Crossword Puzzle Day 2021: Crossword puzzles are the most general and popular game around the world. Crossword puzzles will help you to improve your vocabulary and problem-solving skills.
Solving Crossword puzzles in the morning with coffee will speed up your brain before getting into work. Crossword Puzzle Day is the perfect day to sharpen your pencil and your mind.
History of Crossword Puzzle Day:
The exact origin and the founder of this day are still unknown. Initially, they were like a kind of simple stuff where a group of words is arranged so that the letters will be read vertically and horizontally. They have printed in children’s puzzle books and some of the periodicals.
Later days it became a serious pastime for adults in the US. A journalist from Liverpool named Arthur Wynne was the inventor or creator of Crossword Puzzles Games. The first crossword puzzle was released in “Newyork World” newspaper on December 21, 1913.
The First appearance of crossword puzzle games in a British publication was in Pearson’s Magazine in February of 1922. The British Puzzles had grown in their own style and were considered to be harder than US puzzles as the days went on.
First-Ever Crossword Puzzle:
Ever wonder how the first-ever crossword puzzle looks and here is the image of the first-ever crossword puzzle.
How to celebrate Crossword Puzzle Day:
Celebrate the Puzzle Day by creating a crossword puzzle of your own or enter your national crossword tournament of choice.
Crossword competitions are not a joke at all, the prizes and competition get very venomous, with competitions awarding prizes in massive amounts. So Puzzle Day is a day to get out there and get involved in a new hobby and improve your vocabulary.
How to observe Crossword Puzzle Day:
Buy a crossword book or find one online. Then, enjoy some popcorn while you puzzle your way through your favorite crossword! We also suggest these fun ways to celebrate:
- Try completing different types of crossword puzzles like a cipher or a cryptic.
- Are you bi-lingual or learning a new language? Consider completing a crossword puzzle in your second language.
- Challenge someone to a race. Earn bragging rights for completing your puzzle first.
- Try your hand at creating a crossword puzzle. Sometimes forming the clues is more challenging than the puzzle framework.
- If you create your own crossword, see if you can fit a loved one’s name into it.
- Challenge yourself to complete a puzzle a day.
Interesting Facts about Crossword Puzzle Day:
- The New York Times issued its first crossword puzzle in 1942.
- There are six main types of crossword puzzles.
- During WWII, crossword puzzles were banned in Paris.
- The largest published crossword had 244,971 squares.
- The crossword puzzle was created by Arthur Wynne.
- The longest word ever set in a crossword was 58 letters long.
