The Week Junior - UK (2022-06-11)

22 The Week Junior • 11 June 2022

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DK FINDOUT!

dkfindout.com/uk

DK is best known for

books but it’s pretty

good at websites too.

This one has quizzes,

videos and facts galore

about everything from

dinosaurs to coding.

T

he website game Wordle was a huge hit earlier

this year, with more than two million players

across many countries trying to guess its daily word.

If it has sparked your interest in word puzzles, there

are plenty of brilliant mobile games to test your letter

skills on the Android and Apple app stores.

Alphabear: Words Across Time is a great example.

Each level starts with a grid of letters, from which you

make words... and bears! The animals pop up if you

use letters that are next to one another, and the bears

get bigger as you spell more words. You can also

unlock special powers to boost your points and time.

If you’re a fan of board games you might enjoy

Wordfeud, which lets you play Scrabble-style matches

against friends. If you’re really keen you can be

involved in up to 30 games at

once. The game also lets you

mix up the board so that its

bonus-score tiles appear in

different places, to keep you

all on your toes.

Letterpress – Word

Game is also a multiplayer

game, where you can play

against friends or bots

(game-controlled players).

You have to spell out words

to capture sections of the

on-screen grid of letters

for your colour (red or

blue) before your

opponent does –

so it’s not just about

finding one word

at a time but also

carefully planning your next moves.

SpellTower is about strategy, too. It’s a

wordsearch game where the letter tiles rise

up from the bottom of the screen. You have to

reduce the pile as quickly as you can by finding

words and beating your own high scores.

Some of these games use in-app purchases

to unlock all their puzzles or remove adverts, for

example. They’re optional – and remember, if you

want to spend money, check with an adult first.

Wild for words

LEGO

youtube.

com/lego

This is one to

bookmark,

because at 5pm on 18 June, Lego’s YouTube

channel will be streaming its annual “Lego Con”

event live, showing off new sets and other news

from its brick-building world.

CIRCLE ROUND

This show is made in the

US but it includes stories

that come from around

the world. Recent

episodes have retold

traditional tales from

Ireland, Poland, Spain and Ukraine, ending each

time with an idea for a fun activity.

If you like Wordle, these word-game apps may also appeal.

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