Word Play
For all of you book lovers and logophiles, why not engage in a bit of daily word play with a host of friendly Tweeps from around the world?
First of all, if you don't know what I mean by "Tweeps," those are people who follow and "tweet" on Twitter-- so if you don't have a Twitter account, register for one today.
Once you have an account, you can join the fun with various word games. There are four that I play. In each case a "word of the day" (WotD) is given, and players just have to "tweet" using the word (i.e., using the word in a Twitter post). You can "tweet" the word in any way you want-- using it according to its actual definition or by adopting it to some clever use of the word.
Here are the games I play:
1. @Loqwacious:
Once you're on Twitter, search for and follow "@loqwacious." Here's how the game is described: "Daily word game. Read all tweets at #lqw. New word each day at 8am EDT. No points; no votes. Clean. Creative. Courteous."
If you follow "@Loqwacious," you'll see the WotD every day. Then, if you play that day by tweeting the word, always end your tweet with "#lqw." That way, other people can search the code "#lqw" to see all of the tweets about the WotD.
Yesterday's word was "broddle": to poke, to pierce. My "entry" in the game was, "I don't have a Facebook account, so to my knowledge, I've never been broddled. #lqw"
Note that I ended my statement with "#lqw." Again, that allows others to see my post -- and I can see others' posts -- by conducting a Twitter search for "#lqw."
2. #ohj
The "ohj" creator says on his website, "OHJ is a twitter-based daily word game. Every day I provide two words. You create a tweet incorporating one or both words. Make sure you tag the tweet with #OHJ or #ohj, so other players can find it easily...Originally, OHJ stood for "Oddly Haunted Journey", because in October 2011, I conceived this as a one month game leading up to Halloween. Now the letters mean something different each month, depending on the monthly theme."
To see the daily words for #ohj, follow @oddlystarry on Twitter.
Yesterday's words were "reprehensible" and "sprkinkle." I posted, "It is reprehensible to bring donuts to the workplace w/out chocolate icing & sprinkles. I've known some to be fired for that offense! #ohj"
In that example, I used both words. However, if you play #ohj, you can use both words or just one of the words.
3. Altwiculate
At altwiculate.com, the site provides this information: "Follow @aLtwiculate and just tweet today’s word in a sentence, phrase, joke, poem or rhyme! Ensure you use the hashtag #ALTwiculate. Lot’s of people play and we want to read everyone’s clever tweets."
As an example, yesterday's word was "niffer": to barter; to haggle. I posted, "Shakespeare's original draft of 'Neither a borrower nor a lender be' was 'Never say niffer.' #altwiculate"
Be sure to check out the altwiculate.com site, though, because there is much more info there along with other game information.
NOTE: The hashtag now used by this game is #ALTWIC.
4. Artwiculate
Artwiculate.com states, "Artwiculate is the Twitter-based Word of the Day game for learning new words. Follow @artwiculate to start playing."
This used to be a scored game where players could vote for their favorites and daily winners were announced. However, at this time, the game is unscored as the game developers are revamping the rules for scoring.
As an example, yesterday's word was "gladiolus." I posted, "How many #Artwiculate tweeters does it take to plant a gladiolus bulb? None! We wouldn't "plant" one-- we'd "ensepulcher" it!"
In that example, notice that I placed the hashtage "#Artwiculate" inside my statement instead of at the end. That's okay with any of these games -- as long as your post has the appropriate hashtag, #artwiculate, #altwiculate, #ohj, or #lqw.
As a matter of fact, sometimes players use words from the various games in the same post -- so one post might use two, three all four of the hashtags.
So if you're not on Twitter, sign up today -- it's easy, it's free, and it's fun! I'm on Twitter as "RouteI0" (I tried to get "Route10," but that was taken, so instead of "10," it's the letter "i" and a zero.) I hope to see you join in all of the fun with the Twitter word play!
First of all, if you don't know what I mean by "Tweeps," those are people who follow and "tweet" on Twitter-- so if you don't have a Twitter account, register for one today.
Once you have an account, you can join the fun with various word games. There are four that I play. In each case a "word of the day" (WotD) is given, and players just have to "tweet" using the word (i.e., using the word in a Twitter post). You can "tweet" the word in any way you want-- using it according to its actual definition or by adopting it to some clever use of the word.
Here are the games I play:
1. @Loqwacious:
Once you're on Twitter, search for and follow "@loqwacious." Here's how the game is described: "Daily word game. Read all tweets at #lqw. New word each day at 8am EDT. No points; no votes. Clean. Creative. Courteous."
If you follow "@Loqwacious," you'll see the WotD every day. Then, if you play that day by tweeting the word, always end your tweet with "#lqw." That way, other people can search the code "#lqw" to see all of the tweets about the WotD.
Yesterday's word was "broddle": to poke, to pierce. My "entry" in the game was, "I don't have a Facebook account, so to my knowledge, I've never been broddled. #lqw"
Note that I ended my statement with "#lqw." Again, that allows others to see my post -- and I can see others' posts -- by conducting a Twitter search for "#lqw."
2. #ohj
The "ohj" creator says on his website, "OHJ is a twitter-based daily word game. Every day I provide two words. You create a tweet incorporating one or both words. Make sure you tag the tweet with #OHJ or #ohj, so other players can find it easily...Originally, OHJ stood for "Oddly Haunted Journey", because in October 2011, I conceived this as a one month game leading up to Halloween. Now the letters mean something different each month, depending on the monthly theme."
To see the daily words for #ohj, follow @oddlystarry on Twitter.
Yesterday's words were "reprehensible" and "sprkinkle." I posted, "It is reprehensible to bring donuts to the workplace w/out chocolate icing & sprinkles. I've known some to be fired for that offense! #ohj"
In that example, I used both words. However, if you play #ohj, you can use both words or just one of the words.
3. Altwiculate
At altwiculate.com, the site provides this information: "Follow @aLtwiculate and just tweet today’s word in a sentence, phrase, joke, poem or rhyme! Ensure you use the hashtag #ALTwiculate. Lot’s of people play and we want to read everyone’s clever tweets."
As an example, yesterday's word was "niffer": to barter; to haggle. I posted, "Shakespeare's original draft of 'Neither a borrower nor a lender be' was 'Never say niffer.' #altwiculate"
Be sure to check out the altwiculate.com site, though, because there is much more info there along with other game information.
NOTE: The hashtag now used by this game is #ALTWIC.
4. Artwiculate
Artwiculate.com states, "Artwiculate is the Twitter-based Word of the Day game for learning new words. Follow @artwiculate to start playing."
This used to be a scored game where players could vote for their favorites and daily winners were announced. However, at this time, the game is unscored as the game developers are revamping the rules for scoring.
As an example, yesterday's word was "gladiolus." I posted, "How many #Artwiculate tweeters does it take to plant a gladiolus bulb? None! We wouldn't "plant" one-- we'd "ensepulcher" it!"
In that example, notice that I placed the hashtage "#Artwiculate" inside my statement instead of at the end. That's okay with any of these games -- as long as your post has the appropriate hashtag, #artwiculate, #altwiculate, #ohj, or #lqw.
As a matter of fact, sometimes players use words from the various games in the same post -- so one post might use two, three all four of the hashtags.
So if you're not on Twitter, sign up today -- it's easy, it's free, and it's fun! I'm on Twitter as "RouteI0" (I tried to get "Route10," but that was taken, so instead of "10," it's the letter "i" and a zero.) I hope to see you join in all of the fun with the Twitter word play!
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