stepquote
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A message in the grid of a crossword, split between multiple lights and arranged in a zigzag or steplike pattern.
noun
A crossword puzzle including such a message.
Example Sentences
- "No Stepquote seems to make sense. The open diagonal, 63 to 11, gives 'KLEURTIWIAAOUOA,' which doesn't have the feel of a message at first glance, even reading in the other direction."
- "There were a couple of areas he had trouble with, and they formed important parts of the stepquote, and in the end he couldn't work it out."
- "Later Joseph Cotten and I became pen pals because he liked my Stepquotes, and Frank Sinatra's secretary proudly informed me that her boss does the Times puzzles in ink."
- "A typical Maleskan stepquote's theme answer might read: THEFA/ASHIO/ONWEAR/RSOUTMOREAPPA/ARELTH/HANTH/HEMAN: " The fashion wears out more apparel than the man.""