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Rainbow Web 3
Collect Rainbow Dust to Restore the City and Defeat the Wicked Spider!
Lexigo RUSH!
Rush to find as many words as you can!
Scrabble
The Most Popular Word Making Board Game Available for PC!
Scrabble
Play the Truest Digital Adaptation of Scrabble on the Go!
Words With Friends Free
Test Your Vocabulary and Spelling Skills Against Other Players Anytime and Anywhere!
Scramble With Friends Free
Compete Against Thousands of Players in the Online Arena for Fast-Paced Spelling!
4 Pics 1 Word
Find the Common Link that Binds the Four Pictures Together!
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Word Jong
Like Mahjong and Scrabble in 1 game!
Flip Words 2
Prove Your Mettle Against Others in the Ring of Spelling!
Babel Deluxe
Build the Tower of Babel by solving word puzzles - 25 different mini-games to play!
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4 Pics 1 Word
Find the common link that binds the four pictures together!
Aqua Words
Make words out of fun bubble letters.
Babel Deluxe
Play 25 different word puzzles in 1 game!
Big Kahuna Words
Fantastic undersea word making! Earn fish for your reef.
Bonnie's Bookstore
Help Bonnie write a best-selling kid's book!
Family Feud
Get the hit game show now for play on PC!
Family Feud Online Party
Play with players worldwide in teams or head to head!
Flip Words
Use letters to solve Wheel of Fortune type puzzles!
Flip Words 2
Prove your mettle against others in the ring of spelling!
Great Wall of Words
Link letters to form words and rebuild the Great Wall of China!
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Ellen's popular word guessing game is now a mobile app!
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Hidden Object Crosswords
Crosswords and hidden object games together in one package!
Jig Words
Rearrange letters to unveil neat photos!
Scrabble
Triple Word Score! Play Scrabble for free on PC!
Scrabble
Play the truest digital adaptation of Scrabble on the go!
Scramble With Friends Free
Compete against thousands of players in the online arena for fast-paced spelling!
Super Letter Linker
Form words in all directions to propel to the next level!
Super Text Twist
Boggle-like word game that you may feel the urge to keep playing
Super What Word
Link the letter balls to form words.
Super Wild Wild Words
A great blend of Hangman and Boggle!
Text Twist 2
For word game lovers and Boggle fans!
Trivia Crack
A fun and fast-paced game that anyone can pick up and play!
Typer Shark Deluxe
Learn to be an excellent typer and have a great time doing it!
TypeShift
Looking for a fun little word game with lots of content? Check out TypeShift.
Wheel of Fortune
Join Pat and Vanna as you solve word puzzles!
Word Cookies
Word Cookies isn't much of a challenge.
Word Jong
2 classic casual games into 1, a mix of Scrabble and Mah Jong!
Word Search Deluxe
Challenge yourself to a word search!
Word Slinger
A super fun blend of Scrabble and Crosswords!
Word Web Deluxe
Destroy the invading spiders by making words
Words With Friends Free
Test your vocabulary and spelling skills against other players anytime and anywhere!
Learn About Word Games
What Are Word Games?
Word games are puzzles that rely upon a player’s language ability to solve them. They can be competitive games where one player’s skill is pitted against another’s as in Hangman, Scrabble or charades; or they may have a player to solve the puzzle creator’s challenge like in crosswords.
Word games are found in almost all written languages and are widely regarded as both entertainment and education. Media has helped to promulgate their popularity: the crossword is a fixture of almost all daily newspapers, the word puzzler is a regular feature on many National Public Radio shows, while television has spawned the mega-hit “Wheel of Fortune”, a variation on the classic game of Hangman.
Word games can be classified into three categories: games in which paper and pen are used to solve the puzzle; games in which letter tiles or dice – either real or virtual – are rearranged to find or create words; and games in which words are either implied or enacted. Additionally there are various types of “word play” type games like puns, acronyms and double entendres that writers occasionally incorporate into their work as sport for their readers.
Games that use paper and pencil include crosswords and the word jumble (sometimes called “word search”), as well as Hangman, a popular word guessing game. Games that use tiles and dice to rearrange words include Parker Brothers’ popular Scrabble and Boggle, Perquackey and Facebook’s Scramble. Games in which words are implied or enacted include riddles, charades, Fictionary and Parker Brothers’ Pictionary
The History of Word Games
Riddles are the oldest known word games, and arguably still the most popular. “Who becomes pregnant without conceiving, who becomes fat without eating,” asks a Babylonian cuneiform. The answer? A rain cloud.
Charades dates to 16th century when it was one of the parlor games popular at the French court.
Games that depend upon spelling skills became popular with the rise of mass literacy and spelling standardization in the 19th century. The origins of Hangman are shrouded in mystery, but a description of the game’s rules first appeared in a 1894 book called “Traditional Games” where it was called “Birds, Beasts and Fishes.”
Word square games have been found in the ruins of Pompeii, but the first recognizable crossword – a four by four grid with horizontal and vertical clues – appeared in the Italian magazine Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica in 1894. Twenty-one years later the first “wordcross” was published in the New York World newspaper. “Wordcross” became “crossword” in a typesetter’s mistake. The puzzle quickly became a craze, driving newspaper circulation around the world and springing up in every language that uses an alphabet. Simon and Schuster brought out the first crossword puzzle book in 1924 – it came with a pencil; and The New York Times began publishing its venerable puzzle in 1942. Today it’s been estimated that some 40 million Americans enjoy crossword puzzles for recreation.
Scrabble was the brainchild of a Depression-era architect who couldn’t find work. Alfred Mosh Butts analyzed the frequency with which letters appear in the English language to come up with distribution and point value for his lettered tiles. The original game called “Lexiko” used a hundred squares and did not catch on until James Brunot, one of the original investors, bought the exclusive rights to manufacture the game, simplified the rules, and changed its name to “Scrabble.” The game became a hit after the president of Macy’s began stocking it in his department store. In 1971, the first national Scrabble tournament was played. The first Official Scrabble Players Dictionary was published in 1978.
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Boggle was invented in 1972 by Alan Turoff. Very little is known about his inspirations. The game was not a hit with players, however, until Parker Brothers relauched it in 1976 with an extremely popular advertising campaign.
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Who Will Like These Games?
Word game aficionados come from every walk of life. What they share is a love for puzzles and for language. Word games are the nexus where visual and linguistic skills meet. For the very young, word games provide a stealthy form of education, teaching as they entertain. For older players word games can be both a social recreation and a solitary passion and a great way both to improve vocabulary and keep the mind sharp.