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- adverb.endingsFor each letter of the alphabet, find an adverb that ends in that letter, preferably one that is not also... New
- alphabetical.numbersIf the positive integers up to a million are ordered alphabetically (spelled out in English), at what... New
- american.ourWhat common British words containing "our" are spelled the same in America?
- ate.to.itionFind English verbs ending in -ATE whose related noun ends in -ITION (as "micturate" and "micturition"). New
- aunt.tillyAunt Tilly likes butter and jelly, but not peanuts or jam. New
- body.partsName 28 parts of the body which are spelled with 4 letters. New
- frequencyIn the English language, what are the most frequently appearing: 1) letters overall?
- gryFind three completely different words ending in "gry." Added material
- hidden.ruleWhat are some puzzles, like Aunt Sally's Green Door, in which players must discover the hidden rule... New
- j.endingWhat words and names end in j?
- kstWhat 8-letter word has the letters KST in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end? New
- letter.countWhat are some exceptional isograms, polygrams, pyramid words, etc.? Restored
- letter.orderWhat words have letters in various unusual orders (alphabetical, etc.)? Restored
- lipogramsWhat books have been written without specific letters, vowels, etc.? Added material
- longestWhat is the longest word in the English language? Added material
- mirror.nameName a famous person in thirteen letters whose name, written vertically in capital letters, reads the same... New, unsolved
- mostWhat word has the most variant spellings?
- near.palindromeWhat are some long near palindromes, i.e., words that except for one letter would be palindromes?
- new.doorRearrange the letters of NEW DOOR to form one word. New
- number.setsSet A contains 0, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, ..., 20, 24, 25, ... New
- numeric.pangramWhat's special about the number 1,001,000,000,001,000,001,001,002,568? New
- nymList some words ending in -nym.
- rare.endingsFind common words with these endings, in the manner of the "gry" puzzle. New, unsolved
- rare.trigraphsWhat trigraphs (three-letter combinations) occur in only one word? Added material
- relations.to.other.wordsWhat are the word records for Relations to Other Words? New
- shion.endingFind three English words ending in "shion". New
- single.wordsWhat words have exceptional lengths, patterns, etc.? Added material
- statesWhat long words have all bigrams either a postal state code or its reverse? Restored
- superdemonsWhat words are extremely hard to spell?
- ten.preceptsAn old inscription carved on the back of a pew fooled the congregation for many years. New
- twenty.nineWhat is unique about the number 29? New
- vowelsWhat words contain each vowel once, for each possible order? Added material