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Crossword, an Uncommon card
A crossword is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares with numbers on the corners, into which solvers enter words or phrases crossing each other horizontally and vertically according to a set of clues.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 59
- Power
- 142
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 142 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Crossword quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Crossword card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Crosswords commonly appear in ______ and magazines.
Answer
newspapers. Crosswords commonly appear in newspapers and magazines. From the Crossword article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Crossword. Crossword 83 · Maracaibo 76 · East Sussex 73 · Dodoma 70 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
East Sussex. East Sussex 150,000 · Crossword 120,000 · Maracaibo 95,000 · Blood as food 76,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to separate entries.
- The first white square in each entry is typically numbered to correspond to its clue.
- Crosswords commonly appear in newspapers and magazines.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Crossword article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 59: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Crossword
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
More Society cards
Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Crossword in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Radley CollegeUncommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 71
- ApertureUncommon · Science · ATK 74 DEF 68
- Carom billiardsUncommon · Science · ATK 68 DEF 74
- GurdwaraUncommon · Arts · ATK 69 DEF 73
- Maria Amalia of Naples and SicilyUncommon · History · ATK 68 DEF 74
- Benzalkonium chlorideUncommon · Science · ATK 73 DEF 69
Card lists
- Wikipedia quizNew questions every day
- All cards from A to ZEvery card, by name
- Society cards
- Legendary cards
- Tier listS and A tiers by power (ATK + DEF)
Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Crossword (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Michael J, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
