Word detective, we need your skills.  Some of our sneaky words have run away and are hiding among other words.  With your help we hope we can track them down.

 

Can you find the word aced hidden between the two words below?

face down

 

Have you found it?!?

That’s right, it’s here:

face down

 

This word is hidden in a _ _ _ / _ pattern.

So it is made from the last three letters of one word and the first letter of the next word.

 

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Let’s try another:

Can you find a four-letter word hidden between the two words below?

mad owner

 

Did you find down?

 

It is hidden in a _ / _ _ _ pattern.

So it is made from the last letter of the first word and the first three of the second word.

mad owner

 

Words can hide in three different patterns:

_ / _ _ _ The last letter of the first word and the first three letters of the second word	big angle
_ _ / _ _ The last two letters of the first word and the first two letters of the second word	tax education
_ _ _ / _ The last three letters of the first word and the first letter of the second word	globes turn

 

Pssstt!! Here’s a handy hint to help you reach superstar status:

Try covering all of the letters that you’re not looking at with your thumbs.  Move along the sentence so that you only see four letters at a time.

 

Now it’s time for you to be a hidden word detective and hunt down those sneaky words! Good luck and don’t forget to look out for the patterns.