Why doesn’t ‘telegenic’ mean ‘causing television’? Or possibly ‘causing distance’, to get more etymological on you.

#wordplay

What is going on with shoot — shot?

Are there any other verbs that end -oot in the infinitive and lose an o for the past tense?

Can’t think of a verb that behaves like shoot.

I hot the horn.
We were bot out of the pub at closing time.
The barbarians lot Rome.
I fot the bill.
I rot around in my bag.
I tot on Mastodon this morning.

#wordplay

A #rebus is a #wordplay #puzzle combining images and letters to represent a word or phrase.

Words are represented by combinations of pictures and letters; for instance, "apex" might be represented by a picture of an ape followed by a letter X.

Moving left to right "say" the images in English and mix in the letters to complete the answer.

Avoid the Alt Text (spoilers)

Embroidery #Wordplay is a #SundaySillies #wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals - each square just once.

Use DM or CW for answers to let everyone enjoy the search!

Starting with one of the letters in a
gray square, find the longest word.
Next letter horizontal or vertical from
the first. No diagonals.
No square may be used again.
Minimum 7 letters

How about we have sleeping dogs tell the truth for a change?

#wordplay

#SundaySillies
Wicked Wonderful Wordies - #wordplay #wordies #idiom

Happy weekend from here, #puzzle fans!

Idioms or common phrases (American/English) are represented by the position, shape or arrangement of words in or around the puzzle frame.

Can you figure out this week's wordie? It would be wicked wonderful if you can.

Please use CW to submit your answers, thanks. Give everybody the chance to guess.

Hint: nope

Created with the Free Software SVG editor #Inkscape