After I have had a good stint of writing, I like to take a break and do something fun to reward myself. Okay, I probably take way more breaks than necessary, but that’s beside the point.

Below are some fun sites that allow you to play games with words. Not only are they fun, they can improve your vocabulary. They also warm up your brain and stimulate creativity. At least that’s what I tell my husband when he catches me playing games instead of writing.

These are my favorites:

Acrophobia This is a truly addictive game that asks you to make clever or witty sentences, often fitting a theme, out of random acronyms.

Web Boggle Just like the board game. Find words in a random grouping of letters horizontally, vertically, diagonally, to the left, right, or up-and-down.

Word Yacht In this word-based version of the game Yahtzee you roll the 10 letter dice and create words to complete one of 8 different categories.