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The Oxford guide to word games

Title
The Oxford guide to word games / Tony Augarde.
Author
Augarde, Tony.
Publication
Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1984.

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Book/TextUse in library GV1507.W8 A84 1984Off-site

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Description
x, 240 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
Chronicles the various word games, tells how they began, how they are played, and describes the many variations that have proliferated over the years.
Subject
  • Word games
  • Word games > History
  • Englisch
  • Wortspiel
  • Woordspelletjes
  • Englisch
Genre/Form
  • Reference works.
  • History.
  • Puzzles and games.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [221]-[222]
Contents
Riddles -- Enigmas -- Charades -- Acrostics -- Word squares -- Crosswords -- Scrabble -- Anagrams -- Rebus -- Chronograms -- Palindromes -- Pangrams -- Lipograms and univocalics -- Letter games -- Alphabet games -- Playing with poetry -- Concrete poetry -- Tongue twisters and cumulative games -- Spoonerisms -- Lapsus Linguae -- Games of Lewis Carroll -- Consequences -- Twenty Questions -- Hangman -- Puns -- Postscript: longest word.
ISBN
  • 0192141449
  • 9780192141446
LCCN
83025140
OCLC
  • ocm10298905
  • 10298905
  • SCSB-14340311
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library