Try out your word-making skills on this free online word puzzle. Chihuahua has been online since 2005. There are also several series of Chihuahua puzzle books.
Another free online word game is Letterbox.
Email chi@lexigame.com.
If you want to exchange messages with other players, visit the Lexigame Forum.
The following sources have been useful in the creation of the Chihuahua word puzzle.
Chihuahua uses its own word list, compiled with the use of many resources, in particular:
Chihuahua is designed to run without the need for Java or Flash plugins. (Although where Flash is available, it may be used to play sounds if the sound effects option is selected.) Chihuahua uses JavaScript and CSS. Perl and MySQL are used on the server. Communication with the server uses the jQuery implementation of Ajax.
Chihuahua uses Scott Schiller's SoundManager2, a JavaScript interface for playing sounds. Chihuahua also uses the JavaScript implementation of the MD5 hashing algorithm by "Paj" (Paul Johnston) and the YUI Compressor JavaScript compression tool.
Some of the sound effects in the puzzle were purchased from the SoundRangers library.
The chinchilla image on the 10-letter puzzle is adapted from the photograph by Salix at Wikimedia Commons, and is licensed under the same Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license as the original photograph. Follow the above link for details.
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And thanks also to the many players of the Chihuahua puzzle who have given me valuable comments and suggestions.
Needless to say, none of the worthy authors listed above are responsible for anything wrong with the Chihuahua puzzle or website. All bugs, design flaws and the like are my own work.
