tic-tac-toe

American  

[tik-tak-toh] / ˌtɪk tækˈtoʊ /

noun

• tic-tac-toes
  plural

1. a variant of tick-tack-toe.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tic-tac-toes
  plural

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Example Sentences

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tic-tac-toe

Leaving the library as the center of the museum’s north side, Mr. Adjaye made eight other slightly smaller pavilions, which he grouped in the form of a slightly disheveled tic-tac-toe board.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

As Walsh wrote in American Scientist, “That trait may be part of what makes the game so addictive; if it were as easy to solve as tic-tac-toe, for instance, it wouldn’t be nearly as engaging.”

From Scientific American ● Sep. 12, 2023

A steady flow of minivans, SUVs and sporty compact cars lined up around the block for meals as dozens of elementary school students sang songs and played tic-tac-toe inside a gym.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

Kuzmenko, the NHL’s most accurate shooter at 27.3%, finished off the tic-tac-toe passing from Pettersson and Anthony Beauvillier just outside the crease.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 17, 2023

The whole top of his head was red and green and blue and purple with pictures of dogs and cats and trees and tic-tac-toe games.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

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