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WordPlay!

I love words!
I love playing with words.
I love wrapping words around my tongue
and bouncing them off the roof of my mouth.
I love spitting them out
and having them fly back into my face.
I love twisting them just to see what I can turn them into.
Here are some samples of some of the fun I've had with words...

Word Lists

• Back and Forth Words -- Words that, spelled backward, make another word.
• Circle Words -- Words that begin and end with the same letter.
• Head to Tail Words -- Words where moving the first letter of the word to the end makes a new word.
• Just A -- Words where the only vowel used is "a"
• Just E -- Words where the only vowel used is "e"
• Just I -- Words where the only vowel used is "i"
• Just O -- Words where the only vowel used is "o"
• Just U -- Words where the only vowel used is "u"
• Keyboard Words: Left Hand -- You can type these words with just the left hand.
• Keyboard Words: Right Hand -- You can type these words with just the right hand.
• One-to-One Anagrams -- Two or more words that are anagrams of each other.
• Piano Words -- Words that you can play on the piano.
• Sneezewords -- Words that sound like a sneeze.
• Trimmed Words -- Words where you can add one letter to the beginning and one to the end and make another word.

Assorted Word Fun

• Alphabets! -- A bunch of them, on lots of topics.
• The Anagramologist's Anagram Hall of Fame
• Cockney Jack -- A revelry of rhyme slang
• Iamako Ala -- A fake Hawaiian language story
• Initially Related -- See who shares your initials.
• Initially Related II -- See what shares your initials.

 
 

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Picture Credits
Original bunny climbing rope picture by Paige Miglio (copyright 2000 ©) from One More Bunny authored by Rick Walton.
Original purple monster picture by Renee Williams-Andriani (copyright 1998 ©) from Really, Really Bad School Jokes authored by Rick Walton.
Original bullfrog seated picture by Chris McAllister (copyright 1999 ©) from Bullfrog Pops! authored by Rick Walton.
Electronic modifications by Ann Walton.