Chambers Word Wizard

[Caran]

I'm having problems with this tonight. iPad has been out of action for a couple of weeks so I had to use old laptop. Used chambers ok on it but very slow.
IPad suddenly back to life. Started using Chambers and it did anagrams okay but when I wanted to define a word I couldn't. It wouldn't let me highlight the selected word. Tried all ways but no good. Now it has stopped working altogether, no anagrams at all. Has anyon any ideas please.

[Calibax]

It's working OK for me Caran, Both on IE8 and Chrome

[Caran]

Ive tried it on Chrome and Safari no good on either.

[Calibax]

Have you tried rebooting your machine?

[Caran]

No I hadn't thought of that, will give it a try, thanks Calibax.

[Buenchico]

I assume that you mean here:
http://www.chambers.co.uk/word-wizard.php

I've never used it but I've just given it a go by entering 'c?m??et???' to see if it found 'completion', which it did (together with other possibilities). I then entered 'pocit' to see if it offered 'topic' as an anagram an again it worked. However I can see no way of finding definitions there.

For definitions you need to go here:
http://www.chambers.co.uk/word-wizard.php
(That also seems to be working for me).

My own preference is to have this program installed on my computer:
http://www.sequencepublishing.com/thesage.html
(It's largely what I use when compiling crosswords).

When we're desperate for solutions within our little Sunday night crossword-solving group, I use this:
http://oneacross.com/
but my boozing pal Reg prefers this:
http://www.crosswordsolver.org/

However my favourite place for word definitions has to be the Oxford English Dictionary website. A personal subscription costs a massive £258 per year but if you've got a library card from any UK public library you can get full access for free by simply entering your card number here:
http://www.oed.com/loginpage

I hope that something above might help you.

[Caran]

Thank you Chris, such a lot to investigate. I used to be able to tap on a word and it would give options to find the meaning, but it wouldn't let me do it. On the lap top I can still do that and it takes me to google and finds the meaning whereas it found the meaning on the Chambers site on iPad. Jewish I knew what I've done.

[Caran]

Rebooting didn't help either.

[Caran]

The One Look seems ok. I use their reverse dictionary a lot too. Didn't realise they did this one too.

[Calibax]

Sorry Caran, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the site so the problem seems to be with your machine, broadband/dialup or ISP. I don't know what else to suggest. Maybe someone else will have some bright ideas.