As is well known, anagrams are ancient. Today, we see them as an interesting genre of wordplay. But they were hardly perceived as such in the past, and to an extent even today. Anagrams of people’s ...

A witty guest star joins Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon and asks, “What’s so funny?” By Caitlin Lovinger ACROSTIC — The acrostic puzzle, nee “Double-Crostic,” has appeared regularly in The New York Times ...

Acrostics on Stream is an interactive game for streamers that can be played with their Twitch chat! Players try to beat the chat high score by guessing the vertical word and solving horizontal words ...

In honor of the eight-day Jewish holiday that celebrates faith, exodus, and freedom and that begins with a seder at sundown tonight (April 22), we asked a few writers for poetry about Passover, ...

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