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Wordplay Sites

Thanks to the Internet, learning English has become even more fun. Get together with your friends and visit the wordplay websites below. You will have a good laugh and exercise your language skills. Here are some examples.

1. wordsmith.org/anagram
Choose “advanced anagramming” to get a lot of results. Type a phrase into the search box, and anagrams will appear.
If you type in “English is fun”, you get:
Unselfish gin
Life sigh nuns
Elfin hugs sin
Single if shun
Sensing flu hi

2. googlism.com
Type in any phrase, and websites will be searched for their “opinion” on the subject.
If you type in “English is”, you get:
English is so tricky
English is a major world language
English is tough stuff dearest
English is a crazy language let’s face it
English is funny

3. Other websites you may like are these:
fun-with-words.com
puzzles.usatoday.com
nytimes.com/pages/crosswords
quizland.com
wordassociation.org

You probably know this already, but not all websites are what they appear to be. If you don’t like something or the information seems inappropriate to you, log off.

By Evgenia Koptyug ,
Novosibirsk