wordplay

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Despite this, Wardle and a team of collaborators recently launched Parseword, a wordplay game inspired by Wardle's attempts to get to grips with cryptic crossword puzzles.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The narrative wanders through exuberant wordplay and digressions that can become distracting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“What doesn’t kill you calls you six months later” — that’s about as clean as Nashville wordplay gets.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

And Amy Nicholson of the LA Times concluded: "William Shakespeare wouldn't be wowed by this domestic drama about his home life back in Stratford-upon-Avon. Where's the action? The wit? The wordplay?"

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

I guessed that Falconer would not be able to resist a bit of wordplay, and I was right.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood