I enjoy rearranging the letters of word scrambles to form words. Sometimes while I was giving physical science exams I would stare at the periodic table and see if I could make words from the symbols. For example, you can make the words CrYPtIC, VErBAl, ThErMoDyNAmICs, BRaIn PoWEr, ThEsAuRuS, and thousands of others. My favorite “chemical word” is ScAtTeRbRaIn — a 12-letter word made from 6 symbols. My coauthor, Carolyn Kivett, and I have published a series of puzzle books featuring chemical words. The first books of this series are called Chemical Word Scrambles, and come in Easy, Medium, and Hard volumes. What we enjoy about these books is that they allow us to use a vocabulary of longer words (compared to ordinary word scrambles) without increasing the difficulty of the puzzle. For example, it’s easier to unscramble the 6 symbols Tb-In-S-Ru-H-Pa to form the chemical word PaInTbRuSH than it is to unscramble the 10 letters t-b-i-n-s-r-u-h-p-a to form the ordinary word paintbrush.
GeArNRaRe ThIW TeUAc InBRa!
chrismcmullen 
I just had to, Chris. You shouldn’t have a post with no likes and no comments.
Belatedly, may I welcome you to WordPress blogging?
Best (a little late).
Alicia (who has more of your posts bookmarked than she knows what to do with, and all your books on publishing and formatting)
Thank you, Alicia. I appreciate the late welcome. 🙂 I also appreciate your continued support (thank you so much for reading my posts, commenting frequently, and for reading my books—good luck with Pride’s Children).
I considered deleting this post a few times, but each time I realized that it had sentimental value, and each time I remember it I find my motivation refueled.