acrostic
Poem spelling downward
An acrostic is a composition—usually a poem—in which certain letters, typically the first letter of each line, spell out a word or message when read vertically: The children wrote acrostics of their names.
The hidden word is also called an acrostic.
Double acrostics use both first and last letters; triple acrostics add middle letters.
Clue-based letter grid
- cryptogramCoded message puzzle
- cipherHidden writing system
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- anagramReshuffled letter word
brainteaser · riddle · clue · solution · decoder · enigma · rebus · hidden message
Metered poetic passage
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
- haikuJapanese seventeen-syllable verse
- limerickComedic five-line poem
ode · elegy · ballad · couplet · quatrain · lyric · epic · mnemonic
crossword
Clue-based letter grid
- cryptogramCoded message puzzle
- cipherHidden writing system
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
anagram · brainteaser · riddle · clue · solution · decoder · enigma · rebus · hidden message · word search
verse
Metered poetic passage
limerick · ode · elegy · ballad · couplet · quatrain · lyric · epic · mnemonic · composition
vertical
At right angles groundward
downward · sequential · spelling · alignment · pattern · arrangement · formation · grid · reading · name
concealed
Made invisible deliberately
veiled · cryptic · covert · disguised · buried · revealed · discovery · meaning · message · camouflaged
- literaturebooks, book, fiction, poetry, stories
- puzzlespuzzles, sudoku, jigsaw puzzle, puzzle cube, crossword
- word gamescrossword, Scrabble, crossword puzzle, anagram, word game
- poetrypoem, poems, poetry, verse, verses
- cryptic puzzlesriddle, cipher, code, cryptogram, enigma
- memorizationrote learning, cramming, mnemonics, rehearsal, by heart