In this highly entertaining guide to all kinds of word games and word play, Tony Augarde reveals the origins of the games, outlines their history, and describes how to play them. The perfect companion to Augarde's new Oxford Dictionary of Word Games , it features: * charades, Twenty Questions, and hangman * acrostics, crosswords, and Scrabble * puns, riddles, tongue-twisters, and spoonerisms * the longest word in the English language This book is intended for general; word game enthusiasts, crossword and Scrabble fans, etc.