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78 GAMES WORLD^ OF PUZZLES^ | may 2019
3 — BEE
4 — FLUTE
8 — TREK
1 — DRINKING 2 — SEA TURTLE
5 — TIGER
6 — HELICOPTER
7 — HARLEQUIN
56 I PAINT BY NUMBERS 54 I SNAKE CRISSCROSS
WORD LISTCRISSCROSS WORDS
3 LETTERS
Ace, Ate, Den, Deo, Don, Era, Eta,
Nut, Sea, Sty, Wed4 LETTERS
Antz, Both, Hero, Inge, Lass, Mitt,
Moth, Odes, Sort, Theo, Tore, Typo5 LETTERS
Alibi, Bales, Cabal, Dweeb, Eland,
Ellen, Hydra, Irene, Media, Nacre,
Obama, Rally, Rebel, Snare, Suede6 LETTERS
Domain, Edison, Mortar, Summon,
Treble,7 LETTERS
Matador, Mistake, Sprites, Stylize,
Swallow, Torment,8 LETTERS
Allergen, Machismo, Raccoons,
Tom Brady, Waterloo,13 LETTERS
Sophie’s ChoiceSNAKE WORDS
5 LETTERS
Adore, Aesop, Drama, Dwell,
Ebert, Ensue, Model, Motor,
Musty, Reran, Simon, Taboo,
Takei, Testy, Tuner,6 LETTERS
Belize, Bother, Canoed, Chisel,
Odessa, School, Swathe, Taller,7 LETTERS
Allowed, Entropy, General, Iceland,
Morally, Timothy,8 LETTERS
Baccarat, Sibilant, Springer,9 LETTERS
Macedonia10 LETTERS
Tomb Raider38 I LIBRETTO HINTS
Puzzle 3: A well-placed flipped tile on your first turn gives you two
distinct paths to victory on your next turn; your opponent can
easily block either, but not both.
Puzzle 4: A smaller word starting at I12 would give you various
ways to connect TERRIFIC to MONOPOLY, even if your opponent
plays a word through the I at H15 or extends HARMED to
something like UNHARMED.
Puzzle 5: A five-letter play from F1-F5 guarantees a win.Puzzle 6: Your first play, which will use the C in BACON,
should set up multiple winning connections (using a
flipped tile); your opponent can’t block all of them.
Puzzle 7:'SPYQRMWXLIOI]SJGSYVWIɸ;MXLXLIVMKLX
letters, you could play a word through both the A and
O, winning the game...but you don’t have those letters
yet. How can you guarantee your opponent won’t foil
your plans?