Family Table Wordplay

Hidden in Plain Sight

1. 100 Find the five capitalized letters hidden inside porTABLE lamp. Response: TABLE Worked out from the clue itself.
2. 200 Read the six capitalized letters across sCAR PETal. Response: CARPET Worked out from the clue itself.
3. 300 Search xPILLOWy for the six capitalized letters. Response: PILLOW Worked out from the clue itself.
4. 400 Within soFA BRICk, join only the capitalized letters. Response: FABRIC Worked out from the clue itself.
5. 500 Read the five capitalized letters across lamP LATEly. Response: PLATE Worked out from the clue itself.
6. 600 What do we call two words that sound alike but carry different meanings? Response: A homophone Homophones are words that sound the same as another word but have a different meaning, and often a different spelling. Source: Simple English Wikipedia, “Homophone”

One Letter Away

1. 100 Which letter change turns CAT into HAT? Response: Replace C with H Worked out from the clue itself.
2. 200 MOUSE becomes HOUSE after which first-letter swap? Response: Replace M with H Worked out from the clue itself.
3. 300 To turn BOAT into COAT, which letter must be replaced? Response: Replace B with C Worked out from the clue itself.
4. 400 PIN becomes PEN after swapping which vowel for which vowel? Response: Replace I with E Worked out from the clue itself.
5. 500 How does BAKE become LAKE in one move? Response: Replace B with L Worked out from the clue itself.

Before and After

1. 100 SNOWBALL and BALLROOM overlap on which four-letter string? Response: BALL Worked out from the clue itself.
2. 200 BOOKCLUB and CLUBHOUSE share which four-letter string? Response: CLUB Worked out from the clue itself.
3. 300 RAINCOAT and COATROOM meet on which four letters? Response: COAT Worked out from the clue itself.
4. 400 TEACAKE and CAKEWALK overlap on which word? Response: CAKE Worked out from the clue itself.
5. 500 DOORFRAME and FRAMEWORK share which five letters? Response: FRAME Worked out from the clue itself.
6. 600 NEWSPAPER and PAPERWEIGHT overlap on which string? Response: PAPER Worked out from the clue itself.
7. 700 What term names a familiar phrase whose meaning is figurative rather than literal? Response: An idiom An idiom is a phrase or expression that largely or exclusively carries a figurative or non-literal meaning, rather than making any literal sense. Source: Wikipedia, “Idiom”

Build the Answer

1. 100 Take the first letter from SMILE. Which four-letter word remains? Response: MILE Worked out from the clue itself.
2. 200 Add E to the end of PLAN. What five-letter string appears? Response: PLANE Worked out from the clue itself.
3. 300 Place T before RAIN. Which five-letter word results? Response: TRAIN Worked out from the clue itself.
4. 400 Put C before LOCK. Read the completed word. Response: CLOCK Worked out from the clue itself.
5. 500 Remove B from BREAD without reordering the other letters. Response: READ Worked out from the clue itself.
6. 600 Insert L after P in PATE. Read the five-letter result. Response: PLATE Worked out from the clue itself.
7. 700 Join STAR and FISH without a space. What word do they make? Response: STARFISH Worked out from the clue itself.

Final round: Word Finish

Start with TIMER, remove its first and last letters, then reverse what remains. What three letters result? Response: EMI Worked out from the clue itself.