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Word games are knotty, paradoxical devices. They offer players the illusion of control: What could be tidier than a Scrabble board, or the orderly grid of a crossword puzzle? But they are possible ...

Mystery, suspense, and riddles were thought to be intrinsically intertwined in the ancient world. Solving a mystery or riddle was even felt to provide emotional relief from the problems of life, at ...

Anna Shechtman’s new memoir-history hybrid, “The Riddles of the Sphinx,” explores the gender politics behind one of the world’s most popular word games. By Cornelia Channing Anna Shechtman was 15 when ...