The Penguin Book of Word Games |
Common terms and phrases
Acceptability of words Adults and older Aesop age Fun agreed Alphabent alphabet amusement anagram announces answer Arnold Byron called challenge claim black squares clue competitive Crash crossword David Parlett deduce Denis Norden dialectal Dickens digram Eliot English entered entry example Fictionary Fictionary Dictionary filled five-letter word Games & Puzzles given Greek alphabet grid guess Gyles Brandreth hyphen interjection invented Jotto key word Knock letters loses Mainly for adults Mainly for children Mornington Crescent musical note National Puzzlers League number of players object older children Fun opponent phrase play player in turn player writes players Adults players Any age players Mainly question Quizl quizzer reference Ross Eckler round rules scores a point second player sentence six players sol-fa spelling suitable target word test word tonic sol-fa variation vote vowel Who's winner wins word beginning word games word-gamers words in word