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Word puzzles and games


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    • Word puzzles and games
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    • Puzzlers, Word
    • Scramble puzzles, Word
    • Scrambles, Word
    • Vocabulary puzzles
    • Word building puzzles
    • Word game puzzles
    • Word games
    • Word puzzlers
    • Word puzzles
    • Word scramble puzzles
    • Word scrambles
    • Word search games
    • Word search puzzles
    • Word searches puzzles
    • Wordgames
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    • found: Work cat.: Zidowecki, Erik. Spanish pocket puzzles. The basics, Volume 1, 2016(Contains 40 word search puzzles, 40 word scramble puzzles, 40 multiple choice vocabulary quizzes, hints and solutions, and a glossary) (OCoLC)967711150
    • found: Merriam-Webster dictionary online, Jan. 18, 2023(word game: a game in which players compete in forming, thinking of, or guessing words according to a set of rules)
    • found: Collins English dictionary online, Jan. 18, 2023(word game: (American English) any game or contest involving skill in using, forming, guessing, or changing words or expressions, such as anagrams or Scrabble; (British English) or wordgame: any game involving the formation, discovery, or alteration of a word or words)
    • found: LCSH, Jan. 18, 2023(Word games. UF Word puzzles. BT Games; Literary recreations. RT Crossword puzzles. SN 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.)
    • found: Art & architecture thesaurus online, Jan. 18, 2023(word games. SN Games where words have to be formed with letters. They are played for entertainment, can also be used for educational purposes. Some word games are simply played with pen and paper, others with adapted game material, and some popular television programs consist of word games.)
    • found: Wikipedia, Jan. 18, 2023:Word game (Word games (also called word game puzzles or word search games) are spoken, board, or video games often designed to test ability with language or to explore its properties; Categories of word game: Letter arrangement games: goal is to form words out of given letters; for example: Scrabble, Upwords, Bananagrams; Paper and pencil games: players write their own words, often under specific constraint; for example: crossword, hangman, categories, Boggle, and word searches; Semantic games: focus on the semantics of words, utilising their meanings and the shared knowledge of players as a mechanic; for example: Mad Libs, Blankety Blank, and Codenames)
    • found: OCLC, Jan. 18, 2023(titles include: Fun word games; 101 word games for students of English as a second or foreign language; Spanish word games for dummies; Wacky word games to play with your friends; Classic word puzzles; Mensa word puzzles; Word puzzlers; 101 word puzzlers ; Phonics word building puzzles; The everything travel word search book; Challenging word search puzzles for kids; The complete idiot's guide to word search puzzles; The everything kids' more word searches puzzle and activity book; Word searches for dummies; Vocabulary puzzles; Chambers words for crosswords and wordgames; Hopi crossword, word search, and word scramble puzzles; Learn Belarusian with word scramble puzzles; Super dog word puzzles and word scrambles; 1300+ word scrambles; Rainy day baseball : crossword puzzles, word scrambles, trivia quizzes and more to challenge every fan, come rain or shine )
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    • [Established July 2023.]
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    • 2023-01-18: new
    • 2023-07-07: revised
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