# Wordplay and word puzzles in different scripts
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordplay-and-word-puzzles-in-different-scripts/1014677
**Category:** The Game Room
**Tags:** board-card-word-game
**Created:** [February 22, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordplay-and-word-puzzles-in-different-scripts/1014677 "2025-02-22T20:18:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Hapy-Mizri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hapy-Mizri)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordplay-and-word-puzzles-in-different-scripts/1014677/1 "2025-02-22T20:18:25Z")
Given differences between same-language (US and UK) crossword puzzles, what greater variations of word games are available in eg Hebrew script and others farther flung?
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordplay-and-word-puzzles-in-different-scripts/1014677/2 "2025-02-22T20:53:26Z")
I moved this from #Factual Questions to #The Game Room as it is about Word Games. Games and Sports generally go here.
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### Author:  [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordplay-and-word-puzzles-in-different-scripts/1014677/3 "2025-02-24T01:03:00Z")
I assume crossword puzzles don’t exist in Chinese/Japanese, for one.
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### Author:  [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordplay-and-word-puzzles-in-different-scripts/1014677/4 "2025-02-24T02:36:08Z")
They do in Chinese, sort of.
Instead of each square being filled in by a letter, they are filled in by a character (which is the equivalent of either a word or part of a compound word).
The answers are short sentences or phrases (quotations from “greats” or verses of poetry are popular)
My wife used to do them, but hasn’t for 20+ years.
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### Author:  [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2025, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordplay-and-word-puzzles-in-different-scripts/1014677/5 "2025-02-24T08:43:11Z")
Hebrew (or similar) script is not necessarily going to give you “greater variations”; it is still an alphabet.
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### Author:  [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordplay-and-word-puzzles-in-different-scripts/1014677/6 "2025-02-24T15:55:17Z")
Interesting! Sounds more like Wheel of Fortune than a crossword, though…