How to play Strands You start every Strands puzzle with the goal of finding the "theme words" hidden in the grid of letters. Manipulate letters by dragging or tapping to craft words; double-tap the final letter to confirm. If you find the correct word, the letters will be highlighted blue...
The well-paced performance (with backdrop slide show of photos, a stuffed dummy father, and surprise pop-up) entertains and reels us in as we relate to the family crisis – her father’s stroke – the toll on her father unable to speak but four words, the exhaustion of her self-sacrif...
Read each word in the box and listen for a short vowel sound in the fi rst syllable. Write each word next to the vowel sound that matches the fi rst short vowel sound. 1. short a 2. short e 3. short i 4. short o 5. short u B. Read each sentence. Circle the words that ...
(Can you “Throw in the Vowel?”) It offers the thrill of creating meaning itself — turning arbitrary patterns into words. In one puzzle, the “clue box” even has five S’s! For the last year I’ve been telling Jeffrey that he may have invented the world’s next, great word game...