Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Simple word count. The most words win. Add letter point values, using Scrabble letter values. Remove one or two letters from each word and count the remaining tiles, rewarding longer words. Sum of the squares of the lengths of the words, rewarding long words more. The first player to spell or steal some number of (in the Selchow & Righter ...
The last part of these words is related to popular brands (hint: each one is known for making a certain type of drink). Related: 300 Trivia Questions and Answers to Jumpstart Your Fun Game Night.
All of these words are associated with a noun that has different meanings (hint: one definition of the noun refers to a flat-bodied fish with a long, whip-like tail). Related: 300 Trivia Questions ...
Keyboard used for a long period by an English speaker: the letters E, O, T, H, A, S, I, N, and R show substantial wear; some wear is visible on D, L, U, Y, M, W, F, G, C, B, and P; and little or no wear is visible on K, V, J, Q, X, or Z. There are three ways to count letter frequency that result in very different charts for common letters.
Five-Letter, like Jotto, requires players to take turns guessing at an opponent's five-letter word. Like Six-Letter, responses only indicate the number of perfect matches. If you guess PEACH and the secret word is PHIAL, the response would be 1 – the P is an exact match, but the A and the H are not. A strong strategy for Five-Letter involves ...
Jumble is a word puzzle with a clue, a drawing illustrating the clue, and a set of words, each of which is “jumbled” by scrambling its letters. A solver reconstructs the words, and then arranges letters at marked positions in the words to spell the answer phrase to the clue.
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...
Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...