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For the Love of Words: Seven Wonderful Websites Where Words Matter

Words are beautiful, and these seven wonderful word websites illustrate the reason why they are.

For passionate writers around the world, choosing the right words to communicate are more than just clever wordplay, it's an obsession. Wordsmiths who routinely exercise their extraordinary vocabulary are continually positioned to learn new words, thus making them outstanding communicators.

Word Spy

Devoted to lexpionage, “The sleuthing of new words and phrases”.

Write Express

WriteExpress is a comprehensive rhymer's dictionary that consists of more than 93,000 words. Perfect for poets and songwriters in need of that one right word to complete a masterpiece.

Wordie

Wordie lets you make lists of words and phrases that you love or you hate, so that you can share them with other Wordies on the site. This is the first social networking website that I have seen that is dedicated to people that live to love words.

Confusing Words

The English language is one of the most difficult languages to learn in the world and here at Confusing Words the reason why is apparent. Confusing Words is a collection of 3210 words that sound alike, but are spelled and used differently. A great website for both readers and writers to learn the difference and stop being a confused word victim.

Virtual Salt

Here word lovers discover a 1062-word vocabulary that is practical for everyday usage. The list emphasizes words that are needed to build a functional foundation for a comprehensive vocabulary.

100 Words

Write 100 words a day, every day, for one month and you can write about “Anything”. 100Words is an exercise in disciplined creativity that challenges talented writers and wordsmiths to writing exactly 100 words at a time (and making those words that are used make sense in the process), not a single word more, not a single word less.

101 Words

Here writers write 101 word short stories as an exercise in creative discipline and clever wordplay. So really, the more words that you know, then the better you'll do in an exercise like this. A good story needs to process an interesting beginning, a captivating middle and an explosive ending.

”Words matter and unleash a wave of power that is unimaginable to those who don't process the power of the vocabulary.” - Nelson Doyle

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Comments (22)
#1 by tony, Feb 19, 2008
Great article, Nelson! Wow, more exciting words to learn. I haven't ever heard of any of these websites before now...thanks for sharing.
#2 by Judy Sheldon, Feb 19, 2008
I will have to check these out, Nelson. Thanks!
#3 by Liane Schmidt, Feb 20, 2008
Great article!

Best wishes.

Sincerely,

-Liane Schmidt.
#4 by Alexa Gates, Feb 20, 2008
I\'ll check some of these out! Great article!
#5 by Anne Lyken-Garner, Feb 20, 2008
The last two look like fun challenges.
#6 by Nelson Doyle, Feb 20, 2008
Thanks everyone for your kind comments. I also found 100 words a fun challenge. I have been working on my 100 word short story, but so far I have not been able to hit that exact 100 words required to publish, yet.

Nelson Doyle

#7 by vic, Feb 22, 2008
Wordie sounds very interesting and 100 words is a fun challenge, but 101 words is not so good. Overall, I like this article and will pass it along to others.
#8 by shannon, Feb 28, 2008
I\'ll have to checkout some these sites. Great article, Nelson Doyle!
#9 by Mike, Feb 29, 2008
Interesting list! I've checked out 100 and 101 words (the former looks a better site than the latter), and feel challenged to give the first of those two sites a try. Or do I have better things to do/
#10 by Paddy, Mar 1, 2008
You guys should check out http://thebigwordproject.com

It just launched this week and is doing really well. It's aim is to redefine all the words in the English dictionary with people's websites.
#11 by ET Barton, Mar 2, 2008
Great work, Nelson. But do you know of any word website that lists the origins of words or phrases...where they came from? For example, "Beyond the Pale" came from the Dark Ages of Ireland and basically meant "Beyond Dublin (Ireland)." The English believed that everything beyond Dublin was wilderness, and at the time, Dublin was commonly referred to as "The Pale." I was hoping to find a website that gave information like that. If you know of any, can you let me know?
#12 by quiet voice, Mar 2, 2008
...what a great compilation,
and very nice of you to share.
Thanks so much.
#13 by D Rose, Mar 6, 2008
Good information. Thanks for keeping us informed.
#14 by viola, Mar 8, 2008
does anyone know of a safe/secure website that allows writers to post their works?
#15 by curly sue, Mar 10, 2008
Thanks for the information.
#16 by Andrew, Mar 11, 2008
A safe/secure website where writers collaborate on the most creative fiction, and get paid: http://storymash.com/
#17 by Marie Francetic, Mar 17, 2008
Great article! Thanks for letting us know and let your
creativity show.
#18 by Loy Williams, Mar 19, 2008
Beautiful! This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks so much for writing this!
#19 by Joyce, Mar 23, 2008
I've been writing things that God sometimes drops into my spirit and sharing them with family and friends, who absolutely love what I write and actually grow in wisdom. Some even seem to be
so moved that they want to become life time friends. I have this
wonderful 15 year old girl from Africa who seems to view my writings as a lifeline and she has taken to calling me Mummy Joyce. I've decided to make myself a blessing to God's people, in doing this I think God keeps giving me wisdom to share with people that causes them to rethink things and grow more in truth and character. You can get a hold of me at my email address which is

Blessings,
Joyce
#20 by R W K, Apr 8, 2008
100 Words is a challenging test of wordplay. I thought at first this would be a breeze, but after a few tries I realize that I have bitten off more than I can chew.
#21 by ira camile, Apr 28, 2008
wow! i've read several articles that you have written and they are all amazing! Thanks!
#22 by chris, Jun 28, 2008

marie can u do any better poems like love ones


your sister



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