AskOxford: Word Games
Cryptic and easy crosswords, fiendish word games, the history of crosswords, and scrabble and behind the scenes at Countdown. |
Crossword Puzzles for ESL Students
A selection of online crossword puzzles sorted by difficulty. |
eLibs.com
Creating interactive stories from user inputs. Possibility to add a dialect; also different categories and polls. |
Jim Kalb's Palindrome Connection
A collection of links to web pages about palindromes -- phrases that spell the same forwards as backwards, like "Able was I ere I saw Elba". |
Kid Crosswords and Other Puzzles
Choose from several puzzles created just for kids. New puzzles each month. |
Lost in Translation
Enter a sentence to have it translated from English to five different languages and back. The result is often funny; nothing like the original sentence. |
Mockok.com
A large collection of palindromes, focusing on palindromic single sentences (spelling the same forwards and backwards). Submissions welcome. |
NOVA: Decoding Nazi Secrets
Crack the ciphers, send a coded message, and find out what goes on in the minds of code-breakers. |
Phobias
Article that lists some of the more amusing phobias, like arachibutyrophobia -- the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. |
Piece of Pi MadLibs
Featuring a collection of madlib stories and poetry. |
The Nautical Origins for Some Common Expressions
Explaining the seafaring origins of some common words, figures of speech, and everyday expressions, like "toe the line" and "scuttlebutt". |
Wireless Power Word Game
Challenging word jumbles posted every week. |
Wordies on the Web
Translate these arrangements of letters, numbers and/or symbols into a familiar phrase, saying, or cliché. |
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