I've repaired the free online Scrabble Dictionary word checker on my site. This widget lets you quickly check if a word is found in the Official Scrabble Tournament Dictionary.

Unbeknownst to me, it was broken for a short while. Nixie, a kind visitor, pointed it out to me.

The Scrabble word checker now works again. And I've improve the page with better descriptions of the available options.

This widget is useful for solving arguments when playing Scrabble against friends and family. Simply type in the word, click the CHECK button, and a message tells you whether the word is Allowed or Not Allowed.

Also, you can use this Scrabble Dictionary word checker when practicing your Scrabble word-making skills. The free Scrabble Sprint online game is great for training your brain to quickly analyze available letter combinations. The word checker keeps you honest.

Have you always had difficulty recalling scenes from your past? If you have trouble remembering events, you can start today to form stronger memories of important scenes and special moments. Use the mental snapshots technique to burn images of these scenes and moments into your memory.

Some people have a naturally weak "episodic" memory. That's the memory for past events. In the brain, it's separate from general knowledge. A person could have a great memory for facts, but not remember details from last year's vacation. The reverse can also be true.

"To take a mental snapshot" means to bring the full force of your concentration to bear on a few representative moments during an event. At a friend's wedding, you might want to take a mental snapshot of the newlywed couple on the altar. Or you might want to snap a mental picture the next time you witness a beautiful rainbow or sunset.

This technique may be especially helpful if you have concentration difficulties, such as with ADHD or other reasons. The mental snapshots technique is easy to learn and requires no equipment. It's a simple way to create strong mental impressions during important scenes and special moments so you can recall them more easily later.

Crossword lovers rejoice! Another free daily crossword puzzle has been added to Memory-Improvement-Tips.com. On this new page, a new crossword puzzle is available each day that you can solve online right in your browser. Completely free.

To enter the answers, type the words right in the crossword grid. It's that simple. Across and Down clues display to the right of the puzzle.

This daily online crossword puzzle includes several helpful online features. By clicking buttons on the puzzle, you can show/hide errors, solve individual letters or words or the entire puzzle, or even restart the puzzle. This crossword puzzle even keeps score.

Crosswords are excellent brain games. These puzzles train memory and verbal fluency. That's why it's smart to work a crossword puzzle or two like this one every week. This well-designed free online daily crossword puzzle is good exercise for your brain.

I'm pleased to announce Jewel Quest as the latest addition to the Free Online Brain Games collection on Memory-Improvement-Tips.com. If you like jewel-matching games, you should enjoy Jewel Quest. 

Jewel Quest includes multiple levels of jewel-matching fun. And it's challenging! I was only able to reach to Level 4 myself.

In addition to forming 3-of-a-kind with jewels and gold objects, you'll also have to deal with buried relics at higher levels of the game.

Jewel Quest strengthens brain skills like visual attention and pattern recognition. Enjoy!

An awesome new "time management" brain game is now available in the free brain games collection on Memory-Improvement-Tips.com. A submarine adventure called Deep Diver 2, this game trains brain skills like task switching, working memory, and logical thinking.

In Deep Diver 2, you are the pilot of a submarine. Your job is to find and retrieve treasures from the ocean floor.

But watch out. Unless you manage your submarine well, you could run out of air, or your submarine could be crushed by the high pressures of the deep sea. You might even be caught in the grasp of a giant octopus!

Use cash earned during dive missions to upgrade your submarine. You can buy powerful engines, add larger air tanks, or install a stronger hull. Use your judgement (and budget) to decide when to purchase each upgrade.

Time management games like Deep Diver 2 are fun brain games. While playing them, you can almost forget you're training your brain at the same time.

Yes, I've got yet another free online Daily Crossword puzzle for you. Today I added a nicely done online crossword to Memory-Improvement-Tips.com compliments of FreeCrosswordPuzzles.com.au. If you like solving crosswords, give it a try.

This free online crossword not only provides you with a fresh crossword puzzle every day, it also comes with a couple of powerful options you just won't see with a printed crossword puzzle.

The Reveal Letter button lets you get a free look at the correct letter for any cell in the crossword grid. And the Check Moves button is a lifesaver. Have you ever suddenly realized there must be a mistake somewhere among your entered answers? Well, click the Check Moves button and erroneous entries are highlighted in red automatically. Nifty!

Crossword puzzles are powerful brain games that help train verbal fluency and memory. For a quick brain power boost, solve a crossword at least once or twice a week. This new online daily crossword makes it super easy and convenient to fit puzzle time into your busy schedule.

If you'd like to improve your math ability, I've got a free online game for you. I've just added Multiply Aliens Attack to Memory-Improvement-Tips.com. It's a fun way to practice your mental multiplication and division skills.

Like all brain games on my site, Multiply Aliens Attack is completely FREE to play. Just open the game, and start answering math facts!

This game is set up like Missile Command, the arcade classic where you defend a city against an aerial attack. Here you control a single ground-based laser, and your mission is to protect the city as alien ships descend and drop bombs on buildings.

The laser aims automatically, but you must correctly answer the math expression on the side of the alien ship for it to fire. Answer correctly, and the alien ship is destroyed. 

Multiply Aliens Attack includes both multiplication and division facts. You can also select the level of difficulty, from Beginner to Impossible.

This is a great game for students learning basic multiplication and division. For the rest of us, the higher difficulty levels are a fun challenge to test how quickly we can perform mental calculations. Enjoy!

Spice It Up! The Indian Spice Turmeric May Help You Avoid Alzheimer's Dementia

The Indian spice turmeric appears to have the amazing benefit of protecting the brain against Alzheimer's dementia. That's the conclusion of recent scientific research. And it's no longer necessary to cook with turmeric to receive the benefit. Instead, you can take a turmeric supplement.

India has the lowest incidence of Alzheimer's disease in the world. Some researchers think this may be due to widespread use of turmeric in traditional Indian cuisine. But what if you don't like the taste or don't want to cook with it?

You can now get your turmeric without eating massive amounts of this spice. Now available are tumeric supplements that combine commercial-grade turmeric with Biophene, a compound that increases absorption by 2,000%.

Turmeric gives curry is distinct flavor and orange-yellow color. Research over the last several years indicates curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric, can protect brain cells from death in the presence of Alzheimer's disease. By helping brain cells stay alive, memory loss may slowed or avoided.

There is no cure for Alzheimer's disease. Over time, brain cells become contaminated and killed by unwanted proteins that form damaging tangles and plaques in the brain. The more brain cells that die, the worse the person's memory gets. This memory loss is known as Alzheimer's dementia.

The curcumin found in turmeric may allow the brain cells to continue functioning normally even in the presence of these damaging plaques and tangles. Although the disease itself isn't cured, the person may be able to delay or avoid the devastating memory loss.

Research is ongoing, but if you're concerned about memory loss due to Alzheimer's you might not want to miss the chance to begin taking a turmeric supplement now.

Abraham Lincoln was renowned for his superior memory. You may be surprised to learn that his favorite memory technique was verbal repetition. Lincoln learned the technique while attending what's now known as (believe it or not) a "blab school" as a boy.

In this article, guest author Whit McMahan describes how Lincoln used this method to memorize facts for political debates, for the law, and for his speeches.

As a part-time actor and Lincoln Presenter, Whit himself today uses the verbal repetition technique to memorize his scripts.

Verbal repetition is perhaps one of the easiest memory techniques to learn. Could it work as well for you as it did for President Lincoln?

There's one way to find out: try it for yourself! Click the link below to read Whit's article.

Today I'm featuring Balance Quest, a printable math puzzle game invented by Whit McMahan. This is a logic numbers puzzle that reminds me of a cross between a magic square and sudoku. It's been described by Whit as a "jigsaw puzzle for numbers".

Whit has allowed me to post over 20 Balance Quest puzzles on my site. They are in PDF format, and you can print them out for free.

Balance Quest puzzles come in two sizes and three levels of difficulty. I encourage you to give Whit's challenging math puzzle a try!