Looking for words in all the right places

If the Internet is anything, it’s a marketplace for knowledge, including as a researcher’s dream for looking up words. That includes resources for word gamers. Here’s a so-far short list of places to go for answers while you’re playing crosswords, Scrabble, and other word games.

Online Game Dictionaries:

• Dictionary.com – various languages, crosswords, legal, medical, acronyms, jargon
• Merriam-Webster OnLine – Free, searchable online dictionary and thesaurus, word games, a word of the day, and many other English language and vocabulary reference tools and resources.
• Strange and Unusual Dictionaries – “Resources for Scrabble games, bar bets, and other trivial pursuits.”