stackyFACTSBefore they became perfectly symmetrical squares, word puzzles were wild experiments in geometric chaos.
Before they became perfectly symmetrical squares, word puzzles were wild experiments in geometric chaos. Arthur Wynne published the world's first 'Word-Cross' in the New York World newspaper in 1913. Instead of the tight grid we know today, he arranged the blanks into a massive, hollow diamond shape with no black squares whatsoever. It looked less like a casual brain teaser and more like a demonic summoning circle printed in ink.
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