Supply one shared ending
Original FiveLetterWords practice. This is separate from the publisher's daily puzzle.
Test a proposed ending on every entry. A completion that works for three words is still an incomplete group.
Select four entries to check a group.
Completion stays on this device.
Worked solution
___ BOARD
CHESS · DASH · SKATE · SURF
CHESSBOARD, DASHBOARD, SKATEBOARD and SURFBOARD all end in BOARD.
___ ROOM
BED · BATH · CLASS · SHOW
BEDROOM, BATHROOM, CLASSROOM and SHOWROOM all end in ROOM.
___ LIGHT
DAY · FLASH · MOON · STAR
DAYLIGHT, FLASHLIGHT, MOONLIGHT and STARLIGHT all end in LIGHT.
___ BALL
BASE · BASKET · FOOT · SOFT
BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL and SOFTBALL all end in BALL.
Ambiguity and review notes
Agent lexical review confirms the sixteen complete compounds. FOOTBOARD and STARBOARD are genuine cross-group temptations. Moving either into the BOARD group leaves an original BOARD member without the required BALL or LIGHT completion; the intended four endings are supplied in the worked solution. No claim is made about every possible dictionary or invented compound.
Sources, attribution and reuse
Dictionary-derived explanations identified below are original paraphrases adapted under the stated licence. Original board arrangements and mechanical checks are identified separately; the sources do not endorse this exercise.
- Wiktionary contributors, English entry “baseball”
BASEBALL is recorded as an English word with this spelling.
Source revision checked. CC BY-SA 4.0.Original concise paraphrase of the entry’s lexical or pronunciation fact; source-derived explanations are adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. No quotations, audio or images reused.
- Wiktionary contributors, English entry “basketball”
BASKETBALL is recorded as an English word with this spelling.
Source revision checked. CC BY-SA 4.0.Original concise paraphrase of the entry’s lexical or pronunciation fact; source-derived explanations are adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. No quotations, audio or images reused.
- Wiktionary contributors, English entry “bathroom”
BATHROOM is recorded as an English word with this spelling.
Source revision checked. CC BY-SA 4.0.Original concise paraphrase of the entry’s lexical or pronunciation fact; source-derived explanations are adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. No quotations, audio or images reused.
- Wiktionary contributors, English entry “bedroom”
BEDROOM is recorded as an English word with this spelling.
Source revision checked. CC BY-SA 4.0.Original concise paraphrase of the entry’s lexical or pronunciation fact; source-derived explanations are adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. No quotations, audio or images reused.
- Wiktionary contributors, English entry “chessboard”
CHESSBOARD is recorded as an English word with this spelling.
Source revision checked. CC BY-SA 4.0.Original concise paraphrase of the entry’s lexical or pronunciation fact; source-derived explanations are adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. No quotations, audio or images reused.
- Wiktionary contributors, English entry “classroom”
CLASSROOM is recorded as an English word with this spelling.
Source revision checked. CC BY-SA 4.0.Original concise paraphrase of the entry’s lexical or pronunciation fact; source-derived explanations are adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. No quotations, audio or images reused.
- Wiktionary contributors, English entry “dashboard”
DASHBOARD is recorded as an English word with this spelling.
Source revision checked. CC BY-SA 4.0.Original concise paraphrase of the entry’s lexical or pronunciation fact; source-derived explanations are adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. No quotations, audio or images reused.
- Wiktionary contributors, English entry “daylight”
DAYLIGHT is recorded as an English word with this spelling.
Source revision checked. CC BY-SA 4.0.Original concise paraphrase of the entry’s lexical or pronunciation fact; source-derived explanations are adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. No quotations, audio or images reused.
- Wiktionary contributors, English entry “flashlight”
FLASHLIGHT is recorded as an English word with this spelling.
Source revision checked. CC BY-SA 4.0.Original concise paraphrase of the entry’s lexical or pronunciation fact; source-derived explanations are adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. No quotations, audio or images reused.
- Wiktionary contributors, English entry “football”
FOOTBALL is recorded as an English word with this spelling.
Source revision checked. CC BY-SA 4.0.Original concise paraphrase of the entry’s lexical or pronunciation fact; source-derived explanations are adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. No quotations, audio or images reused.
- Wiktionary contributors, English entry “footboard”
FOOTBOARD is recorded as an English word with this spelling.
Source revision checked. CC BY-SA 4.0.Original concise paraphrase of the entry’s lexical or pronunciation fact; source-derived explanations are adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. No quotations, audio or images reused.
- Wiktionary contributors, English entry “moonlight”
MOONLIGHT is recorded as an English word with this spelling.
Source revision checked. CC BY-SA 4.0.Original concise paraphrase of the entry’s lexical or pronunciation fact; source-derived explanations are adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. No quotations, audio or images reused.
- Wiktionary contributors, English entry “showroom”
SHOWROOM is recorded as an English word with this spelling.
Source revision checked. CC BY-SA 4.0.Original concise paraphrase of the entry’s lexical or pronunciation fact; source-derived explanations are adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. No quotations, audio or images reused.
- Wiktionary contributors, English entry “skateboard”
SKATEBOARD is recorded as an English word with this spelling.
Source revision checked. CC BY-SA 4.0.Original concise paraphrase of the entry’s lexical or pronunciation fact; source-derived explanations are adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. No quotations, audio or images reused.
- Wiktionary contributors, English entry “softball”
SOFTBALL is recorded as an English word with this spelling.
Source revision checked. CC BY-SA 4.0.Original concise paraphrase of the entry’s lexical or pronunciation fact; source-derived explanations are adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. No quotations, audio or images reused.
- Wiktionary contributors, English entry “starboard”
STARBOARD is recorded as an English word with this spelling.
Source revision checked. CC BY-SA 4.0.Original concise paraphrase of the entry’s lexical or pronunciation fact; source-derived explanations are adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. No quotations, audio or images reused.
- Wiktionary contributors, English entry “starlight”
STARLIGHT is recorded as an English word with this spelling.
Source revision checked. CC BY-SA 4.0.Original concise paraphrase of the entry’s lexical or pronunciation fact; source-derived explanations are adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. No quotations, audio or images reused.
- Wiktionary contributors, English entry “surfboard”
SURFBOARD is recorded as an English word with this spelling.
Source revision checked. CC BY-SA 4.0.Original concise paraphrase of the entry’s lexical or pronunciation fact; source-derived explanations are adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. No quotations, audio or images reused.
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