Online word game

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An online Word game is a word game based in an online venue. Like many online games, many online word games are accessed via web browsers.

1 Traditional word games
2 Internet-only games
- 2.1 Educational games
- 2.2 Collaborative games
3 External links

[edit] Traditional word games

Many traditional word games translate well to the Internet.

Acrophobia
Anagrams [1]
Crosswords [2]
Hangman [3]
Scrabble-like games
Vocabulary quizzes

[edit] Internet-only games

The advent of the Internet allows for new possibilities, in particular interactive and multiplayer games.

[edit] Educational games

There are a vast array of educational word play websites, useful for learning languages.

[edit] Collaborative games

An area of increasing popularity are multiplayer games different from the traditional family setting, bringing together total strangers. Those with an element of creativity are good examples of this.