Its name? Bananagrams. These addictive word puzzles (there are seven different types) all use the familiar anagram as their base, but they take the form in new directions. From crosswords to word grids to “banana shakes” (unscrambling multiple words), they can be enjoyed by all ages.
Bananagrams! The Book was a hit last year, and author Joe Edley is poised to release a second collection, More Bananagrams! on April 1.
We enjoyed the puzzles so much that they appear on the back page of some versions of BookPage. Want to give them a try? Workman has sent us seven copies of Bananagrams! The Book to share with lucky Book Case readers. To enter to win, leave a comment mentioning your favorite puzzle (be sure to include your email in the comment form so we can contact you–it won’t be shared with anyone but us).
Appletini.
I like Logic puzzles
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Word Jumbles
Syllacrostics and crosswords
Anacrostics!
TextTwist and Bookworm on MSN games.
I like jumbles and fill-it-ins!
rebus puzzles
WonderWords is my favorite! Found it last year on vacation to Seattle, Washington after reading their local newspaper.
Scrambles are my favorite.
Learned about Bananagrams from my college age son and would love to start playing it!
Count me in, I love word puzzles!
I enjoy playing Sudoku on my own, Clue with my parents, and Candyland with my nephew! We love playing games, it’s an old family tradition.
Jenn
Author of teen novel Sway.
I’m boring, but really love to do crosswords. Actually, it turns into group work a lot of the time at the coffees hop, but is a lot of fun.
Crossword puzzles are my favorite!
I LOVE bananagrams! My favorite board game is Trivial Pursuit.
My whole family loves scrabble except my husband who is spelling challenged!
Any crossword…anytime!
All crosswords all the time, love them.
I’m a fan of cryptoquote and KenKen.
I really like doing all kinds of puzzles but I think my favorite kind to do is crossword puzzles. I had never heard of Bananagrams – looks like fun. Please enter me.
Merle Reagle crosswords!
My favorite puzzle in Bananagrams is Banana Boat. It’s quite challenging but a fun process of elimination. To add, I’m a fan of Apples to Apples as well.
I love jigsaws (1,000 pieces at least!), but with little ones running around, I get my puzzle fix with online sudoku.
I NEED a new game right now! Narrowing my concentration sure would help put everything else in perspective!
I love crossword puzzles, but would like to branch out.
Sudoku is my choice.
Sudoku is my favorite at the moment
Crossword puzzles and sudoku. Love to try any kind of puzzle.
crosswords, jumbles, and i love fill ins!
Favorite puzzle = crossword puzzles. Specifically those by Merl Reagle as I think he is a genius with witty clues, but I do enjoy all of them. I’m getting into Ken Ken too.
I love crossword puzzles, too. I will carry the newspaper crossword puzzle around all day and the Sunday one for several days until I GET IT DONE! I even take it to the movies and do it until the movie trailers start.
There’s no feeling like completing a puzzle all by your self!
I’ve just discovered jigsaw puzzles on the computer – love all the varieties!
Lateral thinking puzzles
Scrabble is our all time favorite but ready for a new game challenge
I taught our children at a very young age to play Scrabble, and it remains our all-time favorite game.. (they didn’t realzie they were learning at the same time!)
word jumbles, cryptoquips and word searches
Love logic puzzles, crossword, jigsaw, trivia. Anything that helps keep my mind active
My favorite game has always been Scrabble. Nothing new has ever taken it’s place.
I haven’t tried Bananagrams yet but I love to play Scrabble and do crossword puzzles.
Love all the games—hard to pick a favorite, but maybe Boggle?
Congratulations to our winners, Rosanne, Jan, Rich R., Jan Michalski, Carol and Lee Ann—you’ll receive a notification email.
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Love the bananagrams!