The Language Puzzle: Read an excerpt from a book on the history of the spoken word

We have a love of words. Think crosswords, Scrabble and texting. Think chatting to a friend, listening to a story, sharing a ...
The New York Times

What 74 Years of Crossword History Says About the Language We Use

The world may have become more globalized, but the venerable puzzle now relies less on international worlds and place names. EDUCATED Americans consider themselves a cosmopolitan bunch. We follow the ...
Psychology Today

10 Classic Word Puzzles to Challenge Your Verbal Brain

The variety of word puzzles, many dating back to antiquity, is truly mind-boggling—riddles, anagrams, acrostics, and so on and so forth. Puzzles based on language are truly universal, revealing how ...
The New York Times

Entering the ‘Matrix of Language’ With a Crossword Puzzle Fiend

Anna Shechtman’s new memoir-history hybrid, “The Riddles of the Sphinx,” explores the gender politics behind one of the world’s most popular word games. By Cornelia Channing Anna Shechtman was 15 when ...