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　　在英文裡，「填字遊戲」稱 crossword，請參見上面的圖，該遊戲是依照提示而填字母的遊戲，提示一般含橫向和縱向兩類，提示本身種類多樣，沒什麼特定的規則，而一個格子只能填上一個字母。

　　crossword 來自 cross- 加上 word，原本被叫 word-cross。cross- 指「橫跨、交叉、交錯」，而 word 指「字、單字」。

　　除了 crossword 以外的一個 cross- 的例子是 cross-cultural，指「跨文化的」。