Creating interactive stories from user inputs. Possibility to add a dialect; also different categories and polls.

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".

A large collection of palindromes, focusing on palindromic single sentences (spelling the same forwards and backwards). Submissions welcome.

Article lists some of the more amusing phobias, like arachibutyrophobia-- fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.

Cryptic and easy crosswords, fiendish word games, the history of crosswords, and scrabble and behind the scenes at Countdown.

A selection of online crossword puzzles sorted by difficulty.

Choose from several puzzles created just for kids. New puzzles each month.

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.

Crack the ciphers, send a coded message, and find out what goes on in the minds of code-breakers.

Featuring a collection of madlib stories and poetry.

Explaining the marine origins of some common words, figures of speech, and everyday expressions.

Challenging word jumbles posted every week.

Translate these arrangements of letters, numbers and/or symbols into a familiar phrase, saying, or cliché.