The Mammoth Book of Word Games
Published on 18. April 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-1-85487-320-0 (ISBN)
Description
From anagrams to word squares, ciphertext to palindromes, this book brings together every conceivable kind of game. Old favourites like charades and dumb crambo rub shoulders with scores of new and ingenious tests that are intended to stretch word power and quick-thinking skills to the limits.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 130 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85487-320-0 (9781854873200)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Hangman; mobile and fan tan games; bingo; consequences; decks of cards; games like brandysnaps, espionage; cross play and word square games, polyonimoes; ladder and hidden word games; anagrams and cryptarithmetic; wordsmithery; codebreaking; dumbo crambo; Chinese whisper games; charade games; questions and answer games; team games; match games logomotion games; alphanumeric games.