tic-tac-toe

The "c" in tic, tac, or both may be replaced with a "ck" or with a "t":

• tick-tack-toe; tick-tat-toe; tit-tat-toe, etc.

The phrase, or one of the above variations, may be presented without hyphens:

• tic tac toe; tick tat toe; tit tat toe, etc.

A completed game of tic tac toe, in which the person playing "O" has won.

tic-tac-toe (uncountable)

1. (games) A game in which two players take turns putting circles and crosses on a 3x3 grid and try to get three of the same symbols in a line

• noughts and crosses or naughts and crosses (mostly British)
• X's and O's (English - Ireland)
• X-e O-zees (Northern Ireland)
• Boxin' OXen (Southern Ireland)
• Twiddles & Bears (Norway)