Word-based puzzle games sorted by release date
Word puzzle games were fairly common when internet wasn't "worldwide", back in the 80s and, to some extent, even in the 90s. Word games weren't that popular, but were easy to develop and a kids loved them. Some word games were inspired by tv shows: Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune are two examples.
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Classic Hangman
DOS19833.6/5 Norland Software
Jeopardy!
DOS19873.8/5 Sharedata
Wheel of fortune
DOS19874/5 Softie
All Dogs Go to Heaven
DOS19894/5 Polarware
The all new Family Feud
DOS19893.3/5 Softie
The Fool's Errand
DOS1989freeware4.1/5 Manley Associates
At the Carnival
DOS1990freeware3/5
Boggle
DOS19903.5/5 HVB Software
Cascade
DOS19904.1/5 PC Solutions
Super Solvers: Treasure Mountain!
DOS19904/5 The Learning Company
Daffy Duck PI: The Case of the Missing Letters
DOS19913.2/5 Riedel Software Productions
Lexi-Cross
DOS19914/5 Platinumware
Lexi-Cross is an abandoned science fiction tv show-styled puzzle game. Lexi-Cross was developed by Platinumware and released for DOS by Interplay Productions in 1991. The gameplay is a turn-based mix between Scrabble and Wheel of fortune with elements of Battleship.
Super Solvers: Spellbound!
DOS19914.3/5 The Learning Company
Wordtris
DOSMac OS19913.2/5
Mario Teaches Typing
DOSMac OS19924/5 Interplay Productions
Learn The Alphabet
DOS19933.3/5 Compedia Software & Hardware
The Typing of the Dead
Windows XP/98/9519993.9/5 Smilebit
The Typing of the Dead is a distinctive video game, essentially a typing adaptation of the classic rail shooter arcade game, The House of the Dead. Initially debuting in 1999 as an arcade machine, it later became available on other platforms as well.In The Typing of the Dead, players wield a keyboard to dispatch approaching hordes of zombies and ot...
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