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There are four rules:

• (1) Words must be of 4 letters or more.
• (2) Words which get to four letters by adding a "s" [like dogs, pigs ] do not count.
• (3) Words can only be one form to count.
• (4) No proper names can be counted.

• The meaning of FINANCED (fi NANST) = raised or provided funds or other capital for.

• FINANCED in context: We were so pleased to announce to our employees that the state's largest bank had FINANCED our entire new building with a 20 year loan.

There are four rules:

• (1) Words must be of 4 letters or more.
• (2) Words which get to four letters by adding a "s" [like dogs, pigs ] do not count.
• (3) Words can only be one form to count.
• (4) No proper names can be counted.

• The meaning of DICTATED (DIK tate ed) = prescribed; commanded.

• DICTATED in context: If you were a member of the band it was DICTATED that you would have to practice on the field at least 6 hours a week .

There are four rules:

• (1) Words must be of 4 letters or more.
• (2) Words which get to four letters by adding a "s" [like dogs, pigs] do not count.
• (3) Words can only be one form to count.
• (4) No proper names can be counted.

• The meaning of CHOWDER (CHOW der) = A thick seafood soup or stew.

• CHOWDER in context:Boston, MA is famous for making the best New England clam CHOWDER. Tiny crackers on the top add the finishing touch!

Directions for the Power Bear's WORD FIND PUZZLES: There are four rules:

• (1) Words must be 4 letters or more.
• (2) Words which get to four letters by adding a "s" [like dogs, pigs] do not count.
• (3) Words can only be in one form to count.
• (4) No proper names can be counted.

• The meaning of YULETIDE (YULE tide) = the Christmas season.

• YULETIDE in context:Too bad the YULETIDE spirit of peace on earth and kindness to each other doesn't extend throughout the year.

Directions for the Power Bear's WORD FIND PUZZLES: There are four rules:

• (1) Words must be 4 letters or more.
• (2) Words which get to four letters by adding a "s" [like dogs, pigs] do not count.
• (3) Words can only be in one form to count.
• (4) No proper names can be counted.

• The meaning of the adverb DURABLY (DUE ra bli) = lastingly; strongly.

• DURABLY in context:Although the race took 11 days, all 4 co-ed teams finished the event DURABLY and without serious injuries.

Directions for the Power Bear's WORD FIND PUZZLES: There are four rules:

• (1) Words must be 4 letters or more.
• (2) Words which get to four letters by adding a "s" [like dogs, pigs] do not count.
• (3) Words can only be in one form to count.
• (4) No proper names can be counted.

• The meaning of TORPIDLY (TAWR pid li) = dully; apathetically.

• TORPIDLY in context: The students were so bored with the dull presentation and silly topic that they sat TORPIDLY in their seats until the alarm bell abruptly awakened them.

Directions for the Power Bear's WORD FIND PUZZLES: There are four rules:

• (1) Words must be 4 letters or more.
• (2) Words which get to four letters by adding a "s" [like dogs, pigs] do not count.
• (3) Words can only be in one form to count.
• (4) No proper names can be counted.

• The meaning of VOLUMES (VOL yooms) = books; albums.

• VOLUMES in context: The new university library will benefit greatly from the donation of the many VOLUMES of Presidential papers that were recently donated to the school.

Directions for the Power Bear's WORD FIND PUZZLES: There are four rules:

• (1) Words must be of 4 letters or more.
• (2) Words which get to four letters by adding a "s" [like dogs, pigs ] do not count.
• (3) Words can only be one form to count.
• (4) No proper names can be counted.

• The meaning of BULWARKS (BUL works) = ramparts; sea walls; a solid wall-like structure raised for defense.

• BULWARKS in context: The 55 over-matched rebels tried to build the largest BULWARKS they could at the entry to the harbor to prevent the 24 enemy ships from overwhelming them before night fall.

Directions for the Power Bear's WORD FIND PUZZLES: There are four rules:

• (1) Words must be 4 letters or more.
• (2) Words which get to four letters by adding a "s" [like dogs, pigs] do not count.
• (3) Words can only be in one form to count.
• (4) No proper names can be counted.

• The meaning of TRESTLES (TRES 'lz) = frameworks for carrying roads over depressions in the land.

• TRESTLES in context: Because of the extensive damage from the multiple explosion, the engineers had to build TRESTLES over the huge holes to allow the traffic to cross.

Directions for the Power Bear's WORD FIND PUZZLES: There are four rules:

• (1) Words must be 4 letters or more.
• (2) Words which get to four letters by adding a "s" [like dogs, pigs] do not count.
• (3) Words can only be in one form to count.
• (4) No proper names can be counted.

• The meaning of TWITCHES (TWITCH es) = moves jerkily; quiver.

• TWITCHES in context: My friend really twitches when I move a light feather under his nose while he is sleeping.

Directions for the Power Bear's WORD FIND PUZZLES: There are four rules:

• (1) Words must be 4 letters or more.
• (2) Words which get to four letters by adding a "s" [like dogs, pigs] do not count.
• (3) Words can only be in one form to count.
• (4) No proper names can be counted.

• The meaning of OBTUNDED (ob TUN ded) = dulled, blunted. From Latin obtundere=to beat at.

• OBTUNDED in context: Years of use caused the tool to become obtunded .

Directions for the Power Bear's WORD FIND PUZZLES: There are four rules:

• (1) Words must be 4 letters or more.
• (2) Words which get to four letters by adding a "s" [like dogs, pigs] do not count.
• (3) Words can only be in one form to count.
• (4) No proper names can be counted.

• The meaning of ALLURING (a LUR ing) = very attractive and tempting.

• ALLURING in context: He found her most alluring because, when he looked at her or pictured her in his mind, he was overwhelmed by her charm and fascinated by her attractive features.

Directions for the Power Bear's WORD FIND PUZZLES: There are four rules:

• (1) Words must be 4 letters or more.
• (2) Words which get to four letters by adding a "s" [like dogs, pigs] do not count.
• (3) Words can only be in one form to count.
• (4) No proper names can be counted.

• The meaning of CHARISMA (ka RIZ ma) = a personal magic of leadership.

• CHARISMA in context: The President had such charisma that even difficult legislation, which seemed impossible to discuss, was passed with great speed because of his persuasive powers.

Directions for the Power Bear's WORD FIND PUZZLES: There are four rules:

• (1) Words must be 4 letters or more.
• (2) Words which get to four letters by adding a "s" [like dogs, pigs] do not count.
• (3) Words can only be in one form to count.
• (4) No proper names can be counted.

• The meaning of SINCIPUT (SIN-si-put) = the forehead. From Latin semi=half and caput=head.

• SINCIPUT in context: He hauled off and hit him right in the sinciput.

CORRECT ANSWERS to the WORD FIND PUZZLES:

WORD FIND PUZZLE answers:

• The word FINANCED is the April '98 word -- we know at least 33 words that can be made from this word. They are: faced, fade, fancied, fane, fanned, fend, fiance, fiend, find, fine, finned, iced, idea, inane, naif, nice, nine, aced, acid, acne, aide, cade, cafe, cane, canine, canned, cedi, dace, dance, deaf, dean, dice, dine.

• The word DICTATED is the March '98 word -- we know at least 29 words that can be made from this word. They are: dated, dace, dead, diced, dicta, diet, iced, idea, caddie, cade, cadet, cate, cedi, cited, tace, tacit, tacet, tact, teat, tide, tied, acid, acted, addict, adit, aide, attic, edict, edit.

• The word CHOWDER is the February '98 word -- we know at least 33 words that can be made from this word. They are: cero, chew, chord, chore, chow, code, co-ed, cord, core, cowed, cowherd, credo, crew, crowd, crowed, herd, hero, hoed, horde, ocher, owed, whore, word, wore, decor, dhow, doer, dower, drew, echo, redo, rode, rowed.

• The word YULETIDE is the December '97 word -- we know at least 35 words that can be made from this word. They are: yeti, yield, yule, utile, lied, lieu, lute, edit, eely, elide, elite, elude, elute, etude, etui, eyed, teed, tele, teledu, tide, tidy, tied, tilde, tile, tule, idle, idyl, deity, dele, diet, dilute, duel, duly, duet, duty.

• The word DURABLY is the November '97 word -- we know at least 21 words that can be made from this word. They are: daub, drab, dray, drub, dual, duly, ruby, ably, badly, bald, bard, blur, brad, bray, burl, burly, bury, lady, lard, laud, yard.

• The word TORPIDLY is the October'97 word -- we know at least 47 words that can be made from this word. They are: tidy, tody, toil, told, tori, torpid, tory, trio, trip, triply, tipod, trod, troy, typo, tyro, oily, riot, roil, ropy, rotl, pilot, pity, plot, ploidy, plot, ploy, polity, poly, port, portly, prod, idly, idol, idyl, dirty, doily, doit, dolt, dorp, dory, drip, droit, drop, drylot, lido, lord, lory.

• The word VOLUMES is the September'97 word -- we know at least 25 words that can be made from this word. They are: velum, vole, oleum, ovule, ovum, levo, lose, louse, loves, lues, moles, moue, mouse, moves, mules, muse, sloe, slue, slum, sole, solum, some, soul, solve, sumo.

• The word BULWARKS is the August'97 word -- we know at least 23 words that can be made from this word. They are: balk, barks, bask, bawls, blurs, brawl, brusk, bulk, burl, bursa, lark, lurks, walks, walrus, rusk, skua, slab, slaw, slub, slur, sulk, sura, swab.

• The word TRESTLES is the July '97 word -- we know at least 35 words that can be made from this word. They are: tele, terse, test, testes, trees, tress, tsetse, relet, reset, rest, rete, retest, reefs, else, esse, ester, seel, seer, sere, sestet, settles, settet, sleet, steel, steer, stele, stere, sterlet, stet, street, leers, lees, lesser, lest, letters.

• The word TWITCHES is the June '97 word -- we know at least 35 words that can be made from this word. They are: test, teth, theist, thetic, thews, this, tithe, twice, twist, twitch, twits, west, whet, whit, white, whist, wise, wish, witches, with, withe, itches, chest, chews, chit, cites, hist, etch, ethics, sect, site, stat, stew, stitch, switch.

• The word OBTUNDED is the May '97 word -- we know at least 30 words that can be made from this word. They are: bend, bode, bone, bonded, bound, bout, bund, bunt, buteo, tend, to-be, toed, tone, tube, tuned, undo, unto, node, noted, nude, ebon, debut, debt, dent, done, doted, doubt, dude, duet, dune.

• The word ALLURING is the April '97 word -- we know at least 48 words that can be made from this word. They are: algin, align, anil, argil, aril, lain, lair, liang, liar, ligan, ligula, ling, linga, lingual, lira, lunar, lung, luring, ulna, unrig, urinal, rail, rain, rani, rial, rill, ring, ruga, ruling, ruin, ruing, iglu, nail, null, gain, gall, gaur, gill, girl, glair, gnart, grail, grain, grill, grin, guan, gullar, gull.

• The word CHARISMA is the March '97 word-- we know at least 37 words that can be made from this word. They are: camas, casa, cash, chair, char, charms, chasm, chiasma, cram, crash, hair, harms, amah, amir, arch, archaism, aria, arms, asci, rachis, racism, rash, rich, sari, scar, scram, scrim, sham, shim, shri, simar, smirch, marc, march, marsh, mash, mica.

• The word SINCIPUT is the January '97 word -- we know at least 23 words that can be made from this word. They are: scup, scut, sit-in, snip, snit, spin, spit, stun, suint, suit, ictus, incus, input, nisi, cuso, cutin, cut-in, pint, punt, unci, unit, tipi, tunic.

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