Word games

Here are entered works on games in which players compete in forming, thinking of, or guessing words according to a set of rules. Works on the act or instance of playing upon words or speech sounds, especially to achieve a humorous or rhetorical effect, are entered under [Plays on words.]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148100
- info:lc/authorities/sh85148100
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85148100#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Word puzzles
Broader Terms
- Games
- Literary recreations
Narrower Terms
Related Terms
- Crossword puzzles
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb11947311v
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4701824-0
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4056496-4
Sources
- found: Gresczyk, R. Ojibwe word search puzzles, 1981.
LC Classification
- GV1507.W8
General Notes
- Here are entered works on games in which players compete in forming, thinking of, or guessing words according to a set of rules. Works on the act or instance of playing upon words or speech sounds, especially to achieve a humorous or rhetorical effect, are entered under [Plays on words.]
Example Notes
- Note under [Plays on words]
Change Notes
- 2000-06-01: new
- 2007-06-15: revised

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