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Alan Cooper\'s Homonym List- http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym_list.html When I was in the second grade, my teacher introduced me to "homonyms," those words, like "caret" and "carrot" that are pronounced the same, but are spelled differently, and that have different meanings. The concept intrigued me, and for months, I maintained a dog-eared pad of yellow paper with an ever-growing list of homonyms.
Antics: An Ant Thology- http://www.ionet.net/~rdavis/ant11.html An Ant word is any word with the syllable "ant" in it. Test your skills as ant-Thologist. Guess the word matching the cartoon. Some are obvious, some not. Enjoy and have fun!
COBBKID\'s Mystery Letter and Word Games- http://members.aol.com/CBB002/COBBLetters.html A game that involves a little guessing and a little surfing. Changes weekly.
Cryptographs- http://www.cryptograph.com/ A Cryptograph is a word puzzle combining a cryptogram and a portrait.
Doublets- http://thinks.com/puzzles/doublets.htm Transform one word into another by changing a single letter.
Doublets- http://www.girltech.com/Game_Cafe/GC_doublets.html You are given two words of the same length. Your goal is to turn the first word into the second word one letter at a time.
The Enigma Device- http://www.wordzap.com/enigma/ Two new word puzzles every day - they have letter substitutions, scrambles, and more.
Fake Out!- http://www.eduplace.com/dictionary/ Every week the Fake Out! vocabulary words are presented in three lists divided by grade level. One of last week\'s words was galluses. Are galluses the hard, rough spots of skin on your hands and feet? Are galluses people who wear glasses? Or are galluses suspenders? After you decide, you\'ll learn if you are right and how many other players chose each possible answer. Also fun is submitting your own wacky definitions for next week\'s words. Be sure to return to see how many people were duped by your phony definition.
The Homonym / Homophone Page- http://www.finifter.com/tracy/pers/homonym/ I\'m not really interested in words with the same spelling for different meanings (heteronyms), but rather when two words sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
Internet Anagram Server- http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html An anagram is a word or phrase formed by reordering the letters of another word or phrase, such as satin to stain. At this site you input words or names and it will rearrange the letters into combinations of other words.
Kid Crosswords and Other Puzzles- http://members.aol.com/kidcross/index.htm Crosswords, crostics, word seeks, and other paper games for kids to print out and play.
Kids Word Search On-line/Birds- http://www.worldkids.net/puzzles/words2.htm Can you find all of the words on the list? Use your mouse to circle the words you find. Just click on the first letter, and drag to the last letter.
Lipograms- http://www.girltech.com/Game_Cafe/GC_word_factory_lipo.html This one is challenging. You will be rewriting a common song or poem, omitting certain letters of the alphabet.
Merriam-Webster\'s Word Puzzles- http://www.m-w.com/game/ Got two minutes? These daily puzzles for high-schoolers and adults come in five formats, playing with definitions, synonyms, antonyms, word ladder transformations, slang, even some history and geography. The games require a Java-enabled browser and are based on reference material from Merriam-Webster.
Tom Swifties- http://thinks.com/words/tomswift.htm Tom Swiftie: a play on words that follows an unvarying pattern and relies for its humor on a punning relationship between the way an adverb describes a speaker and at the same time refers significantly to the import of the speaker\'s statement, as in "I know who turned off the lights," Tom hinted darkly.
Web Word Find- http://www.eduplace.com/kids/games/wwf/index.html Test your detective skills. Try to find specific words hidden in a puzzle. Choose a puzzle name below, print out the puzzle, and try to find 20 hidden words.
Welcome to Funster!- http://www.funster.com/ How many words can you make in three minutes out of the letters in the name "John Lennon"? How many do you think other people can find? Want to try? This live timed game is played across the Internet against other players. You can play in the free-for-all room where you will get points for all words you make, or in the original rooms where only the first player to propose a word gets the point. The original rooms are further divided into beginner, intermediate or advanced levels.
Word Factory- http://www.girltech.com/Game_Cafe/GC_word_factory.html A game to play by yourself or with your friends. You will have 5 minutes to make smaller words from the list given. Extra points for the words you can also define.
Word Search Puzzles- http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6727/puzzles.html Who says that the internet can\'t be fun? Try one of our Word Search Puzzles. These puzzles were created using WordSplash software.
Word searches and Jumbled Words- http://www.edbydesign.com/oa/index.html Grab your pen and paper, and print out our wordsearches for some holiday or weekend fun and learning. To print, go to File / Print on your browser\'s menu.
WORDLand- http://www.wordland.com/ If you enjoy entertainment with words you\'re going to be impressed with WORDLand\'s internationally social and age-friendly(tm) multi player online word games (MPOG\'s). There is literally something for everyone of both genders, all skill levels, ages 6 to 106. The difference between word games and puzzles? Puzzles have a predetermined solution. Games do not.
WordZap Home Page- http://wordzap.com/index.html WordZap is a fast-paced addictive word game you can play over the Net -- or against the computer. If you like playing word games like Scrabble or Boggle you will love WordZap Ziggy Piggy- http://www.primenet.com/cgi-bin/html_include.pl?/user/h/hodges/public_html/kids_stinky_play.html_incl The only site I know of for online Ziggy Piggy. If you need help check out some responses other kids have made. |
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