By Cory Bilicko
Entertainment Writer
Just in time for post-holiday shopping, BackWords: A Backwards Word List for Gamers may be the perfect gift idea for those who engage in a bit of backwards thinking and doing, like giving presents after the traditional season for it.
Compiled by Cherie K. Miller, founder and publisher of Wisdom Creek Press, BackWords is a list of words presented alphabetically using the last letter of each word. The idea for the book was born of her and her spouse’s frustration while playing word games. “My husband and I are both authors and enjoy playing word games, like Scrabble,” she says. “When we play, we allow dictionaries because we like to increase our vocabulary and competitiveness. But it frustrated us when we needed, for example, a three-letter word that ended in ‘Q’.”
Since traditional dictionaries fail game-players on this count, Miller developed BackWords so that “word nerds” can look up entries that end with a certain letter.
The result is a well-organized, 261-page reference that is easy to use. In addition to being arranged in alphabetical order by last letter, BackWords also lists words by the number of letters they contain. For example, for the letter “U,” there are lists of words with two letters, three letters, etc. There’s even a thumb index to help gamers find entries quickly while their opponents are tapping their fingers.
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