eLibs.comCreating interactive stories from user inputs. Possibility to add a dialect; also different categories and polls. http://www.elibs.com |
Kid Crosswords and Other PuzzlesChoose from several puzzles created just for kids. New puzzles each month. http://www.kidcrosswords.com |
Crossword Puzzles for ESL StudentsA selection of online crossword puzzles sorted by difficulty. http://iteslj.org/cw |
ZOOM: Ubbi Dubbi TranslatorThe secret language of this children`s television program revealed. Type in text and have it translated from or into Ubbi Dubbi. http://pbskids.org/cgi-registry/zoom/ubbidubbi.cgi |
Thunk.comSecret language scrambler/descrambler and jokes with scrambled answers. http://www.thunk.com |
NOVA: Decoding Nazi SecretsCrack the ciphers, send a coded message, and find out what goes on in the minds of code-breakers. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/decoding |
Smurf the WebThe WebSmurfer will translate any web page into Smurf jargon. http://websmurfer.devnull.net |
Jim Kalb`s Palindrome ConnectionA collection of links to web pages about palindromes -- phrases that spell the same forwards as backwards, like "Able was I ere I saw Elba". http://www.palindromes.org |
Wireless Power Word GameChallenging word jumbles posted every week. http://www.wirelesspower.com |
Lost in TranslationEnter a sentence to have it translated from English to five different languages and back. The result is often funny; nothing like the original sentence. http://www.tashian.com/multibabel |
Wordies on the WebTranslate these arrangements of letters, numbers and/or symbols into a familiar phrase, saying, or cliché. http://www.cyg.net/~ddoctor |
Mockok.comA large collection of palindromes, focusing on palindromic single sentences (spelling the same forwards and backwards). Submissions welcome. http://www.mockok.com |
The Nautical Origins for Some CommonExplaining the seafaring origins of some common words, figures of speech, and everyday expressions, like "toe the line" and "scuttlebutt". http://www.fortogden.com/nauticalterms.html |
PhobiasArticle that lists some of the more amusing phobias, like arachibutyrophobia -- the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. http://www.geocities.com/nallen20/funnyphobias.txt |
Piece of Pi MadLibsFeaturing a collection of madlib stories and poetry. http://madlibs.freeservers.com |
AskOxford: Word GamesCryptic and easy crosswords, fiendish word games, the history of crosswords, and scrabble and behind the scenes at Countdown. http://www.askoxford.com/wordgames/?view=uk |