Lesson 10 of 15
Hooks
A hook is one letter that turns a word already on the board into a longer word. Play your new word so one of its tiles lands on the hook, and you score both words.
Back hooks go on the end, and they're the easy ones: most words take an S, and plenty take a D, R, Y or E. Front hooks are rarer and more surprising: A in front of HEAD, B in front of RAIN, C in front of HAIR.
Practice front hooksEach card shows the letters that go in front of a word.Practice back hooksEach card shows the letters that go on the end.See every front hookAll the two-letter words with the letters that go in front.See every back hookAll the two-letter words with the letters that go on the end.Practice
Which letter hooks onto the front of ARM?
Practice
Why are hooks worth learning?
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