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HomeWord games for kids: make words from letters
Here are twelve sets of letters. See how many words of three letters or more you can make from each one, then open the list to check. The longest word is the real prize!
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Puzzle 1Ages 5–7
Letters: A C S T
Show the 6 words
act, cat, sat, acts, cast, cats. The longest is acts.
Puzzle 2Ages 8–10
Letters: A B D E I
Show the 11 words
aid, bad, bed, bid, die, aide, bade, bead, bide, idea, abide. The longest is abide.
Puzzle 3Ages 11–14
Letters: A B O R S T
Show the 33 words
art, bar, bat, oar, rat, rot, sat, tab, arts, bars, bats, boar, boas, boat, brat, oars, rats, robs, rots, soar, sort, star, tabs, tars, tsar, abort, boars, boast, boats, brats, roast, sorta, aborts. The longest is aborts.
Puzzle 4Ages 5–7
Letters: A E N R
Show the 6 words
are, ear, era, ran, earn, near. The longest is earn.
Puzzle 5Ages 8–10
Letters: D O P R S
Show the 10 words
pro, rod, sod, drop, pods, prod, pros, rods, drops, prods. The longest is drops.
Puzzle 6Ages 11–14
Letters: A D L L O R
Show the 14 words
all, lad, oar, old, rod, doll, lard, load, lord, oral, road, roll, droll, dollar. The longest is dollar.
Puzzle 7Ages 5–7
Letters: L O S T
Show the 4 words
lot, lost, lots, slot. The longest is lost.
Puzzle 8Ages 8–10
Letters: E N O S T
Show the 24 words
net, not, one, set, son, ten, toe, ton, nest, nets, noes, nose, note, ones, sent, snot, tens, toes, tone, tons, notes, onset, stone, tones. The longest is notes.
Puzzle 9Ages 11–14
Letters: A A E G M N
Show the 10 words
age, man, men, amen, game, mane, mean, name, mange, manage. The longest is manage.
Puzzle 10Ages 5–7
Letters: O R T U
Show the 5 words
our, out, rot, rout, tour. The longest is rout.
Puzzle 11Ages 8–10
Letters: D I L O S
Show the 13 words
lid, oil, old, sod, idol, lids, oils, silo, slid, soil, sold, idols, solid. The longest is idols.
Puzzle 12Ages 11–14
Letters: A C E L S S
Show the 19 words
ace, sea, aces, ales, case, lace, lass, less, sacs, sale, seal, seas, cases, class, laces, sales, scale, seals, scales. The longest is scales.
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