American English vs tic-tac-toe

American English and tic-tac-toe both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
American English	Yes	No	No	No
tic-tac-toe	Yes	No	No	No

American English (noun)	tic-tac-toe (noun)
the English language as used in the United States	a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does