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Title	Instructions / Description	Puzzle Words	Difficulty	Word Direction
A words		ABSTRACT, ACADEMIC VOCABULARY, ACHIEVEMENT, ACTION RESEARCH, ACTIVE LEARNING, ADVOCACY, AGENT OF CHANGE, ANECDOTAL, ASSESSMENT, AUDITORY LEARNER, AUTOBIOGRAPHY	Teenage	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Adjectives		ATTRACTIVE, BAD, BEAUTIFUL, BLOND, BRUNETTE, CHEAP, CUTE, DARK HAIRED, EXPENSIVE, FAT, GOOD, GOOD LOOKING, HAPPY, INTELLIGENT, PRETTY, SAD, SHORT, TALL, THIN, UGLY	Adult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Adjectives	appearance, feelings, shape, size, sound, color, condition, time, taste and touch	ADORABLE, AGREEABLE, ALIVE, ANCIENT, ANGRY, BEAUTIFUL, BLUE, CHUBBY, CLUMSY, COLD, CROOKED, DEFEATED, DELICIOUS, DRAB, ELEGANT, EMBARRASSED, FAST, GIGANTIC, HANDSOME, HELPLESS, HOLLOW, HOT, IMPORTANT, JEALOUS, JUICY, LATE, LONG, LOOSE, MAMMOTH, MELODIC, MODERN, MYSTERIOUS, PURPLE, PURRING, QUICK, RAINY, RAPID, SCRAWNY, SHORT, STRAIGHT, SWEET, TART, TEENY, THOUGHTLESS, THUNDERING, TINY, UNEVEN, VOICELESS, WET, ZANY	Older Children	Forward and Backward
Advanced Vocabulary		AFFABLE, AFFINITY, AFFLICTION, AFFLUENT, ALACRITY, ALLEVIATE, AMBIGUOUS, AMBIVALENT, AMIABLE, ANIMOSITY, ANNEX, APOCRYPHAL, APPREHENSIVE, AQUEOUS, ARDUOUS, AROMA, ATONE, ATTRITION, AVARICE, BELLICOSE, BELLIGERENT, BENEFICIARY, BRAZEN, BRUSQUE, CAPRICIOUS, CHARISMA, CHASTISE, COGNITIVE, COHERENT, COMPLICITY, COMPREHENSIVE, CONCOCT, CONDONE, CONGENIAL, CONGENITAL, CONSENSUS, CONTIGUOUS, CONVIVIAL, CRYPTIC, CULPABLE, CURTAIL, DANGLE, DEARTH, DEFERENCE, DELINEATE, DEROGATORY, DILIGENT, DISPARAGE, DOCILE, DOLEFUL	Very Difficult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Advanced Vocabulary		DORMANT, DROUGHT, DUBIOUS, DUMBFOUND, DUPLICITY, ECCENTRIC, EFFACE, EGOCENTRIC, ELUCIDATE, EMINENT, ENCHANT, ENDEAVOR, ENIGMA, ENTHRALL, ESOTERIC, EXACERBATE, EXTOL, EXTRANEOUS, FELICITY, FIDELITY, FLAGRANT, FLIMSY, FRUGAL, FUTILE, GAUDY, GHASTLY, GLUTTONY, GRATUITOUS, GREGARIOUS, GRUMBLE, HAUGHTY, HETEROGENEOUS, HOMOGENEOUS, HYPOCRISY, IMMINENT, IMPEDIMENT, INDIGENOUS, INDULGENT, INGENUOUS, INHERENT, INSATIATE, INSTIGATE, INTREPID, IRATE, JEOPARDY, LACONIC, LAMENT, LATENT, LITHE, LURID	Very Difficult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Advanced Vocabulary		LEASH, LOAFER, LUCRATIVE, LUSTROUS, MALIGN, MEDDLE, MEND, MENDACIOUS, MINUSCULE, MIRTH, MUNIFICENT, NAUSEA, NEGLECT, NIHILISM, NOCTURNAL, NOMINAL, NOTORIOUS, NOXIOUS, NUANCE, OBLIQUE, OBSCURE, OFFICIOUS, OPAQUE, PARSIMONIOUS, PERCH, PERJORATIVE, PERVADE, PETULANT, PHILANTHROPY, PHILISTINE, PILLAGE, PLETHORA, PONDEROUS, POSTULATE, PRECIPITOUS, PRECURSOR, PRESUMPTUOUS, PREVAIL, PRODIGIOUS, PRODIGY, PROLIFERATE, PROLIFIC, PROPRIETARY, PROVIDENT, PROXIMITY, PRUDENT, QUASHED, QUENCHING, RANCOR, RECIPROCAL	Very Difficult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Apostrophes		DIDN T, HADN T, HASN T, HE S, I LL, I M, ISN T, IT S, SHE S, SHOULDN T, WASN T, WE LL, WHERE S, WHO S, WOULDN T	Older Children	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Barmy Berk	Find the ways to say weird	BARMY CRANK, CRACKED FREAK, CRACKED ODDBALL, CRAZY DUDE, DAFT DONKEY, DIM TWIT, FOOLISH NUMPTY, FULL NUT, FUNNY FELLA, GAWKY GEEK, LOOPY FRUIT, MAD BARMPOT, NUTTY LOONEY, PUDDLED JERK, SILLY ARSE, SILLY SAUSAGE, STUPID DAWK, WACKY FOOL, WILD FRUITCAKE, ZANY CLOWN	Teenage	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Color and Identity Sight Words	Highlight or circle the sight words.	A, BE, BLACK, BROWN, CAN, GO, GRAY, GREEN, I, IN, INTO, IS, IT, LIKE, ME, NO, OFF, ON, ORANGE, PINK, PURPLE, RED, THE, TO, TODAY, WE, WHITE, YELLOW, YES	Young Kids	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Common Words		ARE, BUT, DID, HER, HIS, OUR, OUT, SAID, SEE, THAT, THE, THEY, TWO, WAS, WHO, WITH, YOU	Easy	Forward Only
Common Words		ABOUT, ARE, COULD, HAS, HAVE, ONE, OR, OTHER, OUT, THEIR, THEM, THESE, USE, WILL	Young Kids	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Comparing Words	All of the words hidden in this puzzle are used when comparing and contrasting.	ALIKE, ALTHOUGH, ASWELL, BOTH, COMMON, COMPARE, CONTRARY, CONTRAST, DIFFER, HOWEVER, IMPORTANT, INSTEAD, LIKE, OPPOSITE, SAME, SHARE, SIMILAR, UNLIKE, WHEREAS, WHILE, YET	Teenage	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Controlled Vowel Combinations		ADJOURNED, AERIAL, AEROBIC, AERONAUTIC, ENCLOSURE, FLOURISHING, GLAMOUR, LITERATURE, MARTYR, MINIATURE, MOURNING, NOURISHMENT, PYRAMID, QUESTIONAIRE, SINCERELY, SYRINGE, SYRUP, TOURNAMENT, VENTURE	Young Kids	Forward and Backward
Coordinating Conjunctions		AND, BUT, FOR, NOR, OR, SO, YET	Young Kids	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
ed and ing Endings		BIKING, CARED, CAUSED, CHASED, DANCING, DROPPING, EXPLORING, FIXING, FREEZING, HAVING, JOKED, MOVING, SAVED, SMILING, SNAPPED, STOPPED, SWIMMING, TAPPING, WRAPPING	Teenage	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
ee words		BEE, CHEESE, CREEK, CREEP, FEE, FEEL, FEET, FLEET, FREE, GREEN, KEEL, LEEKS, MEET, PEEK, PEEL, PEER, REEL, SEEN, SEEP, SHEEP, SLEEP, SLEET, STEEL, THREE, TREE	Young Kids	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
ER and EST Suffixes		BIG, BIGGER, BIGGEST, FAST, FASTER, FASTEST, HOT, HOTTER, HOTTEST, SHORT, SHORTER, SHORTEST, SLOW, SLOWER, SLOWEST, SMALL, SMALLER, SMALLEST, TALL, TALLER, TALLEST, WET, WETTER, WETTEST	Adult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
ER, UR, IR		BIRD, BLISTER, BURN, CALLER, CHIRP, CHURCH, CHURN, CURE, CURL, FERN, FIR, FIRST, FLIRT, FUR, GIRL, HER, HERD, HURT, JERK, LURK, MURDER, NERD, NURSE, PAINTER, PURE, PURSE, RETURN, SHIRT, SKIRT, STIR, THIRD, THIRST, TURN, TURNIP, TWIRL	Older Children	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Final Schwa With L		ANGEL, ANGLE, CIVIL, COUNCIL, COUNSEL, EVIL, FESTIVAL, FINAL, FOSSIL, GENERAL, HUMBLE, LOYAL, MARVEL, NORMAL, PANEL, PARCEL, PUPIL, RURAL, SCRAMBLE, SYLLABLE	Older Children	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
GE and Y sounds		AGE, BEVERAGE, BIRTHDAY, BUNNY, CABBAGE, CAGE, CANDY, CRUMMY, DIRTY, DONKEY, EDGE, FAMILY, FIFTY, FIRST, FORTY, GEL, GEM, GENERAL, GENTLY, GROUCHY, GRUMPY, HAPPY, HONEY, HUNGRY, LARGE, MESSAGE, PACKAGE, PAGE, PARTY, PLENTY, PORRIDGE, PRETTY, RAINY, SECOND, SLEEPY, SNOWY, STAGE, STICKY, STORAGE, SUNNY, SWEETS, TASTY, THIRD, TINY, TRICKY, TUMMY, TWENTY, WINDY	Moderately Challenging	Forward and Backward
ge words		BRIDGE, COURAGEOUS, FINGERPRINTING, FORAGE, GEM, GENERATION, GENTLEMAN, GEOGRAPHY, GEOMETRIC, GERMAN, GERMINATE, GESTICULATE, REARRANGEMENTS, SLEDGEHAMMER, SNIGGERING	Older Children	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
High Frequency		COME, FOR, GO, HERE, IN, ME, MY, ON, WAY, WHERE	Simple	Forward Only
High frequency words		AFRAID, AGAIN, ANY, BEAR, BOTH, BUILD, FOLLOW, GONE, HARD, HUNGRY, IDEA, MOST, OLD, OR, PIECE, SHOE, START, TALL, TURN, UNDER, VERY, WANT, WATER, WEAR	Moderately Challenging	Forward and Backward
High Frequency Words		NECESSARY, PARALLEL, PERMANENT, POSSESSION, RECEIVE, SEPARATE, SINCERELY, STRAIGHT, THOUGH, THOUGHT, THROUGH, TONIGHT, TROUBLE, WHETHER, WOMEN	Older Children	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
High Frequency Words		BEAUTIFUL, BEGINNING, BUSINESS, CAUGHT, DIFFERENT, DISAPPOINTED, ENEMIES, ENOUGH, FRIENDS, HAVING, HURRIEDLY, INDEPENDENT, INSTEAD, LIBRARY, MINUTE	Older Children	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
High Frequency Words		ALWAYS, ANOTHER, ANSWER, BECAUSE, BEFORE, BELIEVE, BICYCLE, BOUGHT, CHOOSE, COLOUR, COUGH, COUNTRY, FORTY, GUESS, INSTEAD, MEANT, PIECE, SHOULD, SUGAR, TIRED	Older Children	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
High Frequency Words		ANIMALS, ANSWER, ANYWHERE, AROUND, BETTER, BREAKFAST, CHILDREN, CLASSMATES, CRIED, DINNER, EARLY, GROUND, HEADMASTER, HEARD, HEART, KNOW, LARGE, LETTER, LITTER, LUNCH	Older Children	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
High Frequency Words		GREAT, MAKING, MIGHT, OPENED, OUTSIDE, PICTURE, POLICE, READY, SCHOOLMATES, SOMETHING, SOMETIMES, SOUND, SUDDENLY, TEACHERS, TOGETHER, USUALLY, WALKED, WATCHED, WHITE, WORLD	Older Children	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
High Frequency Words		SMALL, THAN, THEIR, THESE, THINGS, THINK, THOSE, THREE, TIME, TODAY, TOMORROW, UNDER, UNTIL, WANT, WHEN, WHERE, WHICH, WORD, WORK, WOULD	Older Children	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
High Frequency Words		ALMOST, BEGAN, BELOW, BLACK, CALLED, CITY, CRIED, EACH, EVERY, GROW, HEAD, INSIDE, LIVED, LOOKED, MOST, NUMBER, OTHER, PAPER, SAID, SHOULD	Young Kids	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
High Frequency Words		ABOUT, COULD, DOWN, FOUND, GOING, HOLIDAY, HOME, MANY, NIGHT, STAY, THEM, TOLD, WEEKEND, WERE, WHAT	Young Kids	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
High Frequency Words		BACK, COME, FROM, GOOD, HAVE, HERE, LITTLE, MAKE, PLAY, STAY, THAT, THEN, THEY, THIS, VERY, WANT, WHEN, WILL, WITH, YOUR	Young Kids	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
High Frequency Words		ARE, BIG, BUT, DID, FOR, GET, HER, HIM, HIS, HOT, NEW, ONE, OUT, SHE, THE, TWO, YOU	Young Kids	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
High Frequency Words		AM, AND, AT, CAN, DAD, DAY, GO, HE, IN, IS, IT, ME, MUM, MY, ON, SHE, TO, UP, WE, YES, YOU	Young Kids	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
High Frequency Words		LOVE, ME, MUM, MY, NO, ON, SHE, SHOP, THE, TO, UP, WANT, WE, YES, YOU	Young Kids	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
I,J,K Words		IGUANA, ISLAND, JOKE, JUMP, JUST, KANGAROO, KICK, KIND, KOALA, LEAP, MOUSE, PIG, POPCORN, PUP, RUN, TUG	Older Children	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
ie and ei		BEIGE, BRIEF, CONCEITED, DECEIVE, FIERY, FOREIGN, FREIGHT, GRIEF, LEISURE, NEITHER, PERCEIVE, RECEIPT, REIGN, RELIEVE, REVIEW, SEIZE, SHIELD, SIEGE, VEIL, YIELD	Older Children	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Individual and Group words		ALONE, COLLECTIVE, INDIVIDUAL, MINE, MYSELF, ONESELF, OPENLY, ORDINARY, OTHERS, PERSONALLY, PRIVATELY, PUBLICLY, SPECIAL, THEIRS, THEMSELVES, TOGETHER	Adult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Letter a words short	Short a sound	ABACUS, ACTOR, AFRICA, ANIMALS, ANT, APPLE, ASTRONAUT, ATLANTA, ATTIC, AXE	Moderately Challenging	Forward and Backward
Letter e words	Short e sound	EAR, EARRING, EARTH, EGG, ELBOW, ELEPHANT, ELEVATOR, ELF, ENTER, EXCERCISE	Moderately Challenging	Forward and Backward
Linking and Helping Verbs		AM, APPEARS, ARE, BE, BECOMES, BEEN, BEING, CAN, COULD, DID, DO, DOES, FEELS, HAD, HAVE, IS, MUST, SEEMS, SHALL, SHOULD, WAS, WERE, WILL, WOULD	Older Children	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
LINKING WORDS AND PHRASES		ASACONSEQUENCE, ASWELLAS, CONSEQUENTLY, DESPITETHEFACTTHAT, DUETO, ESPECIALLY, FIRSTLY, FORINSTANCE, FURTHERMORE, HOWEVER, LASTLY, MOREOVER, NEVERTHELESS, OWINGTO, SUCHAS, THEREFORE, UNDOUBTEDLY, WHEREAS	Teenage	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Long a and Long e		AFRAID, BAIT, EAT, EXPLAIN, LAY, LEAVE, PAINT, PLEASE, RAISE, REAL, SCREEN, SEEM, SPEED, SWEET, TEA, TODAY, TRAIL, TREAT, YESTERDAY	Older Children	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Long and Short U		BLUE, BUGS, BUZZ, CLUE, CUBE, CUTE, DRUM, DUCK, FRUIT, GLUE, JUICE, LUBE, LUCK, RUG, RUN, SUDS, SUE, SUN, THUMB, TRUCK, TRUE, TUBE, TUNE, USE	Young Kids	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Long O Words	Find and circle the listed words	BOAST, BOLD, COLD, CROW, FLOW, FOAM, FOLD, GOES, GOLD, GROW, HOLD, KNOW, MOLD, MOST, MOW, POST, SHOW, SNOW, SOAP, SOLD, THROW, TOAST, TOE, TOLD, WOE	Young Kids	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
M Words		MAKE, MAN, MAP, MINE, MINT, MOM, MONKEY, MOOM, MOOSE, MOP, MOUSE, MUD, MULE	Moderately Challenging	Forward and Backward
Most Commonly Mispelled Words		ABSENCE, ACCEPTABLE, ACCIDENTALLY, ACCOMMODATE, ACHIEVE, ACKNOWLEDGE, ACQUAINTANCE, ACQUIRE, ACQUIT, ACREAGE, ADDRESS, ADULTERY, ADVISABLE, AFFECT, AGGRESSION, ALCOHOL, ALLEGE, ALLEGIANCE, ALMOST, AMATEUR, AMEND, ANNUALLY, APPARENT, ARCTIC, ARGUMENT, ATHEIST, ATHLETE, AVERAGE, AWFUL, BALANCE, BASICALLY, BECAUSE, BECOMING, BEFORE, BEGINNING, BELIEVE, BELLWETHER, BENEFIT, BREATHE, BRILLIANT, BUOYANT, BURGLAR, BUSINESS, CALENDAR, CAMOFLAUGE, CAPITOL, CAREER, CAREFUL, CARIBBEAN, CATEGORY	Very Difficult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
Nouns		BOOK, CAT, DOG, HOUSE, LEMON, OWL	Adult	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
OO Words		BROOK, COOL, COULD, CROOK, FOOL, FOOT, GOOD, GROOM, HOOD, HOOK, HOOP, NOON, PROOF, ROOT, SHOULD, STOOD, STOOL, TOOL, TROOP, WOOD, WOOL	Young Kids	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
OU Words		ABOUT, ALOUD, COULD, COUNT, OUR, ROUND, SHOULD, SHOULDER, SHOUT, WOULD	Older Children	Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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