December 21 - Birthday of the crossword puzzle

December 21 - Birthday of the crossword puzzle
Administration and contributors of Crossword.Nalench.com, congratulate all crossword specialists - visitors of our site with this wonderful event!

HISTORY OF CROSSWORD DAY

Liverpool-based journalist Arthur Wynn was recognized as the inventor of the word game we know today. He created what is believed to be the first known crossword puzzle published. The puzzle appeared in the December 21, 1913 issue of the New York World.

The creator of the first crossword puzzle was journalist Arthur Wynn, who emigrated to New York from Liverpool. He invented a new approach to working with words: he enclosed letters in cells, placed cells in stripes and called the new puzzle "cross-word puzzle".
The author submitted his 32-word crossword puzzle to the New York World, where it was published on December 21, 1913.

Crossword Day on December 21 marks the birth of a challenging word game enjoyed by millions of people around the world.

The first crosswords were published in England in children's books and other publications. These were simple word games formed from squares of words, where the letters were arranged in a square so that the words were read equally across and down.

[font = Impact] The task of the [/ font] crossword puzzle is to fill in the white spaces of the grid with the correct words using the provided hints. Black spaces separate individual words. Hints for more difficult puzzles read like riddles, which complicates the game.

Many are touting the benefits of crosswords. Not only are they fun, but challenging crosswords can help delay the onset of dementia or hone the brain for problem solving. They can also increase vocabulary and even relieve the mind of daytime stress by focusing on other than mundane issues.

How to celebrate this day of the Crossword

Enjoy popcorn while solving your favorite online crossword puzzle! We also suggest celebrating in these fun ways:

Try to solve different types of crosswords, for example, Criss-Cross or Wordseekers.
Are you bilingual or learning a new language? Try to solve a crossword puzzle in your second language.
Challenge someone to a race. Earn the bragging rights by solving your puzzle first.
Try your hand at solving a crossword puzzle. Sometimes making clues is more difficult than putting together the foundation of a puzzle.
If you create your own crossword puzzle, see if you can write the name of your loved one into it.
Challenge yourself to solve the puzzle daily.
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