You’ve seen the commercials, you’ve heard the radio ads… but exactly what the hell is One Letter Off Wednesday?

The game has probably been around for quite some time, but I give credit to Matt “Tinz” Herzau for coming up with the name and rules.

So how does it work?  Well, why not let Matt tell you:

To construct a one-letter-off puzzle, you need only think of a movie title and change just one letter so that the resulting title takes on a completely different meaning. Then all you need to do is make a clue as to what the original movie was and what it has been changed to.

Example A: In this WWII movie, a group of soldiers must go into enemy territory to rescue a shade of blue.

Example B: Bruce Willis’ character would rather perform shovel-based labor than to reside in a country without persecution.

The examples above are what you would post as a Facebook status. Then you wait while your friends and enemies alike have fun trying to solve the puzzle and post an answer back (which in the cases above are Saving Private Cyan and Live Free Or Dig Hard, respectively).

Easy, right?  Now that you understand the game, why not learn how to play?

You can read Matt’s entire One Letter Off Wednesday post at Octavarius.