Word games – Last is First
Pick a category & a letter. The first person says something in that category beginning with that letter. The second says something in the category beginning with the last letter of the word chosen...
View ArticleWord games – Matching Letters
Objective: Guess your opponent’s word. Set up: Both write down a 6 letter word. Play: Take it in turns to say another 6 letter word, which is marked according to how many letters are in exactly the...
View ArticleWord games – Guggenheim
You all need paper & a writing iron of some sort. Objective: Fill the grid with words. Set up: One player chooses a word 5 or 6 letters long, which everyone writes across the top of the page so the...
View ArticleWord games – Hangman
Objective: Guess the word. Set up: You need to be able to write on something that can be seen by everyone. It can be anything from a piece of paper (or tablet) for two players to a blackboard so the …...
View ArticleThe wandering adverb
This one isn’t a competitive game, but it can be very good fun if you are in the right mood. Make up a sentence. Pick an adverb. Start with the adverb at the beginning of the sentence, and gradually...
View ArticleRussian spelling
This is more of a discussion point than a game. To British eyes, Eastern European languages have some very strange spellings: lots of z for example. But some English words, although they are shorter,...
View ArticleWord games – I love my love
This goes back to at least the time of Samuel Pepys. Work through the alphabet from a random point, filling in the blanks: I love my love with a (letter) because she is _____ I hate her with a (letter)...
View ArticleWord games – Homophones
Objective: Guess a pair of words that sound the same but mean something different. Play: One person thinks of a pair of homophones, and then puts them into a sentence. That player then thinks of a...
View ArticleA puzzle for cold weather
We’ve had a lot of grey days recently, and the ice storms in the States suggest that things are not going to improve for a while. So here is a nice straightforward idea to take your mind off what is …...
View ArticleA word frequency game
Can you guess how frequently any random word is used? Find out by playing this game. Visit my websites via the links at the top of this page.
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