Regular crossword puzzles are based on the principle of concealing a word or phrase behind a cryptic clue. Nearly all newspapers and magazines have at least one brain teaser. This book is a letter-by-letter breakdown (according to the number of letters in a word) of over 65,000 words in alphabetical order. It has tabulated clue-letters in numbered columns which makes locating words containing identical clue-letters less time-consuming. Accurate, ambiguous and concise meanings are supplied for each word. A separate section is devoted to block word finder, which is referenced according to specific category headings. Suitable for crosswords, blockwords, Scrabble, Boggle and other word games.