Just before I quit playing last night I realized I had a spell called Ice Form which I learned from the one and only word wall I've ever found. I'm playing Dragon free.

I happened to be in town so I cast it at the ground and saw damage and effects I've never seen before... Did I actually learn a spell from one word wall??

You get some shouts during the MQ without having any dragon souls to unlock them, but I have never seen a Shout unlock after that without a dragon soul.

Is this a mod or are you just avoiding the MQ? I think there are some Dragon Free mods that still allow Shouts to be learned.

Yes you learn a spell from one word. Having all 3 words just makes the spell more powerful and effective. I believe the one your referring to turns people to ice? Well having all 3 words will just make that ice effect last longer.

No, I'm on the box. I put it in my left hand and shot it at the ground... Haven't played again to test it on a living thing.

I can't believe there are powerful spells like this just lying around!! I picked that up at level 2 and never paid attention to it because I thought it was useless without 2 other words AND a soul!!

that is not a shout, shouts are not used in either hand like a normal spell