Online@ Play Languages

» AskOxford: Word Games    Cryptic 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

» Crossword Puzzles for ESL Students    A selection of online crossword puzzles sorted by difficulty.    http://iteslj.org/cw/

» Jim Kalb's Palindrome Connection    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".    http://www.nyx.net/~jkalb/palindromes/

» Kid Crosswords and Other Puzzles    Choose from several puzzles created just for kids. New puzzles each month.    http://www.kidcrosswords.com/

» Lost in Translation    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.    http://www.tashian.com/multibabel/

» Mockok.com    A large collection of palindromes, focusing on palindromic single sentences (spelling the same forwards and backwards). Submissions welcome.    http://www.mockok.com/

» NOVA: Decoding Nazi Secrets    Crack 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/

» Phobias    Article 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 MadLibs    Featuring a collection of madlib stories and poetry.    http://madlibs.freeservers.com/

» The Nautical Origins for Some Common Expressions    Explaining 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

» eLibs.com    Creating interactive stories from user inputs. Possibility to add a dialect; also different categories and polls.    http://www.elibs.com/