Editing Tic-tac-toe (section)

== Names ==
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In [[American English]], the game is known as "tic-tac-toe". It may also be spelled "tick-tack-toe", "tick-tat-toe", or "tit-tat-toe".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Dan |title=GamesCrafters: Tic-Tac-Toe |url=http://gamescrafters.berkeley.edu/games.php?game=tictactoe |access-date=June 8, 2021 |website=gamescrafters.berkeley.edu}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=July 1, 2019 |title=The History of Tic Tac Toe and Where it is Now |url=https://aurosi.com/blog/the-history-of-tic-tac-toe-and-where-it-is-now/ |access-date=June 8, 2021 |website=Aurosi |language=en-US}}</ref>

In [[Commonwealth English]] (particularly [[British English|British]], [[South African English|South African]], [[Indian English|Indian]], [[Australian English|Australian]], and [[New Zealand English]]), the game is known as "noughts and crosses", alternatively spelled "naughts and crosses". This name derives from the shape of the marks in the game (i.e the X and O); "nought" is another name for the number [[zero]], while "cross" refers to the X shape.

Sometimes, tic-tac-toe (where players keep adding "pieces") and [[three men's morris]] (where pieces start to move after a certain number have been placed) are confused with each other.