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TODAY\u2019S WORD \u2014 MESOMORPH (MEZ-oh-morf: A person with a husky, muscular body.)<\/p>\n

Average mark 38 words<\/p>\n

Time limit 60 minutes<\/p>\n

Can you find 52 or more words in MESOMORPH? The list will be published Monday.<\/p>\n

YESTERDAY\u2019S WORD \u2014 HACKLES:
\nhack hackle hake hale heal heck ache cake case cash cask chalk chase clash kale lace lack lake lase lash leach leak leash each sack sake sale scale seal shack shackle shake shale shea slack slake<\/p>\n

Read more Kurtenbach: Deebo\u2019s back \u2014 19 thoughts on the return of the incomparable No. 19<\/a><\/p>\n

RULES OF THE GAME:<\/p>\n

1. Words must be of four or more letters.<\/p>\n

2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of \u201cs,\u201d such as \u201cbats\u201d or \u201cdies,\u201d are not allowed.<\/p>\n

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3. Additional words made by adding a \u201cd\u201d or an \u201cs\u201d may not be used. For example, if \u201cbake\u201d is used, \u201cbaked\u201d or \u201cbakes\u201d are not allowed, but \u201cbake\u201d and \u201cbaking\u201d are admissible.<\/p>\n

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4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.<\/p>\n

Read more Autopsy reveals force of single shark bite that killed Monterey swimmer Erica Fox<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe at\u00a0kzsaxe@gmail.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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