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Word Game: Oct. 17, 2025

TODAY’S WORD — BRACKEN (a large coarse fern)

Average mark 24 words

Time limit 45 minutes

Can you find 38 or more words in BRACKEN? The list will be published tomorrow.

YESTERDAY’S WORD — PAROLE: pale paler pare pareo parol peal pear pearl plea polar pole poler pore aero aloe aper rale real reap repo role rope opal opera oral leap lope loper lore earl

RULES OF THE GAME:

1. Words must be of four or more letters.

2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.

3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.

4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.

Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe at kzsaxe@gmail.com.

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