Hidden words
A four-letter word is hidden in a sentence, made from the end of one word and the start of the next, with the letters in order.
What the question looks like
The tube arrived late.
How Thena would solve it
Look at each gap between two words, with the letters either side of it.
the | tube tube | arrived arrived | late
At each gap, try one letter and three, two and two, then three and one.
tube arrived tube arrived tube arrived
Two from tube and two from arrived make bear.
tube arrived = bear
Late is a word too, but it sits inside one word, so it doesn’t count. The answer is bear.
Answer: bear
The usual mistakes
Taking a word inside one word
The hidden word uses letters from two words next to each other.
Trying two and two only
At every gap, try one and three, two and two, and three and one.
Missing the later gaps
Work along every gap from left to right.
Try ten
Ten hidden words questions
A new set every time, marked when you finish.
Have paper and a pencil ready for working out.
Questions parents ask
How do you answer Hidden words questions?
Go along every gap between two words. At each gap, try one letter and three, two and two, and three and one from either side. The hidden word always uses letters from both words.
More in making words
- Compound wordsOne word from each group, joined into a new one.
- Missing three lettersThree letters taken out of a word, spelling a word.
- Complete the third pairThe same change made to a third word.
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