Learn about the FBI's most famous cases while solving these new word search puzzles
- More than 80 puzzles.
- Every puzzle is themed around a notable FBI case.
- Complete answer key found in the back of the book.
- Spiral bound, 192 pages.
SCRABBLE game fans, beginners and pros, here's the book you've been waiting for: the first-ever SCRABBLE how-to book written by the National SCRABBLE Association. Now you can become a better player at every level of skill. Learn:
Basic play-making for surefire results
How to turn your worst nightmare-- "Q"-- into your best friend: a winners' list of "Q" words with and without "U"
How to become an expert by using the terrific "twos"-- a complete list of two-letter words that can boost your scoring average by thirty to forty points per game
How to maximize your score with bonus squares and parallel play-- including triple triples, the pinnacle of SCRABBLE scoring success
How to make more seven-letter plays-- and earn a fifty point bonus
A step-by-step guide to board strategy and secrets to getting better tiles
How to get your words' worth with high-point tiles "J", "X" and "Z"-- a list of three and four-letter words
Acceptable words with no vowels
How the world's greatest players win their games-- fifteen examples of outstanding SCRABBLE play
This extensively illustrated official guidebook brings you all the facets of the game and the entire worldwide SCRABBLE culture, including the clubs, tournaments, champions and rules, plus a complete history of the game and a rare interview with SCRABBLE's inventor, the late Alfred Mosher Butts.
Containing one hundred puzzles from the best of yesterday's and today's crossword constructors, this elegant commemorative edition is a collector's item for every New York Times crossword puzzle fan.
To celebrate the twenty-fifth volume of Sunday crosswords from The New York Times, Times Books is proud to present this expanded anniversary edition. The first fifty puzzles in this book are the best and brightest from the history of The Times -- including their very first crossword -- and have been personally selected by Will Shortz. The next fifty are modern-day masterpieces edited by Mr. Shortz. A must-have for loyal fans, this historic edition is primed to be a classic.
In December 1913, the New York World newspaper published the first crossword in history. It appeared in their Sunday supplement, "Fun." A century later, this absorbing puzzle continues to attract (and infuriate) millions of devotees every day. But the world's most popular--and seemingly mundane--pastime has a surprising history, filled with intrigue and adventure.
Paolo Bacilieri's FUN transports us from turn-of-the-century New York to present-day Milan, taking in stories of ingenious puzzle makers, ardent solvers, and intellectual luminaries. Part detective story, part docudrama, and interlaced with a fiction of Bacilieri's own imagining, FUN questions the crossword's "harmless" status. Sure, it's fun--but could it also be a form of resistance, of cryptic communication, of espionage?
This meticulously crafted collection of 200 Sunday-size puzzles from The Washington Post Sunday Crosswords will please fans of all shapes and sizes. Not too traditional, not too contemporary, these crosswords are just right for puzzlers of all tastes.
Our third cryptogram Pocket Posh puzzle collection challenges word lovers and code breakers to 100 classic cipher puzzles.
These Cryptograms are classic ciphers that offer a fun challenge yet are easy enough to solve by hand. Each encrypted puzzle is not too easy, not too hard - a code lover's delight Pocket Posh Cryptograms 3 is part of a best-selling series featuring highly stylized, embellished covers and boasting 5 million copies in print. A free trial subscription to The Puzzle Society adds extra value.
Celebrate America's founding documents with Brain Games Word Search Puzzles: The U.S. Constitution and The Declaration of Independence.
- Includes 84 word searches based on the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Read complete excerpts, then search for the words in all capitals within the grids.
- Brush up on U.S. history while taking a relaxing puzzle break.
- Each puzzle is laid out over a full 2-page spread.
- A complete answer key is located in the back of the book.
- Spiral binding allows book to lay flat while in use.
- 192 pages
Do your observation skills rival those of Sherlock Holmes? Solve more than 80 word search puzzles based on the great detective's stories Puzzles are based on your favorite characters and passages from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes as well as The Hound of the Baskervilles. Stuck on a puzzle? A two-color answer key can be found in the back. 192 pages
This handily portable compilation is packed with hundreds of brilliant general knowledge puzzles making it the perfect companion for all crossword fans.
A collection of more than 80 word search puzzles to engage your mind and entertain you.
- Puzzle themes include geography, sports, movies, music, food, and much more.
- Spiral binding allows the book to lay flat while in use.
- Complete answer key found at the back of the book.
- 192 pages
