Directory of Word Play Resources

Find sites listed here that play with language and with words. Includes word games, secret languages, and made-up words.

Subcategories

Crossword Puzzles for ESL Students

http://iteslj.org/cw/
A selection of online crossword puzzles sorted by difficulty.
Lost in Translation

http://www.tashian.com/multibabel/
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.
Mockok.com

http://www.mockok.com/
A large collection of palindromes, focusing on palindromic single sentences (spelling the same forwards and backwards). Submissions welcome.
NOVA: Decoding Nazi Secrets

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/decoding/
Crack the ciphers, send a coded message, and find out what goes on in the minds of code-breakers.
Piece of Pi MadLibs

http://madlibs.freeservers.com/
Featuring a collection of madlib stories and poetry.
The Nautical Origins for Some Common Expressions

http://www.fortogden.com/nauticalterms.html
Explaining the seafaring origins of some common words, figures of speech, and everyday expressions, like "toe the line" and "scuttlebutt".

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