SCRAMBLEGORY I

GAMES Magazine

May, 2000

Edward Mooney

 

Can you find eleven words in this grid that can follow SECOND?  Start with any letter and move horizontally, vertically, or diagonally to a neighboring letter, trying to form possible words. You can use the same letter twice in a word, but only if another letter is used in between. BANANA is an acceptable answer, but DEGREE is not. The first word (in alphabetical order) is BANANA.

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N  E  R T S

L  D  S U H

D  F  I  G O 

Answers (in alphabetical order):

 

SECOND

1. BANANA

2. BASE

3. BEST

4. COMING

5. ESTATE

6. FIDDLE

7. NATURE

8. RATE

9. SIGHT

10. THOUGHT

11. WIND