Not every word puzzle needs a grid. In an acrostic, you answer a set of clues and the first letters of your answers spell a hidden word. Our trivia rounds give you a list of statements to mark true or false. And the word maker hands you eight letters and asks how many words you can build from them. Each one prints on one page with the answers folded out of sight.
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Write the opposite of each clue. The first letters, read down, spell the mystery word.
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Print this puzzle »You don’t have to answer an acrostic in order. Fill in the clues you know right away, and you’ll start to see the hidden word forming down the side. Once you can guess the hidden word, it tells you the first letter of every answer you’re still missing, which makes the hard clues much easier.
True-or-false statements are often decided by one small word. “Always,” “never” and “only” make a statement easy to break, so check those closely. Mark your first instinct, then go back over the ones you weren’t sure of before you peek at the answer strip.
For more tips, read our guide on how to win at word games.