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#wordplay

Brent Sleeper
2 days ago

Adding #Knotwords back into my daily #wordplay rotation after many months away. This is my first time using the game’s share feature. Using an animated GIF to represent the player’s path/progress is a clever idea.

Animated image depicting a player’s progress solving the “Knotwords” Daily Mini word puzzle published September 27, 2023.
Brent Sleeper
2 days ago

Mistakes were made. I've offended #Wordle and #NYTSpellingBee partisans alike. I apologize for the #wordplay hashtag mixup.

Профитролли

#words #wordplay #thoughts #log #social

Algot
6 days ago

Embroidery #Wordplay is a simple #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.

Please use DM or CW to give answers to let everyone enjoy the search!

Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the hidden word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters

Embroidery Wordplay
one-word word search puzzle

hint: clean
Difficulty: Easy

Letter grid: 
N* E A T
Y D I T
V O L S*
E N L Y

Asterisks mark the gray-square potential starter letters.
Algot
6 days ago

Sunday Sillies -Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: Two for same idiom

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

Wicked Wonderful Wordies
visual idiom puzzle

(Sometimes it helps you to to see a wordie done in more than one form...but for the same idiom.)

Left version: Large word "often" above small word "not"

Right version:  the word "often" shown three times above the word "not" shown two times.
Daisybrain
1 week ago

Warning: English language pun based on spoken sounds of words:

But if I have gnocchi, how am I ever going to get into my apartment?

#puns #wordplay #dadjoke

Daisybrain
1 week ago

You deserve a laugh or two. C'mon over and read my blog post. The only stain not here is sustainability.
https://medium.com/@daisybrain/a-daisybrain-post-you-must-read-323091e10daf

#comedy #humor #laugh #jokes #funny #silly #wacky #puns #wordplay #neology #neologisms

a daisy
1TootMemoir
1 week ago

a quickly drawn comic that I cannot say is my best work

#cartoon #comics #comix #comic #wordplay #joke

a crudely drawn cartoon that playes on the phrase "carry out."
50+ Music
2 weeks ago

"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" is a song written by #JamesBrown and Betty Jean Newsome. Brown recorded it on February 16, 1966, in a New York City studio and released it as a single later that year. It reached No. 1 on the #Billboard #RAndBChart and No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. Its title is a #wordPlay on the 1963 comedy film #ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld.
https://youtu.be/GaB9F3R9cIY

Algot
2 weeks ago

Embroidery #Wordplay is a simple #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.

Please use DM or CW to give answers to let everyone enjoy the search!

Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the hidden word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters

Embroidery Wordplay
one-word word search puzzle

hint: consequence
Difficulty: medium

Letter grid: 

O I C L
S* F* A N
I I W C
G N E E

Asterisks mark the gray-square potential starter letters.
Algot
2 weeks ago

Sunday Sillies -Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: no plan

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

Wicked Wonderful Wordies
a visual idiom puzzle

in the center of the frame, the word "the" and centered right  on top of it, the word "fly".
EasyEnglish Bible
2 weeks ago

Suggestions welcome for the title of an EasyEnglish Chronological Bible.

What could we call it without using the non-easy word "chronological"?

And if you feel called to join our project team, please contact @sjmcquay .

#Wordplay #WordPuzzle #EasyEnglish
#EasyEnglishBible #ChronologicalBible #StudyBible
#DigitalBibleLibrary #DBL
#MissionAssist

DreambeastPoems
2 weeks ago

I love wordplay in in poems. Last night, this just jumped into my head. I dedicate the humble lettuce !!! #kidspoems #poems4kids #wordplay #poetry #poems #poetry @brianbilston

Lettuce Pray

I know you’re a little gem
but the facts romaine
life is chard
so lettuce pray ...

Mark Bird
Daisybrain
2 weeks ago

According to my blog statistics, you will be the first person to view my blog post, "Latest Releases from the Department of New Definitions"

https://medium.com/@daisybrain/latest-releases-from-the-department-of-new-definitions-88483e8ec14e

#puns #wordplay #neology #neologism #neologisms #newwords #wordfun #humor

Scrabble letters spelling out the word "wrods" sit on edge on a highly reflective surface
Algot
3 weeks ago

Embroidery #Wordplay is a simple #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.

Please use DM or CW to give answers to let everyone enjoy the search!

Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the hidden word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters

Embroidery Wordplay
one-word word search puzzle

hint: up all night
Difficulty: easy

Letter grid: 

H P O M
L* E G H
C* O U G
G N I H

Asterisks mark the gray-square potential starter letters.
Adiiantryx :verified:
3 weeks ago

what is the most religious insect in the world?
the praying mantis.

Interestingly it tends to exploit its most devout members - the male mates - rewarding them by biting their heads off when most vulnerable for their own growth.
#overthinking #puns #wordplay #religion

Algot
3 weeks ago

Sunday Sillies -Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: door buster

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

wicked wonderful wordies
visual idiom puzzle

In the frame: the word "sale" at the left, outside the frame, the word "blow"
Algot
4 weeks ago

Sunday Sillies -Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: location matters
A two-fer

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

Easier version of the idiom:

All Messed with the letters displaced.
a "jumble" version of the same idiom.
Stan Carey
1 month ago

Scott Kim's symmetrical alphabet, a beautiful mirror ambigram

#design #alphabet #ambigram #art #typography #calligraphy #wordplay

The Latin alphabet, ingeniously stylized and arranged to be symmetrical across the vertical axis. The letters appear in the following rows: A–F, G–J, K–N, O, P–Q, R–T, U–W, X–Z. Though immediately recognizable as the Latin alphabet, it has a striking, almost otherworldly appearance. Its designer, Scott Kim, said that ambigrams can be explained in words but that "it's like describing a dance".
50+ Music
1 month ago

"Helplessly Hoping" is a 1969 song by the American #folkRock group #CrosbyStillsAndNash written by #StephenStills, and using both #alliteration and #wordplay in its lyrics. They recorded the song at #WallyHeidersStudio3Hollywood in December 1968 during their first recording session as a group, with producer #PaulRothchild. The song was first released by #AtlanticRecords on Crosby, Stills, and Nash's #eponymous debut album on May 29, 1969. In June 1969.
https://youtu.be/BdBs7JFn9Pk

1TootMemoir
1 month ago

Today on Celebrity Spouses, Darth Vader's wife, Ella:

#celebrityspouses #visualhumor #comics #comix #cartoon #drawing #joke #hiumor #wordplay #pun #starwars

Algot
1 month ago

Embroidery #Wordplay is a simple #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.

Please use DM or CW to give answers to let everyone enjoy the search!

Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the hidden word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters

Embroidery Wordplay
one-word word search puzzle

hint: focus
Difficulty: Easy

Letter grid: 
T* A R C
I X B U
O I F* R
N R E T

Asterisks mark the gray-square potential starter letters.
Algot
1 month ago

Sunday Sillies -Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: jumble

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

Wicked Wonderful wordies
visual idiom puzzle

In the top third of the frame: the word "something" repeated several times in a circular flower. Two headed arrows are between the ends of each word.
Supergecki
1 month ago

@sysfrank Oh my god, I never wanted to know this #wordplay, put it back, put it back!!!

Angus MacPherson
1 month ago

Kudos to the headline writes on both:

Flight of the Long Knives
&
Death of a Hot Dog Salesman

#headlines #wordplay

Brent Sleeper
1 month ago

I ate up the literal #wordplay in today’s #NYTCrossword. No racing through the fill, either!

I solved the Wednesday 8/23/2023 #NYTXW #crossword in 21:12! https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords/game/by-id/21247

Brent Sleeper
1 month ago

A big toot-out(?) to fellow #Wordle, #crossword, and #wordplay obsessives I’ve been meeting in the verse!

Screenshot of the New York Times’ “Spelling Bee” word puzzle published August 22, 2023. The puzzle features the letters “(T) A K L O U W.” The player has entered the word “Toot.”
好好引用
1 month ago

To be, or not to be(@not_2b_or_2b)
2023年8月22日 https://nitter.net/not_2b_or_2b/status/1693831577321558158
#wordplay

想不明白,生鱼片是死鱼片,等红灯是在等绿灯,咖啡因来自咖啡果。

Hannah Weinberger
1 month ago

Starting a newsletter about the best ways to layer your hoagie sandwiches and calling it Substack who's with me

#wordplay #puns #dadjokes

Jason
1 month ago

How many mystery writers does it take to change a lightbulb?

Two! One to change the bulb, and the other to give it an unexpected twist at the end!

@dianeduane shares more here:
https://dduane.tumblr.com/post/726256976764567552

#Writing #WordPlay

Algot
1 month ago

Embroidery #Wordplay is a simple #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.

Please use DM or CW to give answers to let everyone enjoy the search!

Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the hidden word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters

Embroidery Wordplay

hint: free
difficulty: hard

letter grid:

N C N O
P I A M
A T I E*
F N O A*

Asterisks mark the letters which are in gray squares in the image.
Algot
1 month ago

Sunday Sillies -Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: Good luck!

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

Wicked Wonderful Wordies
a visual idiom puzzle

In the frame, at the top, the word "mess".
Superimposed is the red "do not" symbol.

Otherwise the frame is empty.
Jason
1 month ago

- A bar was walked into by the passive voice.

- A malapropism walks into a bar, looking for all intensive purposes like a wolf in cheap clothing, muttering epitaphs and casting dispersions on his magnificent other, who takes him for granite.

- Papyrus and Comic Sans walk into a bar. The bartender says, “Get out — we don't serve your type.”

- A hyphenated word and a non-hyphenated word walk into a bar and the bartender nearly chokes on the irony

— Jill Thomas Doyle

More word fun here: https://www.tumblr.com/ebookporn/628326548234240000/an-oxford-comma-walks-into-a-bar-where-it

#Language #LanguageLearning #LanguagesAreFun #WordPlay

Algot
2 months ago

Embroidery #Wordplay is a simple #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.

Please use DM or CW to give answers to let everyone enjoy the search!

Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the hidden word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters

Embroidery Wordplay
one-word word search puzzle

hint:  good
Difficulty: medium

Letter grid: 
U Y H T*
E W O R
S G F A
I A R P*


Asterisks mark the gray-square potential starter letters.
Algot
2 months ago

Sunday Sillies -Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: W. Edwards Deming

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

Wicked Wonderful Wordies 
a visual idiom puzzle
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The letter C filled repeatedly with the word "efficient" Centered in the curved letter is the word "expert".
------------------------------
Explanation:
Typically, some kind of text is arranged inside, or somewhere around a square frame. The arrangement can be significant, and might be the key to recognizing the idiom. 

The puzzle can be difficult to solve because the idiom or common phrase may not be common to the person trying to solve the puzzle.

Sometimes there is an "AhHa!" moment, though.

Answers and an archive of the puzzles is available at http://runeman.org/wordies.
50+ Music
2 months ago

"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" is a song written by #JamesBrown and Betty Jean Newsome. Brown recorded it on February 16, 1966, in a New York City studio and released it as a single later that year. It reached No. 1 on the #Billboard #RAndBChart and No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. Its title is a #wordPlay on the 1963 comedy film #ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld.
https://youtu.be/H77fRz1rybs

Isaac Land
2 months ago

Autocorrect changed “celery” to “celerity.” This can only mean that somewhere, there’s a Gilbert and Sullivan revival well underway #language #wordplay #autocorrect #gilbertandsullivan

Algot
2 months ago

Embroidery #Wordplay is a simple #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.

Please use DM or CW to give answers to let everyone enjoy the search!

Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the hidden word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters

Embroidery Wordplay
one-word word search puzzle

hint: Messy
Difficulty: Medium

Letter grid: 
G* L I P
L P S* C
A T E A
P T E R


Asterisks mark the gray-square potential starter letters.
Algot
2 months ago

Sunday Sillies -Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: Getting Old

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

Wicked Wonderful Wordies
visual idiom/common-phrase puzzle

Centered in the frame is the word "memories". The M is fully black. Gradually, the other letters fade to light gray by the final S.
Stephen Chrisomalis
2 months ago

Here's a nonce-word for you #lexicography and #wordplay fans: kirkpaxfordy. Apparently developed by the penmanship / #calligraphy teacher Eleazer Huntington, it occurs only in his 1821 Art of Penmanship, on p. 16 and then again in similar context on p. 17. From context, it's a word coined specifically to train students in more complex letter combinations. As far as I can see, never used by anyone else. Maybe we can make up a definition for it? Anyone out there named Kirk Paxford?

Passage from Eleazer Huntington, Art of Penmanship, 1821, p. 16

"ministration and kirkpaxfordy, which comprise all the various principles"
Wm.son
2 months ago

#DadJokes #Puns #Wordplay #SoapOpera

My ex-wives each left me for men named Dave. I had a way if explaining it: "Like sand through the hourglass, so are the Dave's of my wives."

🙄😑😆

Algot
2 months ago

Embroidery #Wordplay is a simple #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.

Please use DM or CW to give answers to let everyone enjoy the search!

Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the hidden word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters

Embroidery Wordplay

hint: marvel at it!
difficulty: medium

Letter grid

I D* N E
F E R L
E L O P
R S U S*

the gray "starter" squares are represented by asterisks
Algot
2 months ago

Sunday Sillies -Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: disagree?

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

Wicked Wonderful Wordies
a visual idiom puzzle

In the frame of the puzzle:
A variety of typefaces(fonts) for the word "persuasions" which are arranged to look, in combination, like the letter B.

This may represent a far less well known phrase than usual.
ChiefGyk3D
2 months ago

Everyone is freaking out about Aliens but I just realized I’m first generation American and my whole family have been aliens this whole damn time.

I want to believe!

#wordplay #humor #joke #funny #aliens

Algot
2 months ago

Embroidery #Wordplay is a simple #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.

Please use DM or CW to give answers to let everyone enjoy the search!

Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the hidden word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters

Embroidery Wordplay
one-word word search puzzle

hint: step in
Difficulty: medium

Letter grid: 
I P P O
L* S* E G
O G R N
U S E Y

Asterisks mark the gray-square potential starter letters.
Algot
2 months ago

Sunday Sillies -Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: go online!

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

Wicked Wonderful Wordies
visual idiom puzzle

In the frame:
Banker's
above several iterations of the word Hour which has been cut in half and the lower half skewed to the right
So many dynamos
2 months ago

My one-breath poem, "𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻," is up at dadakuku https://dadakuku.com/2023/07/21/message-from-your-hive-queen/ #specpo #amwriting #wordplay #poetry

Algot
2 months ago

Embroidery #Wordplay is a simple #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.

Please use DM or CW to give answers to let everyone enjoy the search!

Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the hidden word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters

Embroidery Wordplay
one-word word search puzzle

hint: gear up
Difficulty: medium

Letter grid: 
P R E P*
Y O A L
R* E N L
A T T A

Asterisks mark the gray-square potential starter letters.
Algot
2 months ago

Sunday Sillies -Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: unkind

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

Wicked Wonderful Wordies
visual idiom puzzle

Centered in the frame is a messy-looking version of the word "mouth" above the word "someone".

What is the idiom this represents?
Nick East (Indie Writer)
3 months ago

Ham-fisted construction is my favourite, that's the kind of wordplay we like around here... 😂

@bookstodon @humour @linguisticsmemes @folklore

#Book #Books
#Abridged #FairyTales #Wordplay #ChildrensBooks
#Bookworm #Bookwyrm #Bookstodon #BookLove #BoostingIsSharing

B.J. Smith v6.2.2
3 months ago

"This is a short sentence. You got off easy." ~ Maxim M. Entropy

#fiction #physics #quotes #science #statistics #wordplay #words #writing

Text from the post on a blue-green background.

I may have bought these primarily for the #WordPlay, which was transparent to me as a Dane (🇳🇱 “verdraaid lekker” = 🇩🇰 “fordrejet lækker”), and it also translates well into English: “twisted(ly) delicious”.

#kaasstengels #VerdraaidLekker

A package of Dutch cheese sticks (“kaasstengels”) with the subtitle “verdraaid lekker” (“twistedly delicious”)
Algot
3 months ago

Embroidery #Wordplay is a #wordsearch #puzzle with usually one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.

Please use DM or CW to give answers. Let everyone enjoy the search!

Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the hidden word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters

Embroidery Wordplay
usually one word word search puzzle
Today's is exceptional!

hint: two words
difficulty: easy

Letter Grid:
P* R E W
L O S C
E  B I R
A* D O T

Asterisks mark the gray background of "starter" letters
Algot
3 months ago

Sunday Sillies -Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: not really satisfying

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

Wicked Wonderful Wordies
visual idiom puzzle

The word "void" is centered in the frame of the puzzle and the word "screaming" is forcing its way into a slice in the letters V and O.

How is it that "height" and "weight" don't rhyme? 🤔
#words #wordplay #conundrums #English

Allison Wyss
3 months ago

I love that we're all spread across the planet--but at least some of you are in my general part of the world? I think? (Minneapolis)

If that's you, come to Wordplay on Saturday! I'll be on a panel about bodies at 10:30am, talking to Said Shaiye, and moderated by Kate Vogl. I know it will be good. And then I'm going to stick around to watch some truly fabulous later events.

#WritingCommunity #WritingConversations
#loftliterarycenter #literaryfestival #NarrativePower
#MNastodon
#WordPlay

Lots of books floating around, opened and closed and somewhat chaotic, with the words:

I'll see you at Word Play Festival, 
Minnesota's summertime celebration of readers, writers, and great books!
July 8, The Loft.
Tickets on Sale Now.
Loft.org/Wordplay
Algot
3 months ago

Embroidery #Wordplay is a simple #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.

Please use DM or CW to give answers to let everyone enjoy the search!

Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the hidden word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters

Embroidery Wordplay
one-word word search puzzle

hint: Wake up!
Difficulty: MEDIUM

Letter grid: 
N M H S*
O O O O
L S* E U
E N C L

Asterisks mark the gray-square potential starter letters.
Algot
3 months ago

Sunday Sillies -Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: RIP

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape

Wicked Wonderful Wordies 
a visual idiom puzzle
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an empty frame...
below  is the word "feet", six times
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Explanation:
Typically, some kind of text is arranged inside, or somewhere around a square frame. The arrangement can be significant, and might be the key to recognizing the idiom. 

The puzzle can be difficult to solve because the idiom or common phrase may not be common to the person trying to solve the puzzle.

Sometimes there is an "AhHa!" moment, though.

Answers and an archive of the puzzles is available at http://runeman.org/wordies.
FiXato
3 months ago

Polyester-Jester

(And if they like to repeat themselves, I guess they are a polyester poly-jester?)

#pun #puns #wordplay #FiXatoPUNishes

Algot
3 months ago

Embroidery #Wordplay is a simple #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.

Please use DM or CW to give answers to let everyone enjoy the search!

Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the hidden word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters

Embroidery Wordplay
one-word word search puzzle

hint: temporaru
Difficulty: Easy

Letter grid: 
T I T F
O* M* V I
E A N H
T K E S

Asterisks mark the gray-square potential starter letters.
Algot
3 months ago

Sunday Sillies -Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: all together, now!

Created with the Free Software #Inkscape Inspired by @Ayior

Wicked Wonderful Wordies
a visual idiom or common phrase puzzle

In the frame:
The word "task" written using several diverse typefaces/fonts. In addition, the word ending "ing" in larger, bolder type.
Algot
3 months ago

Embroidery #Wordplay is a simple #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.

Please use DM or CW to give answers to let everyone enjoy the search!

Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the hidden word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters

Embroidery Wordplay Puzzle
one-word word search puzzle

hint: silly
difficulty: easy

Letter grid:
C I D I
U L O R*
A T U S
P* H E T

The letters marked with asterisks are the ones with a gray background.
Tomtit & Baobab
4 months ago

If you: a) Love the Spelling Bee b) Wonder where Nanobots come from c) Have ever used Spelling Bee Solver or d) Are looking for a new word game recommendation, you won't want to miss this week's episode of T&B, featuring @sbsolver. Listen at https://bit.ly/S3E17_HereComestheShunn or wherever you get your #podcasts! #NYTSpellingbee #nytsb #SpellingBee #hivemind #nytgames #nytwordplay #wordnerds #wordplay #Typeshift

Here Comes the Shunn, Tomtit & Baobab: A Bee-Inspired Podcast May 29, 2023, "It's summertime, the sun is shining, and T&B is ready for VACAY! In this final - episode of Season 3, we're going BANANASs over CIVETs, putting NANOBOTs under the microscope, and having a grand old time with Spelling Bee Solver's William Shunn. We'll BEE back in the fall. Until then, visit us on social, keep in touch at tomtitandbaobab@gmail.com, and catch up on old episodes wherever you get your podcasts."
Tomtit & Baobab
4 months ago

On today's episode of T&B we're getting social! C's mom makes a CAMEO and NYTimes Spelling Bee Facebook group admins Keith and Pat join us for a delightful Wild Card convo. Listen at https://bit.ly/S3E16_BeeingSocial or wherever you get your #podcasts. Like us? Leave a BLURB! #NYTSpellingbee #nytsb #SpellingBee #hivemind #wordplay #wordnerds #nytgames #nytwordplay

Tomtit & Baobab
5 months ago

Fine, so maybe we haven't PODDED recently, but we have most definitely CASTED! Check out the latest, laugh-out-loud episode of Tomtit & Baobab at https://bit.ly/S3E15_LongLiveTheBea or wherever you listen to your #podcasts. #NYTSpellingbee #nytsb #spellingbee #hivemind #wordnerds #wordplay #nytwordplay #nytgames

NYT Spelling Bee May 15, 2023. Word PODDED with text above "Not in word list"
Tomtit & Baobab
5 months ago

Want to hear something major? How about 2 bonus clips from our recent interview with The Slowdown's Major Jackson! Happy weekend, #Hivemind! Listen at https://bit.ly/TomtitBaobab_MajorBonus1 and https://bit.ly/TomtitBaobab_MajorBonus2 or wherever you get your #podcasts. #nytsb #spellingbee #NYTSpellingbee #wordnerds #wordplay #majorjackson #theslowdown #poetry #music #language #words

Tomtit & Baobab
5 months ago

This week on T&B, we're slowing down (a little!) to talk with Major Jackson about poetry, word games, and his new gig as host of The Slowdown. Join us at https://bit.ly/S3E14_RelishingWords or wherever you get your #podcasts.
#NYTSpellingbee #nytsb #nytimesgames #nytwordplay #spellingbee #wordplay #wordnerds #poetry #aglets #shoelaces #metgala #vocabulary #vocabularybuilding #hivemind

S.3 Ep. 14 with special guest Major Jackson
Tomtit & Baobab
5 months ago

What's better than a Bee week with one X? A Bee week with two! On this week's episode of T&B: our take on last week's puzzles, the best examples of LEITMOTIFs, and why compound words are confounding. Listen at https://bit.ly/S3E13_XX or wherever you get your #podcasts. #NYTSpellingbee #nytsb #spellingbee #hivemind #nytgames #nytwordplay #wordplay #wordnerds #compoundwords #linguistics #leitmotif #opera

Tomtit & Baobab: A Bee-Inspired Podcast - May 01, 2023: X-tra! X-tra! Hear all about it! Double Xs, double Ns, and two-for-one words mean o twice as much fun here at T&B. This week we're BENEFIT(T)ING from alt spellings; leading the way on LEITMOTIFs; and getting the LOWDOWN on compounds. Oh, and Sam, we accept your apology.
Algot
5 months ago

Embroidery #Wordplay is a simple #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.

Please use DM or CW to give answers to let everyone enjoy the search!

Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the hidden word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters

Embroidery Wordplay
one-word word search puzzle

hint: check it out
Difficulty: medium

Letter grid: 
B* E N T
E M S I
S E S S
S A* C E

Asterisks mark the gray-square potential starter letters.
Northbaybanter
5 months ago

We’ve lost our blue Czech Mark.
If you find him warm him please contact the Blue Man Group.

#checkmark #czech #wordplay #humor

Tomtit & Baobab
5 months ago

If could have any place or thing named for you, what would it be? This week on T&B, we're talking eponymous words like MACADAM and tossing in a METONYM or two for good measure. Listen at https://bit.ly/S3E11_EverythingIsCecilia or wherever you get your #podcasts. #Hivemind #NYTSpellingbee #nytsb #spellingbee #nytgames #nytwordplay #wordnerds #wordplay

Tomtit & Baobab
6 months ago

The time has come, the Tomtit said, to talk of many things: Of ODDs and BALLs and POCKETBOOKS, and why some words take -INGS! Happy Poetry Month, #Hivemind! Celebrate with a brand new episode of T&B at https://apple.co/3GsS8lG or wherever you get your #podcasts. #NYTSpellingbee #nytsb #spellingbee #nytgames #nytwordplay #wordplay #wordnerd #wordnerds

Screenshot of Tomtit & Baobab episode preview, "ODDBALLs", April 10, 2023
Tomtit & Baobab
6 months ago

T&B's back with an all new, ULTRACOOL episode. Listen at https://bit.ly/S3E9_WeBeeLike or wherever you get your #podcasts. #NYTSpellingbee #nytsb #spellingbee #nytgames #nytwordplay #hivemind #wordplay #wordnerds

Screenshot of podcast episode listing: Tomtit & Baobab "We Be Like"
Tomtit & Baobab
6 months ago

What's a #WordNerd to do when you've finished the Bee before breakfast? Easy! T&B has you covered! Listen to this week's episode at https://bit.ly/S3E8_BestEntertainmentEver #NYTSpellingbee #spellingbee #hivemind #nytsb #nytgames #nytwordplay #wordplay #podcast

Queen Bee May 27, 2023
Tomtit & Baobab
6 months ago

There are a NONILLION reasons to get excited about this week's episode of T&B...but DIMITY isn't one of them! 😂 Join us while we're still in our HEYDAY. Listen at https://bit.ly/S3E7_Heyday or wherever you get your #podcasts. #NYTspellingbee #SpellingBee #nytsb #Hivemind #WordPlay #WordNerds #NYTGames #NYTWordPlay

Tomtit & Baobab 1 Year Anniversary Episode
Algot
6 months ago

Embroidery #Wordplay is a simple #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.

Please use DM or CW to give answers to let everyone enjoy the search!

Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the hidden word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters

Embroidery Wordplay
one-word word search puzzle

hint: empty
difficulty: medium

letter grid: gray squares marked by asterisk

A C* O M
V* U R P
U O E H
S R N E
Tomtit & Baobab
6 months ago

Happy anniversary to us! And thanks to all you other #WordNerds who inspire us keep going! Looking forward to another year of #WordPlay, Bee banter, and podcasting fun 🎉 #Hivemind #Nytspellingbee #nytsb #SpellingBee #podcasts https://bit.ly/TomtitBaobabSpotify

Happy 1 year
Tomtit & Baobab
7 months ago

Who gets excited about QUAALUDEs, the UNDEAD, and QUEUEing up? We do! T&B S3 E6 is waiting for you at https://bit.ly/S3E6_TrialBySpelling or wherever you get your #podcasts. #Nytspellingbee #nytsb #spellingbee #NYTgames #NYTWordPlay #WordNerds #WordPlay

Tomtit & Baobab cover art: Text in black over white silhouette of a bird in a tree against a yellow background
JC Little
7 months ago

“Spawn” 10 x 14” pure watercolour, sold. A collective noun for umbrellas 🎨♥️. Spring is coming 😊

#CollectiveNouns #wordplay #spring #freedom #painting #umbrellas #watercolor #whimsical #whimsy #joy #freedom #fineart #art #artist #canadian #LandscapePainting #storm #WatercolorPainting #mastoart

This is a watercolour painting of a landscape. There are rolling hills in the foreground and distant mountains. The colour of the hills shows that spring is coming and greenery is starting to grow. On the left, there are deep, purple clouds, rolling in with rain falling. At the top of one of the hills in the foreground is the tiny figure of a woman in a yellow raincoat. She has her arm up in the air and has just let go of her black umbrella, allowing it to float away in the wind. Above that umbrella are seven more all different sizes and different positions, and all floating away on the wind. This is a “spawn of umbrellas”, I’m having fun with wordplay in this painting.
Tomtit & Baobab
7 months ago

From Ms Pac-Man and #wordplay to #playlists and pirate-ese, it's all fun and games on this week's episode of T&B! Listen at https://bit.ly/S3E3_WellPlayed or wherever you get your #podcasts. #NYTSpellingbee #nytsb #spellingbee #NYTgames #NYTWordPlay #wordnerds

Screenshot T&B podcast episode "Well Played!"

@grammargirl So, so many wonderful things about language to love! Sound, meaning, how it looks on the page, evolution of meaning....

A line I use every once in a while to prompt people to think about the flexibility of language: All blackbirds are black birds, but not all black birds are blackbirds.

#GrammarDay #linguistics #words #WordPlay

Tomtit & Baobab
7 months ago

Feel like Mondays are AGONY? We'll help you see the bright side...and the Bee side! Check out today's all new episode of T&B at https://bit.ly/S3E4_TheAgony or wherever you get your #podcasts. #NYTSpellingbee #spellingbee #nytsb #hivemind #nytgames #nytwordplay #wordplay #wordnerds #thebeeside Shout out to our friend @statesdj for helping us find the tin lining 😉

Screenshot podcast listing: Tomtit & Baobab, "The Agony and the Extra Bee"
Tomtit & Baobab
7 months ago

Hm…2 quick Bee days in a row? Makes us wonder what kind of monstrosity #SamEzersky has in store for tomorrow! #NYTspellingbee #nytsb #SpellingBee #Hivemind #NYTGames #NYTWordPlay #WordPlay #WordNerds #WordGames

Queen Bee, Feb 22, 2023
Tomtit & Baobab
7 months ago

If you buzzed through this one too and have some time on your hands, you're in luck! New episode of T&B out now! https://bit.ly/S3E3_BeeMine #NYTspellingbee #nytsb #SpellingBee #Hivemind #NYTGames #NYTWordPlay #WordPlay #WordNerds #WordGames

Queen Bee, Feb 21, 2023
Tomtit & Baobab
7 months ago

Good thing we had off from work today. That took a minute! #NYTspellingbee #nytsb #SpellingBee #Hivemind #NYTGames #NYTWordPlay #WordPlay #WordNerds #WordGames

Queen Bee, Feb 20, 2023
Tomtit & Baobab
7 months ago

If you are wondering why RANDO counted in last week's #Nytspellingbee but OOEY didn't...so were we! Join us for the latest, KICKY episode of T&B! https://bit.ly/S3E3_BeeMine #nytsb #Spellingbee #NYTGames #NYTWordPlay #WordPlay #WordNerds #Hivemind #podcasts

"Bee Mine" screenshot T&B podcast episode listing
Tomtit & Baobab
7 months ago

A quICK one today! Fill up your extra 5 minutes with a T&B bonus: Favorite words with #SimonSinek https://bit.ly/FavWordsWithSimonSimek #Nytspellingbee #nytsb #Spellingbee #NYTGames #NYTWordPlay #Wordplay #WordNerds

Queen Bee, Feb 16, 2023
Tomtit & Baobab
7 months ago

After taking a hint and mashing our way to the last 4L. We'll have some things to say about this in the next episode of T&B! In the meantime catch up on old episodes here: https://bit.ly/TomtitBaobabSpotify #Hivemind #Nytspellingbee #nytsb #spellingbee #SamEzersky #NYTGames #NYTWordPlay #WordPlay #WordNerds #podcasts

Queen Bee, Feb 15, 2023
Tanisha Fazal
7 months ago

Greetings, friends on Mastodon! #Introduction: I'm an #internationalrelations scholar intrigued by questions of macro-historical change, especially in the realm of #armedconflict. My work has focused on questions around #sovereignty, #internationallaw, and - these days - #military #medicine. I'm also trying to read up on #climatechange.

My family and I live in #Minneapolis, #Minnesota. We do a lot of #puzzles, #legos, and #wordplay.

Tomtit & Baobab
8 months ago

We have opinions about FANFIC...and other words, of course! Tune in to T&B Season 3 Episode 2 today! At https://apple.co/3E5F4S1 or wherever you listen to your #Podcasts (Please boost to help get the word out. No pun intended ;)) #spellingbee #nytspelling #NYTSpellingbee #newyorktimesspellingbee #nytgames #nytwordplay #wordplay #wordnerds

video of fanfic getting thrown in the trash
Tomtit & Baobab
8 months ago
Queen Bee, Feb 11, 2023
Tomtit & Baobab
8 months ago

Finding the pangram exhausted us...still working on queen! #Nytspellingbee #nytsb #spellingbee #hivemind #WordPlay #NYTGames #NYTWordPlay #WordNerds

Spelling Bee, Genius, Feb. 9, 2023