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The Word Cross Becomes Crossword
The word-cross—which eventually became cross-word, likely due to a type-setting accident, and later dropped the hyphen to become, simply, the crossword—wasn’t supposed to be a regular feature in the weekly supplement. Wynne found the prep work tedious, and typographers resented setting up the puzzle shape for print. But players were hooked; when the word game didn’t appear one Sunday, they demanded to know where it had gone, helping ensure that game stayed on as a regular feature for FUN.
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Word Cross In the 1920s
The modern “word-cross” appeared for the first time in print in the December 21, 1913 edition of New York World’s FUN Supplement. Section editor Arthur Wynne, trying to fill the Christmas insert, drew inspiration from his native England, where Victorian newspapers and magazines regularly publishe...
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2022: Wordle Takes Over The Internet
In its short lifespan, Wordle has already made the tricky transition from a cult phenomenon to an established part of our daily lives.
Created by a software engineer in Brooklyn for his partner in October 2021, the online word puzzle game became a global overnight success.
But the gam...
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Making Crossword Sustain Its Popularity
The editors of FUN supplement of New York World, who were trying to fill the Christmas insert, drew inspiration from native England, where Victorian newspapers and magazines regularly published word squares, acrostic puzzles where the same words can be read both across and down
The editors ...
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The crossword faced its critics in the 1920s
- The president of the British Optical Association blamed the crossword for eye strain.
- A literary debate around puzzling also raged.
- Some believed it was not taken seriously.
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh "answered in the negative" when asked if they had any crossword...
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