If you like the challenge of word games (and also want to improve your knowledge of the United States), this is just the book for you! In it you'll find an entertaining treasury of puzzles focusing on each of the 50 states plus the nation's capital. Each search-a-word features a grid filled with letters of the alphabet. Above the grid is a list of names of state birds and flowers, geographical features such as mountains and rivers, the state capital and other cities, famous residents, as well as products, crops, and other natural resources. Your job is to circle groups of letters that spell the names and words listed above the grid. To make it even more interesting, answers appear vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, and can also be spelled forwards and backwards. These puzzles will not only provide you with hours of fun and entertainment, they'll help you learn all about the fifty states and the District of Columbia. You'll be a fact expert on your country!

Over 40 fun- and fact-filled brain teasers for puzzle lovers and history buffs focus on White House hostesses — from Martha Washington, Mary Todd Lincoln, and Eleanor Roosevelt to Jacqueline Kennedy, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Laura Bush. List of data below each grid; solutions at end of book.

Find groups of letters that spell the names of waterways, airports, landmarks, royal residences, and more of such cities as Rome, Mecca, Oslo, Montreal, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Athens, and New York. 50 puzzles.

52 US state themed word search puzzles. One for each of the fifty states and two bonus puzzles. Great for educational purposes. Words are mostly geography or nature related and included things such as: State Capital, Largest City by Population, Other State Cities, Largest County by Square Miles, Other Counties, Rivers, Lakes, National Parks, State Birds, Animals, Trees, & Flowers, and Bordering States.

This collection of word search puzzles — two for each state — will challenge and entertain dedicated puzzle enthusiasts with all kinds of United States history, geography, and trivia. Enjoy hunting for terms associated with the names of state birds, flowers, cities, mountains, rivers, local attractions, famous residents, and much more. It's a fun and stimulating way to increase your vocabulary and knowledge of all fifty great states. And don't worry if you get stumped; complete solutions are provided in the back of the book.

Nearly 200 word searches are packed with interesting tidbits about every state and the District of Columbia as well as the life and times of the Presidents and First Ladies, from George and Martha Washington to Donald and Melania Trump. Solutions included.

Location-based stories from the Scripps National Spelling Bee take kids on a vocabulary- and spelling-filled road trip across the U.S.

Solve clever clues in over 100 mind-bending puzzles

Why do word puzzles fascinate us? How do they help develop problem-solving skills? How do they teach us about geography, literature, sports, and popular culture? How are they an international language? Jonathan Berkowitz offers a brief history of wordplay, with insights into puzzles and the brain. He offers tips on how to solve puzzles and explains the educational value of puzzles. Challenges in the form of rebuses, anagrams, codes and cryptograms, crosswords, and wordplay with numbers supply even more fun! The Whirl of Words is a unique, rich, and intriguing tour of a wide variety of word puzzles certain to stimulate a brain work-out.