HOW TO PLAY: All the words in the list appear in alphabetical order and are listed according to their length. They need to be put into their correct positions in the grid, which is easier said than done! Sometimes several words will fit in the same space. This means you’ll have to think a few steps ahead and try different combinations of words until you find the ones that fit.

HOW TO PLAY: Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a number. Use the given letters to get started by filling them in throughout the puzzle. This should give you enough letters to guess more words. Look out for patterns like double letters or the letter “E” as it’s a rather frequently used letter. Codebreaker puzzles use all 26 letters of the alphabet. We don’t use words that are trademarks, abbreviations, hyphenated words, proper nouns or foreign words unless specified by a puzzle theme.

RELAXING BATH

J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A B C D E F G H I

24 20 9 3 5 3 5 18 3 20 12 2 15

21 20 20 20 20 21 20 20

18 20 8 18 20 3 4 12 21 12 2 7 2 10

A

5 5 5 15 25 26 11 24

24 17 20 7 9 2 7 2 19 5 2 6

R

23 14 21 13 2 4 20 18 5

19 9 18

21 7 23 2 10 16 20 15 17 2

9 1 18

7 LETTERS

10 LETTERS APARTMENTS CARD READER COMMERCIAL CONVENIENT DETERGENTS EASY-TO-OPEN TOP-LOADING

5 LETTERS BASIC BULKY COINS CYCLE DORMS DRAIN GREEN

BEDDING

BIG LOAD

2 2 14 21 11 11 20 12 12

GENERIC

MANAGER

9 21 24 5 19 2 2 15 25 5 3 12

8 LETTERS

24 21 6 2 24 26 24 26

LONG ROWS MACHINES

15 22 23 2 11 18 17 21 11 18 20 17 20 11

11 LETTERS NO CORROSION SELF-SERVICE TEMPERATURE

6 LETTERS DRYING FILTER TROUGH

9 LETTERS EFFICIENT HOSPITALS ON-PREMISE

21 18 2 5 11 17 2 20

14 7 2 2 24 12 2 25 20 2 24 2 9

REFERENCE GRID

5

4

3

2

1

8

9

10

11

12

13

6

7

R

21

22

26

25

23

24

16

14

15

17

19

18

20

A

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