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English name?

Post by berni » Tue 19 Jul, 2016 9:54 am

Recently I wondered, how this puzzletype is usually called in english. I havn't found anything usefull yet. Maybe you can help me?
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Re: English name?

Post by PuzzleScot » Tue 19 Jul, 2016 11:10 am

Puzzler call it 'Kriss Kross', but I know these as 'Word Fit' puzzles. (Just my opinion)
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Re: English name?

Post by GarethMoore » Wed 20 Jul, 2016 3:15 am

Fit Word is common too. And kriss-kross is usually spelled Criss-cross if you're not Puzzler.
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Re: English name?

Post by berni » Wed 20 Jul, 2016 8:23 am

I've tried some internet searches with the names you gave. "word fit" seems to be the most common. Wikipedia forwards kriss-kross to "fill in" or "word fills" - might be more common in USA than in UK? Anyway, thank you, for your quick responses!
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Re: English name?

Post by GarethMoore » Thu 21 Jul, 2016 1:03 pm

Interestingly, I see that Puzzler use the term 'fitword' when they place the puzzles on a crossword grid, and 'kriss-kross' when they are free-form:
http://www.puzzler.com/puzzles-a-z/fitword

Not sure anyone else makes that distinction, though!
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