The Million Word Crossword Answer Book

by Stanley Newman, Daniel Stark

The Million Word Crossword Dictionary was hailed by New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz as "the largest, most up-to-date, and most useful" and praised by crossword editors nationwide. Now, noted crossword experts Stanley Newman and Daniel Stark unveil the next tool to send your solving skills soaring. THE MILLION WORD CROSSWORD ANSWER BOOK is a radically comprehensive word finder that you can use when two or more letters of the answer are known. Even easier to use than a crossword dictionary, you can use the two together or separately to power-solve the toughest puzzle! The 1,000,000-plus entries consist of exhaustive lists of crossword answers from 3 to 7 letters, in which 2 letters are specified. For example, 7-letter answers with H as the second letter and C as a sixth letter will include the words CHALICE and PHYSICS, the proper names EHRLICH and SHYLOCK, and the phrase THIN ICE. The book′s "base lexicon" consists of words and phrases from actual puzzles, representing about 88 percent of all crossword answers--a number untouched by any other reference book--and the inclusion of slang terms and celebrity names give this book the topicality and comprehensiveness you′ve come to expect from the Million Word brand. In addition, a unique crossword answer Glossary section lists more than 20,000 definitions for less common or potentially confusing words and proper names, hand-picked by Stan and Dan based on their expert knowledge of words and terms most likely to stump solvers. The biggest and most complete answer book ever, THE MILLION WORD CROSSWORD ANSWER BOOK is your master key for unlocking any crossword puzzle.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction

1280 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Joanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of those times when you never really finish reading a book. I use it on a weekly basis.
It is my favorite out of the 4 crossword dictionaries that I own. It provided me with 2 answers this morning. It is a bit unwieldly, but that's OK because it is jam packed with answers to puzzling clues.

[Sarah Kelleher · Rating 1 out of 5]

My mom gave me this for Christmas a few years ago, and I didn't find it very helpful. I only used it a few times to look up rivers or mountains in a particular country, but you could use the internet to do that just as easily.

[keereads · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Donald]

Words. Lots and lots.