Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun word_square
1 sense of word square
Sense 1
word square, acrostic -- (a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across)
=> puzzle, puzzler, mystifier, teaser -- (a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler")