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   tic-tac-toe

   /tɪktakˈtəʊ/

   noun

   • 1. a game in which two players seek in alternate turns to complete a row, a column, or a diagonal with either three O's or three X's drawn in the spaces of a grid of nine squares; noughts and crosses.

   Word Origin 1960s: imitative; from tick-tack, used earlier to denote games in which the pieces made clicking sounds.

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • T

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   • I

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   • C

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   • T

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   • A

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   • C

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   • T

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   • O

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