for some of the levels? Check out our cheat guide with every answer to the addictive iOS puzzle game, here. IBTimes Started ...

The New York World ran the first-ever “Word-Cross Puzzle” in 1913, sending other papers, including the Globe, scrambling to introduce their own. This puzzle below was published in The Boston Globe on ...

There’s no story or actual farming to Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons. Rather, you’re going through 350 nonogram puzzles, and five collage puzzles that unlock as you complete the smaller ones, that are ...