strategy for solving

Strategies

• Using the various vowel sounds, try to pronounce a "word hint" to see what words come up.

An example: For the word hint “M•” a player might say ma, may, me, my, mo, moo, and the context may suggest that one of these is part of the puzzle.

Here's another example. For the hint “H•ND” a player might try the various vowel sounds and come up with the words hand, hind, honed, and hound.

For longer words, it helps to figure out where the syllable breaks most likely are and solve them one syllable at a time. When you start putting the syllables together, the hidden word will suddenly jump out of hiding.

For instance: •GZ•MP•L divided into syllables = •G / Z•M / P•L

• Use the standard puzzle-solving strategy by solving the easier parts first and then use those parts as context to solve the harder parts.

When you first start solving sound puzzles, you may want to use a piece of paper to jot down each solved word, placing the word in relation to its place in the puzzle, and then proceed to fill in the blank parts.

• Note that

The bullet symbol (•) is used for single vowel sounds and for diphthongs.

an example = •N - •GZ•MP•L (four single vowels)

via = V•• (two single vowels)

day = D• (a diphthong)

The sound hint "B•" could be any of several words – including "be" "boy" "bow" and "buy."

"Boy" "bow" and 'buy" each have a diphthong.

• The voiced and unvoiced "th" sounds use the same "TH" symbol.

the = TH•

thin = TH•N

• Sounds in parenthesis are sounds that can be used or not used in a word's pronunciation.

(H)W•N = when .....•KCH•(W)•L = actual

Have fun.

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