Vograbulary

Don Kirkby

About this app

Add new words to a student's vocabulary and make the words stick (grab them).

This app will eventually have several word challenges like anagrams, word
ladders, and Quizl. The current challenges are listed below.
Students will be able to complete these challenges alone or with a timer,
against other students, or against the computer.

Ultraghost
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On each turn, you are given a three letter puzzle, like CIP. You have to find a word that starts with the first letter, contains the middle letter, and ends with the last letter. For example, CRISP starts with C, contains I, and ends with P. Once you enter your answer, your opponent has a few seconds to enter a better one. An answer is better if it is shorter, or if it is the same length and comes earlier in the dictionary. For example CLIP is shorter than CRISP. The app will then give you a hint if there are any better words that you didn't think of. For example, CHIP is earlier than CLIP in the dictionary.

If you'd like a few practice puzzles, try GHS, ORG, EOS. Scroll down for my answers.

Anagrams
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Reveal random letters, then try to make words with them. Steal your opponents
words by making anagrams of them, or by adding one or more new letters.

Russian Dolls
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So far, this is a solitaire challenge based on an episode of [Ask Me Another][ama]. Each puzzle gives a clue with two words highlighted. One of those words gets put completely inside the other to make the solution word. The letters in each word don't get rearranged, one complete word gets nested inside the other like two Russian dolls. Here's an example puzzle:

>When you are *unable* to find *comfort*.

The two words are "unable" and "comfort". Scroll down for the answer.

When you think you've solved the puzzle, drag the pointer over the place where one word should be inserted into the other. Press the Solve button to check your answer. If you got it right, it will display the combined word. Press the Next button to see the next puzzle.

Bacronyms
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Another solitaire challenge: this time, each puzzle shows three words. One of
them is a bacronym: when you reverse the letters, it spells a different word.
Click on the bacronym to solve the puzzle.

Answers
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My answers for the Ultraghost puzzles from good, to better, to best:
* GHS - gushes, ghosts, gashes
* ORG - ordering, offering, orating
* EOS - errors, eons, egos

The answer to the Russian Dolls puzzle is "uncomfortable", "comfort" nests inside "unable" to form "uncomfortable".

What’s new

New word game: Anagrams. Also don't reset when the screen is rotated.