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   Criss·cross

   /ˈkrisˌkrôs/

   

   noun

   • 1. a pattern of intersecting straight lines or paths: "the crisscross of wrinkles on his face"

   adjective

   • 1. (of a pattern) containing a number of straight lines or paths that intersect each other: "the streets ran in a regular crisscross pattern"

   adverb

   • 1. in a pattern of intersecting straight lines: "the swords were strung crisscross on his back"

   verb

   • 1. form a pattern of intersecting lines or paths on (a place): "the green hill was crisscrossed with a network of sheep tracks"
   • ▪ move or travel around (a place) by going back and forth repeatedly: "the President crisscrossed America"

   Word Origin early 17th century (denoting a figure of a cross preceding the alphabet in a hornbook): from Christ-cross (in the same sense in late Middle English), from Christ's cross. The form was later treated as a reduplication of cross.

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • C

     3

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • S

     1

   • C

     3

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • S

     1

   • S

     1

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