Quiz Master John Chaneski has a game about secret identities involving words with the first letters IM. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Secret Identities Word Game” You’re listening to A Way with Words, the show...
If you’re sending out party invitations, what’s a sure-fire way to get hold of everyone? Email? Snailmail? Facebook? Texting? Twitter? Or a plain old-fashioned phone call? Different folks have different communication preferences, and...
Our Quiz Guy John Chaneski is back with a game called Definitely Cryptic, where the article “a” is combined with a word to form a new word. Try this one: “glass container; slightly open.” This is part of a complete episode...
Greg Pliska’s game Double Definition uses a cryptic-crossword trick: each clue gives two meanings that point to the same word, with no separate wordplay half. A clue such as trim a tree splits neatly in two, and crazy flying mammals works the same...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski’s “Puzzle Hunt” sends solvers around the world, each solved clue leading to a new location and another clue. Clues lean on homophones, anagrams, and geography, such as an African country that becomes a woman’s name when its...
Grant shares some diabolically clever crossword clues. Have at ’em: Hula hoop? (3 letters). A city in Czechoslovakia? (Four letters). Want to try more? Check out the clues at Clever Clue of the Month and The New York Times Cute Clues. This is...