WORD PLAY
Welcome to a world where letters and words rule! Hone your skills playing every type of word puzzle – and make your own!
Word games are not only fun, they also
encourage learning and cognitive health.
EIGHT WORD PUZZLE TYPES:
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Anagrams: create as many words as you can with letters that are provided.
Examples: Boggle and Bananagram
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Crosswords: answer clues with words that fill a grid
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Cryptograms or Ciphers: crack a code based on letter replacement
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Letter arrangements: create words using a set number of letters.
Example: Scrabble
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Rebus: words and pictures are arranged in a way that they depict words and/or phrases
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Semantic games: this type of game plays with your factual knowledge of the meaning of words.
Example: Mad Libs
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Word jumbles: rearrange letters to form a word
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Word search: look for given words within a grid of letters
Check out these popular word games:
What's your favorite word puzzle game?
Try making your very own game!
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rebus puzzle
Rebus puzzle: the solution to this puzzle is a food. What is it? AIRLT TIALR TRLIA RIATL Answer: TRAIL mix
Rebus
Anagram word creation
Cryptogram puzzle
Cryptogram puzzle
Cryptogram
Letter arrangements
Word search puzzle: things that are green
DIY word search puzzle