Eight-letter word for crossword puzzle movie.

Let's play a word game: Give me an anagram of INTERCOASTAL that means fights.\n"Wordplay" is a documentary about a crossword puzzle tournament.\nIf you are still reading after that last sentence, then you just might enjoy the film. The movie is full of wordplay and clever language and people who know far too much. But there is also a pretty intense competition with some edge of your seat suspense. There is even a crossword related soundtrack. The theme song includes the chorus "If you don't come across, I'm gonna be down." Get it…Across and Down…crossword puzzles…Anyways.\nThere is a local connection to this movie. Will Shortz, the focus of the movie, has a degree in enigmatology from IU. Go ahead, look for that department in the course catalog. I'll wait. Oh right, this innovative wordster created his own degree program here at IU. So for those of you who want to major in Anime…go for it.\nShortz also happens to be the editor of the New York Times crossword puzzle and is revered not only for creating the aforementioned crossword tournament, but also for adding multiple levels of wordplay to the premier crossword puzzle. Shortz appears throughout the film and explains his history as well as the history of crossword puzzles over the last twenty plus years. To make the crossword obsession sound more believable and a bit less "nerdy", there are a number of celebrities who appear in the film and talk about their own love of Shortz' work.\nJon Stewart and Bill Clinton have the most screen time of any of the celebrities in this film. Listening to Clinton talk about his love of words and intellectual endeavors is sure to bring comparisons to our current president. But we know how he feels about the New York Times.\nSpeaking of Clinton, there is a variety of trivia (the kind of useless knowledge that crossword aficionados love) about crossword puzzles in the movie, including the story behind the November 3rd, 1996 NY Times crossword puzzle that involves "Clinton" and "Bob Dole". Here is a start, both have seven letters.\nThere is no question that this is a niche film that may well be out of the theater by the time you read this review. But this film is sure to motivate at least a few people to see how quickly (if at all) they can finish the Sunday Times crossword.\nHow fast can the best people do it? Less than ten minutes.\nOh…and the anagram…altercations.