'Word games', says author Tony Augarde, 'exemplify our basic enthusiasm - and need - for play.'
Our crosswords section quick and cryptic crosswords to test your wordpower, plus a comprehensive history of crosswords section.
If you are in need of some help, why not try out our great new Anagram and Crossword Solver!
There are book prizes to be won in our monthly quiz!
Guess the right word or the little guy gets it. There are some fiendish words in our hangman game.
If you want ideas for great word games to play, check out the Oxford Word Challenge. There are easy games like Anagrams or Awful Authors, slightly harder games like Plurals, or fiendishly difficult games like Russian Dolls and Kangaroo Words. Good luck!
Did you know the game of Scrabble was originally called Lexico, and was the brainchild of an out-of-work Connecticut architect in the Depression year of 1931?
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