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Word staircase puzzle

A paper puzzle: build a staircase of ever longer words from the letters of a long word.

Time
⏱ 10 min
Difficulty
◆ medium

What you need

  • Paper
  • Pen

How to do it

  1. Choose a long word.
  2. Write it side by side, once from top to bottom and once from bottom to top.
  3. Find words that fit the starting and ending letters.
  4. The first word is the shortest and the last the longest, which makes the staircase.

Variations

  • Play it as a contest in pairs or groups.

Sources

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