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Smart Games: Wizard Workout Word Games.


SMART GAMES: wizard Workout Word Games EDITORS OF SMART GAMES, INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic.

Antonym: dec.
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For puzzle enthusiasts looking for Looking for

In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with.
 a break from their daily newspaper crossword, this compendium com·pen·di·um  
n. pl. com·pen·di·ums or com·pen·di·a
1. A short, complete summary; an abstract.

2. A list or collection of various items.
 of word games is alternative. The book features four different types of puzzles. There are anagram-based scramblegrams; word hunter puzzles, which hide words in letter clusters going forward, backward, diagonally, and even crooked; word melts, in which one word transforms into another with the change of three letters at a time; and Word Blocks, which are sets of two or three letters that must be joined to make as many words as possible. Once a reader has worked through the problems in the book, there's a CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc.
CD-ROM
 in full compact disc read-only memory

Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser).
 with more puzzles. Recommended for ages 10 and up. BD&L, 2004, 128 p., b&w illus., paperback, $9.95.
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