Merriam-Webster’s Crossword Puzzle Dictionary
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The latest edition of America’s best-selling crossword puzzle dictionary is an essential guide for anyone who enjoys the game.
Features 340,000 clues and answer words with over 20,000 new words.Organized alphabetically, by number of letters, and by common categories to quickly target the words you need.New answer and clue words include freegan, goji, pho, and tweep.Comprehensive coverage of “”crosswordese”– the words, people, and place-names most encountered by puzzlers.
The perfect book for crossword puzzle lovers!
From the Publisher
Publisher : Merriam-Webster, Inc.; 4th edition (July 1, 2015)
Language : English
Mass Market Paperback : 1072 pages
ISBN-10 : 0877798192
ISBN-13 : 978-0877798194
Item Weight : 1.4 pounds
Dimensions : 4.13 x 2.2 x 6.75 inches
Gene Signoretti –
Same as my old one
This is a wonderful book. I thought it was a later edition of mine but I was wrong. I returned it for a different one. Excellent return process.
Alina Petlin –
Great book
This book is almost double the pages of my old one (2nd edition) so that can be good or bad depending. I don’t travel with mine often so I don’t mind the larger size and am happy to have more words! I often reference this book when writing poetry. So this book is perfect for those that often look up synonyms.
Amazon Customer –
An updated version with new words added.
I used my previous edition so much that it is falling apart, and this new version will replace it. It is pretty comprehensive if you become familiar with the organization of the book. There are some lists that I would like to have included, such as Greek and Hebrew alphabets and names of months, which seem to come up in clues in puzzles. I’ve made my own and attached them to the back cover.
Rosalie E. Fanlo –
Heavy Book
I don’t believe this is as good as the New York Times Crossword dictionary that I replaced because it fell apart. The print size is good, but because it is large print, book is heavy to handle in my easy chair where I usually work on puzzles. Some words are not listed that I think should be.
Recommendable! –
Perfect!
This was an additional Christmas gift for a Scrabble enthusiast. A great find!
TCharlie1 –
It’s a thick paperback
Have not used it yet but it is thick and fairly small print so I feel there are lots of words in it.
Terry Baker Mulligan –
Too Few Words!
For years I have used, and continue to use, Andrew Swanfeldt’s excellent and thorough “Crossword Puzzle Dictionary.” However, the most recent edition, the 6th, was last updated in 2002, so it lacks many recent references. I now do puzzles in multiple locations, so for an additional dictionary, I thought I’d try a more updated one.When it comes to dictionaries, there are few more reliable names than Miriam Webster, so I ordered their 4th Edition Crossword Puzzle Dictionary, last updated in 2016. It’s a good book, but I’ve been disappointed that it often has fewer words and sometimes an entry gives fewer examples. Swanfeldt’s dictionary also has more depth and breadth.For instance, Swanfeldt’s has the entry, “Handy Andy’s catch: 5 Oonah.” Handy Andy is a 19th century novel by the Irish writer, Samuel Lover. Oonah is the girl he pursues and her name sometimes comes up as a crossword clue. Neither Andy Rooney, nor Oona appears in the Miriam Webster Crossword Dictionary.
Linda Moore –
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great book for crossword puzzles and other things.
Michael Roberts –
If you are a crossword fanatic you cannot have enough of these booksPerfect for cheats
Wil –
Great dictionary for crosswords, printing large so you can read it and has lots of clues for the answers. Great buy for crosswords enthusiast s.
Bub –
Great product and fast postage
Jolyon Forsyth –
I am a cryptic cxrossword fan. This dictionary is a great help because when you look up a word which you think is the definition in a cryptic clur it sorts the answers by the number of letters in the answers it gives. Great help.
john martin –
best dictionary I’ve had for crosswords