Originally Posted by Iucounu
Originally Posted by CourtneyB
Originally Posted by Mama22Gs
Hey, anyone know what you call those word puzzles such as the following?

XQQQQQQQME
(excuse me)

Or

CCCCCCC
(the Seven Seas)

My kids saw some recently and really liked them. I was thinking of getting them a book of them but can't figure out what to search on.

Thanks!

I've seen things like that in the MindWare catalog. They have 3 books called Word Winks which I think are what you are looking for. Those were always so much fun smile

ETA: It looks like they call them visual wordplay puzzles (also visual verbal puzzles)

I've seen them called "brain teasers" and some other names. Here are some from Critical Thinking, on sale right now:

http://www.criticalthinking.com/searchBykeyword.do?catalog=p&searchKey=063&sale_only=true

Just noticed the Frame Games series, by Terry Stickels.

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