Wordie: Like Flickr without the photos

Filed under: Fun, Games, Internet, Text, Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Blogging, Web services, Freeware, Social Software

Wordie: Like Flickr without the photos

by Ryan Carter Dec 10th 2006

Oh my gosh! I looooove wordie. I love it, because I love words. This site lets you make lists of words easily, play with words, and even break out an RSS feed or two of your words for daily consumption at your leisure. You know how everyone says "use your words" in corporate-speak when they really mean to call you stupid in every day language? Well, Wordie lets you not only "use your ~~freakin~~ words" but also SAVE in lists them for later use. I imagine I will make a list of zingers, so I can yell at telemarketers effectively, but hey, you can make lists of words for anything you want. A feature I like a lot is the list of reference links after every word you type in, so if you love or hate a word, and need to find out what it actually is or means, you can via these tools. The reference tools include ninjawords, tfd, etymonline, dictionary, M-W, UD, Wikipedia, Google. The site is very heavy on the AJAX, which is also something I like, not to mention one of the best tag lines ever, "Like Flickr, but without the photos." Pure genius. Other than that, there really is not much else to this service, except playing with words, and making lists of them. If you are a word buff, a writer, blogger, or just a language nut, you'll love doing this stupid activity till you're blue in the face. Happy wordie-ing...wait, is that a word?

Tags: blogger, list, rss, wordie, words

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Anita said 2:53PM on 12-10-2006

This is one of those sites that seem dumb at first, but can get rather addictive.

George said 1:55PM on 12-12-2006

Don't really get the point of this site...but I did like the list of sources it uses. I think that with time this can be an interesting source of information about the English language. I'd also like to see wordie add more sites to their list of sources such as- http://www.acrnoymfinder.com , http://www.abbreviationz.com and http://www.metaglossary.com .

Add your comments

Your comments:

Remember me

E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.

Featured Time Waster

Civiballs is a beautiful, soothing physics puzzle Time Waster

I have an absolute weakness for physics games, and while Civiballs isn't the strongest physics-based game, what it lacks in the physics department it makes up for a few times over in style and fun.

In Civiballs, you are presented with a few colored balls, and your goal is to get those balls into the same-colored urn on the level. The "civi" part of Civiballs is that there are 3 sets of levels to play, each representing a different civilization. While the civilization doesn't affect gameplay, the artwork for each level is beautifully themed to it's appropriate era.

To play the game, you are given only one tool - a sword with which to cut the chains that are holding the balls. The puzzle part of the game is in figuring out what order, and with what timing to cut each chain. Do it right, and all the right balls end up in the right urns, with no stray balls entering an urn (a no-no). Do it wrong, and you get to start over again.

Civiballs is not terribly deep on gameplay; the entire game can be completed in about 15 minutes. But if you enjoy this type of game, it will be a very enjoyable 15 minutes.

View more Time Wasters