6 FUN DICTIONARY ACTIVITIES TO DO IN 2020
Indubitably, the recent course of decade sure does bring about a comprehensive way of grasping proficiency and wisdom hooked onto those liquid crystal displays, be it your personal computer or your mobile device. These may be the top-notch television advertised brands or the ones that slide into your Youtube streaming.
English, sure is a language of various critical rules and sounds abiding, out of the box spellings of many easy to go words, for instance, ‘Colonel’ being called as “Kernel” or the sneaky ‘eo’ in the grammar of ‘Jeopardy.’
Irrespective of the modern era you’re living in, one can surely find a thick, concrete dictionary sitting right below the tabletop or the fancy bookshelf, which can be seen as losing its essence, sitting right there like a grandad. So here are six fun activities to do with your dictionary, or fun Word Unscrambler, especially when going out has just become one of the bucket lists in the year 2020.
The Quick Word Search
This is one of those old school games, similar to finding a minuscule place in a well-defined Atlas, the difference being, instead of hunting down a home in a pinned page of the flat globe, one has to dig up the entire dictionary.
The game’s pretty simple, the person giving the word must start with the last letter of the name, specifying the meaning of the word and the length of it. The player gets maximum points if he/she guesses it in the first go. If not, the host reveals the second last letter of the word and so on. Points are awarded based on the number of messages published by the host.
The Sprint Flip
This can be a fun family addictive game at times, all you need is a bunch of pocket dictionaries, one for each person, and that’s it! This can be a fun game for the ones who are not much into the research part as with the ‘Quick word search.’ The host says a word from the dictionary, and the players have to find it in the shortest time.
The one who finds the name first becomes the winner. Be careful, though. Dictionary pages aren’t meant for ‘sprinting.’
Disclaimer: may create rivalry too soon!
- The Self-made Thesaurus
Too bored of using the same grandad dictionary? Or speaking in the same monotonous language isn’t your cup of tea? Making up your own words and creating your well-defined vocabulary can be a good time killer and an ultimate stress buster because the sky becomes the limit.
Xandar frandso navaro! Translation – Good luck with that!
- The Dictionary Train
This is more of a fun activity that can be carried out in school. The game is pretty simple, one has to collect all the dictionaries and stack them up like compartments of a train, and the students have to guess the approximate length of the dictionary train. The one approximating the closest length wins the game.
Similar stuff can also be played like stacks of a tower, where the game becomes more about the height of the dictionary tower.
- The Advanced Word Hunt
As the name suggests, ‘The advanced word hunt’ is the advanced version of ‘The quick word search.’ This becomes more fun as there is more than one detailed answer. The difference being, there is a broader spectrum of clues to be followed while looking for the best suitable word.
For instance, the host might say – “find a word starting from the letter ‘m,’ three syllables long, is a verb and has no double letters in it. This turns out more interesting as the players come up with different words matching the criteria and can share their names, thus becoming a learning experience as well.
- The Scoreboard cricket dictionary
Not the most convenient way of using a dictionary though, some of you folks might remember playing this game during the class hours when the teacher goes on with the lectures, and you are busy smiling and giggling, obscuring behind the very generous sitting in front of you personally.
Just like cricket, the game can be played in teams or played single-handed similar to conventional hand cricket. All you need is a dictionary, a pen, and paper for each person.
The game goes as follows – there are one batsman and two bowlers. All three of the players must open their dictionaries at any random page at the same time.
The batsman scores if the last digit of the page number does not match with those of the page numbers of the bowlers and can write down the rating on a piece of paper and can add up the scores later on. The batsman gets out if the last digit of his/her page number matches with those of the bowlers.
I hope you guys have a great time playing these dictionary games and have a great experience developing your vocabulary!
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