CRAIG CONLEY (Prof. Oddfellow) is recognized by Encarta as “America’s most creative and diligent scholar of letters, words and punctuation.” He has been called a “language fanatic” by Page Six gossip columnist Cindy Adams, a “cult hero” by Publisher’s Weekly, and “a true Renaissance man of the modern era, diving headfirst into comprehensive, open-minded study of realms obscured or merely obscure” by Clint Marsh. An eccentric scholar, Conley’s ideas are often decades ahead of their time. He invented the concept of the “virtual pet” in 1980, fifteen years before the debut of the popular “Tamagotchi” in Japan. His virtual pet, actually a rare flower, still thrives and has reached an incomprehensible size. Conley’s website is OneLetterWords.com.
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Puzzles and Games: Letter Grids

March 1, 2014 (permalink)

This puzzle grid contains several big words, including one as blue as the sky. Can you find them?

• 7-letter words: 16
• 8-letter words: 4
• 9-letter words: 2

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions

February 3, 2014 (permalink)

Today's puzzle grid, an Emily Dickinson quotation, appears over a dear reader's bookcase.

There's an 8-letter word that means unconfident.
There's a 9-letter word that refers to plants with four petals.
There's a 7-letter word that refers to fig trees, and another that belongs in the kitchen.

• 7-letter words: 15
• 8-letter words: 6
• 9-letter words: 1

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions

September 7, 2013 (permalink)

This puzzle grid contains several big words. Can you find them?

• 7-letter words: 7
• 8-letter words: 3

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions

August 3, 2013 (permalink)

This puzzle grid contains several big words. Can you find them?

• 7-letter words: 15
• 8-letter words: 4

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions

August 29, 2010 (permalink)

This puzzle grid contains several big words. Can you find them?

• 7-letter words: 11
• 8-letter words: 4
• 9-letter words: 1

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions

March 3, 2010 (permalink)

This puzzle grid contains several big words. Can you find them?

• 7-letter words: 13
• 8-letter words: 4
• 9-letter words: 2

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions

February 8, 2010 (permalink)

This puzzle grid contains several big words. Can you find them?

• 7-letter words: 14
• 8-letter words: 6
• 9-letter words: 1

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions

January 17, 2010 (permalink)

This puzzle grid contains several big words. Can you find them?

• 7-letter words: 31
• 8-letter words: 11
• 9-letter words: 1

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions

January 7, 2010 (permalink)

This puzzle grid contains several big words. Can you find them?

• 7-letter words: 13
• 8-letter words: 2

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions

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Attleboro Odlox writes:

I found "clonings" as my first word and that was enough of an achievement to earn me three hours of bad television. Or so I rationalized. If cloning is not there, don't tell me. I didn't click on the answers. As soon as I saw I-N-G-S I knew the God of the Grid wouldn't be so cruel as to give us that convenient coda without providing at least one word to pin it to.

Nada writes:

Are gabions the elemental particles of insubstantial talk?

Prof. Oddfellow responds:

Good call, Nada!

December 27, 2009 (permalink)

This puzzle grid contains several big words. Can you find them?

• 7-letter words: 11
• 8-letter words: 3
• 9-letter words: 1

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions

March 29, 2009 (permalink)

This puzzle grid asks, "Is there life on marshmallows?" The grid contains several big words. Can you find them?

• 7-letter words: 27
• 8-letter words: 7
• 9-letter words: 1

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions

December 25, 2008 (permalink)

This puzzle grid reads, "It is in giving that we receive." The grid contains a word for a baby growing incisors. It also contains a word referring to paying a social call. Can you find them?

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions

December 25, 2007 (permalink)

This puzzle grid contains several big words. Can you find them?

• 7-letter words: 10
• 8-letter words: 1

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions

December 18, 2007 (permalink)

This puzzle grid contains several big words. Can you find them?

• 7-letter words: 12
• 8-letter words: 5
• 9-letter words: 1

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions

December 12, 2007 (permalink)

This puzzle grid contains several big words. Can you find them?

• 7-letter words: 7
• 8-letter words: 2

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions

December 4, 2007 (permalink)

This puzzle grid contains several big words. Can you find them?

• 7-letter words: 20
• 8-letter words: 4

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions

November 27, 2007 (permalink)

This puzzle grid contains several big words. Can you find them? One of the 7-letter words refers to someone who jumps from an airplane.

• 7-letter words: 10
• 8-letter words: 5

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions

November 20, 2007 (permalink)

This puzzle grid contains several big words. Can you find them?

• 7-letter words: 12
• 8-letter words: 1

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions

November 15, 2007 (permalink)

This puzzle grid contains several big words. Can you find them?

• 7-letter words: 9
• 8-letter words: 7

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions

November 6, 2007 (permalink)

This puzzle grid contains several big words. Can you find them?

• 7-letter words: 17
• 8-letter words: 2
• 9-letter words: 2
• 10-letter words: 1

All letters in the word must touch (in any direction), and no square may be reused.

Click to display solutions


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