{"id":14859,"date":"2014-09-26T11:15:40","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T16:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=14859"},"modified":"2014-09-26T11:51:14","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T16:51:14","slug":"friday-fun-word-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/14859","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun: Word Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of us go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/\" title=\"Merriam-Webster.com web site\" target=\"_blank\">Merriam-Webster.com<\/a> site to get definitions, but there are some word games there, too!<\/p>\n<p>When you complete a quiz you&#8217;ll be able to compare your score to the average score overall, or the average score for your age group.<\/p>\n<p>How&#8217;s your vocabulary? Take the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/quiz\/index.htm\" title=\"10-question quiz\" target=\"_blank\">10-question quiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/spell-it\/index.htm\" title=\"Spell It The commonly misspelled words quiz\" target=\"_blank\">Spell It: The commonly misspelled words quiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Play <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/namethatthing\/index.htm\" title=\"Name That Thing\" target=\"_blank\">Name That Thing<\/a>, a visual vocabulary quiz.<\/p>\n<p>And see how well you do on a true\/false &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/true-or-false\/index.htm\" title=\"Quick quiz about stuff worth knowing\" target=\"_blank\">quick quiz about stuff worth knowing<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/5langdic.jpg\" alt=\"The Firefly Five Language Visual Dictionary cover\" class=\"alignright\" \/>And if the visual vocabulary quiz sparks your interest, Andersen Library has visual dictionaries you can use to create your own quizzes, or just to learn more! Search <a href=\"http:\/\/uw-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com\/primo_library\/libweb\/action\/search.do?dscnt=0&#038;frbg=&#038;scp.scps=scope%3A%28WW_VOY%29&#038;tab=default_tab&#038;dstmp=1380229596761&#038;srt=rank&#038;ct=search&#038;mode=Basic&#038;dum=true&#038;indx=1&#038;vid=WW\" title=\"Books Media and more (UW Whitewater) in Research@UWW\" target=\"_blank\">Research@UWW<\/a> (Books Media and more UW Whitewater) to find title such as <em>Merriam-Webster&#8217;s Spanish-English visual dictionary<\/em> (Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, PC4629 .M47 2011), <em>Merriam-Webster&#8217;s visual dictionary<\/em> (Curriculum Collection, Textbook, 2nd Floor PE1629.M47 M4 2010), and <em>The Firefly five language visual dictionary<\/em> (Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, P361 .C668 2004). There&#8217;s also Merriam-Webster&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/visual.merriam-webster.com\/\" title=\"Visual Dictionary Online\" target=\"_blank\">Visual Dictionary Online<\/a> to try!<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of us go to the Merriam-Webster.com site to get definitions, but there are some word games there, too! 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