crisscross
crisscross is a 10-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, adverb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write.
- noun. A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.
- transitive verb. To mark or cover with cross lines; as, a paper was crisscrossed with red marks.
- adverb. In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways.
- adverb. With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes; contrarily; as, things go crisscross.
- noun. a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
- verb. mark with a pattern of crossing lines
"crisscross the sheet of paper"
- verb. mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines
"wrinkles crisscrossed her face"
- verb. cross in a pattern, often random
- adjective. marked with crossing lines
- adverb. crossing one another in opposite directions
Synonyms
Common word forms
crisscrossed, crisscrosses, crisscrossing
Words from these letters
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