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Karen Spiegelman lives in the Richmond. People have paid her to write about technology, music and booze. She cofounded comedy group 2good4u in 2001. Contact her at karen@studiosububi.com, especially if you get the Latin joke.

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Scrambling to make words out of letters

A recent New York Times column about Word Warp reminded me of how awesome word-assembling games are. In Word Warp, you rearrange six letters into as...
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Merriam-Webster word games offer a quick hit of fun

One of the best reference book sites, Merriam-Webster, goes beyond the obvious searchable dictionary and thesaurus by offering another product to...
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Baseball names for crossword fans

While watching the Red Sox hand Game 1 of the American League Division Series to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, I mulled the rich lexicon of...
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Appreciating William Safire for his appreciation of words

When someone dies, I try to come up with a positive effect they had on the world, even if it's just, "He was good at parties." (Sorry, Matt,...
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Crossword words that make me cross, pt. 2

For the first installment of cheesy crossword words, I was able to pull most of them from my own memory. However, I still had a few, like obi and...
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Latin is for crossword lovers

The crossword in Monday's Examiner contained not just two Latin phrases, but two consecutive Latin clues, as you can sort of see from this picture....
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