Crossword Puzzles for ESL Students
A selection of online crossword puzzles sorted by difficulty.
Piece of Pi MadLibs
Featuring a collection of madlib stories and poetry.
Jim Kalb's Palindrome Connection
A collection of links to web pages about palindromes -- phrases that spell the same forwards as backwards, like "Able was I ere I saw Elba".
AskOxford: Word Games
Cryptic and easy crosswords, fiendish word games, the history of crosswords, and scrabble and behind the scenes at Countdown.
Wordies on the Web
Translate these arrangements of letters, numbers and/or symbols into a familiar phrase, saying, or cliché.
eLibs.com
Creating interactive stories from user inputs. Possibility to add a dialect; also different categories and polls.
The Nautical Origins for Some Common Expressions
Explaining the seafaring origins of some common words, figures of speech, and everyday expressions, like "toe the line" and "scuttlebutt".
Phobias
Article that lists some of the more amusing phobias, like arachibutyrophobia -- the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Kid Crosswords and Other Puzzles
Choose from several puzzles created just for kids. New puzzles each month.
Mockok.com
A large collection of palindromes, focusing on palindromic single sentences (spelling the same forwards and backwards). Submissions welcome.
NOVA: Decoding Nazi Secrets
Crack the ciphers, send a coded message, and find out what goes on in the minds of code-breakers.
Lost in Translation
Enter a sentence to have it translated from English to five different languages and back. The result is often funny; nothing like the original sentence.
Wireless Power Word Game
Challenging word jumbles posted every week.
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