Grammar Quest Practice grammar through an engaging and addictive gaming interface. Find and unlock the treasure chests scattered about. If answered correctly, the treasure is theirs. If they miss it, the treasure is lost. [Win 95/98/NT/or on a network] http://www.gepetosoftware.com/grammarquest.htm

Lingo Word game similar to Master Mind with striking graphics. The aim of the game is to uncover a valid word from five different user-customizable dictionaries that include English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. [Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000] http://www.geocities.com/rpnsoft/

MVP Wordsearch Complete the included word puzzles or let the computer make up new ones from your word lists. Features are a 90,000-word dictionary, spell checker, 5 skill levels, hints, and scrambled or hidden words. [All versions of Windows] http://www.mvpsoft.com/soft-word.html

Hangman The Wild West The classic Hangman game with attractive graphics and animations. Play with general words or use pre-loaded word topics and playable in 6 different languages English, Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish. [Win95/98/Me/NT/2000] http://www.e-funsoft.com/hangman/index.htm

Alphen Word puzzle for Windows. Fun, fast action, with skill levels designed for all ages. Built-in vocabulary editor, high-scores, music, sound effects, easy to learn and play. [Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000] http://familygames.com/share/alphen.html

Crypto Windows version of the popular cryptogram puzzles often found in puzzle books or the Sunday paper. Selects a quote or phrase from its library of 50, encrypts it, and presents it for you to solve. [Win 3.1/95/98/NT] http://www.kmrconsulting.com/crypto.html

Wurzgez A simple yet challenging word guessing game. The game is appropriate for anyone, of any age, who is an advanced word player. Game is like Wheel of Fortune and classic hangman with power words and phrases in English, Italian, and French. [Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000] http://eternityzone.hypermart.net/wurzgez.htm

Magic Words Tetris clone in which you combine letters into words. Make the letters disappear by building words. [Win 3.1/NT/95/98] http://www.sharedirect.com/magic/index.htm

The Grape Vine A word guessing game based on identifying Bible passages. Play is for one to nine players, with three levels of difficulty. You can choose to work with one word at a time or entire phrases. [Windows/DOS] http://www.pc-shareware.com/vine.htm

WordMania Fun and challenging Web enabled word game for all ages. Create your own categories using a standard HTML or text editor. The player can use words taken from any web site or from his own PC. [Windows 95/NT] http://www.4developers.com/wordmania/

Noodle Add letter and create word game. Defy the brain of your computer by using all of your 'Noodle' word skills to win the game. [Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000] http://www.xdyne.com/cgi-bin/2.0/gamepage.cgi?id=noodlewd

Word Solitaire A collection of word games that you play like solitaire, using letter tiles instead of playing cards. http://www.haversack.com/wordsol/

CompuCrissCross Challenging drag and drop word game. More than 2 billion unique crisscross puzzles. Fascinating to play and a great vocabulary builder. [Win 95/98/2000/ME] http://compunac.homestead.com/ccc.html

Word Pileon by Xdyne Inc. Hidden in a temple jar are "Magical", 10-letter words that contain all the words you need to get to the top of the world. Word strategy game where you compete against the computer to find word combinations. [Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000] http://www.xdyne.com/cgi-bin/2.0/gamepage.cgi?id=wdpileon

Word Game Software at Puzzle Central Collection of word game software, including word search, crosswords, and others. http://puzzles.cleversoul.com/sw_word.html

Logos for Windows Word searching application that provides searching for Anagram, crossword and hidden word. Additional dictionary files are available for download. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeremy.riley/Logos

Wortris Improve the usage of English words with a Tetris like game. Save the game records online, and compete with other players. http://www.wortris.com/

The Word Matrix - Word Search Game by NORWARE Search for words in matrix of letters. It includes multi-player online support, a built-in lexicon of words and links to online dictionary resources. http://www.norwaresolutions.com/games/thewordmatrix/

Wordchess Place letters on a board to form words while a computer opponent does the same. Who ever has the highest score at the end wins. http://www.wordchess.com

Phoenix Dyne Home page for several different puzzle games including: Enigma, Collapse II, and Candy Cruncher. http://www.phoenixdyne.com/