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Also known as: Naughts and Crosses, Noughts and Crosses, tick-tack-toe

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  • Square numbers shown formed from consecutive triangular numbers
    In number game: Puzzles involving configurations

    …for two players, such as ticktacktoe and its more sophisticated variations, one of which calls for each player to begin with three counters (3 black, 3 white); the first player places a counter in any cell, except the center cell, of a 3 × 3 diagram; the players then alternate…

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