TODAY’S WORD — CHARADES (CHARADES: shuh-RADES: A game in which some players try to guess a word or phrase from the actions of other players.) Average mark 42 words Time limit 60 minutes Can you find ...

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The Boston Globe, the 153-year-old New England daily, is trying a new approach to interactive entertainment by launching Align, a digital word game. Created by Brendan Emmett Quigley and Ben Gottlieb, ...

TODAY’S WORD — WIDGEON (WIDGEON: WIH-jin: Any of several freshwater ducks.) Average mark 15 words Time limit 30 minutes Can you find 22 or more words in WIDGEON? The list will be published tomorrow.