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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

그리드 퍼즐

Pronunciation / Transliteration: geurideu peojeul

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Grid-puzzle/ˈɡrɪdˌpʌz.əl/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 매일 아침 그리드 퍼즐을 푼다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A type of puzzle played on a grid of squares or cells, where clues or numbers dictate how the cells must be filled.

    "He spends his morning commute solving a challenging grid-puzzle on his phone."
  2. 2

    A game requiring deductive reasoning and spatial awareness within a matrix framework, such as nonograms or sudoku.

    "The newspaper publishes a new grid-puzzle every Sunday in the entertainment supplement."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from 'grid', originating from Middle English 'gridde' (variant of 'griddle' from Latin 'ratis'), and 'puzzle', of uncertain origin possibly related to 'pose' or Middle English 'posen' meaning to bewilder. The compound emerged in the late 20th century with the popularization of logic-based number and word games structured on intersecting cells.

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