The Million Word Crossword Answer Book

by Stanley Newman, Daniel Stark

Stan and Dan's 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 from the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. With THE MILLION WORD CROSSWORD ANSWER BOOK, these noted crossword experts give puzzlers the next "million word" tool they need. This radically comprehensive word finder can be used by solvers when two or more letters of the answer are known. It is even easier to use than a crossword dictionary! The 1,000,000+ entries will consist of exhaustive lists of crossword answers from 3 to 7 letters, where 2 letters are specified. For example, seven–letter answers with H as a 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" is comprised of words and phrases from actual puzzles, representing about 88% of all crossword answers––unapproachable by any other reference book. Included will be slang terms and celebrity names, a making this book as topical and relevant to modern solvers as the authors' previous book.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction

1280 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Joanne]

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]

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.

[KeeOfTheArchives]

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[Donald]

Words. Lots and lots.