The Word Guillotine — 20 easy puzzles

The word is PAPER.

• CARBON → carbon paper
• WRAPPING → wrapping paper
• TOWEL → paper towel
• TRAIL → paper trail
• TOILET → toilet paper

The word is IRON.

• CAST → cast iron
• PUMPING → pumping iron
• CURTAIN → Iron Curtain
• FIST → an iron fist
• SOLDERING → soldering iron

The word is THREAD.

• NEEDLE → needle and thread
• COMMON → a common thread
• HANGING → hanging by a thread
• LOOSE → a loose thread
• SPOOL → a spool of thread

The word is POINT.

• TURNING → turning point
• BOILING → boiling point
• VIEW → point of view
• STARTING → starting point
• SORE → a sore point

The word is BENCH.

• PARK → park bench
• PRESS → bench press
• PLAYER → bench player
• TRIAL → bench trial
• STRENGTH → bench strength

The word is DAY.

• SCHOOL → school day
• WORKING → working day
• OFF → a day off
• FIELD → a field day
• BREAK → break of day

The word is TAIL.

• END → tail end
• LIGHT → tail light
• WAGGING → the tail wagging the dog
• BETWEEN → with your tail between your legs
• LONG → the long tail

The word is NOSE.

• RUNNY → a runny nose
• UNDER → right under your nose
• POKE → poke your nose into someone else’s business
• BRIDGE → bridge of the nose
• LEAD → lead someone by the nose

The word is HOUSE.

• OPEN → open house
• HALFWAY → halfway house
• WHITE → White House
• CARDS → house of cards
• FIRE → get on like a house on fire

The word is MILK.

• CONDENSED → condensed milk
• SKIMMED → skimmed milk
• CHOCOLATE → chocolate milk
• SPILLED → cry over spilled milk
• TEETH → milk teeth

The word is CAT.

• STRAY → stray cat
• BLACK → black cat
• BAG → let the cat out of the bag
• DOG → fight like cat and dog
• SCAREDY → scaredy cat

The word is BOOK.

• OPEN → be an open book
• COMIC → comic book
• GUEST → guest book
• RULE → rule book
• JUDGE → don’t judge a book by its cover

The word is DOOR.

• FRONT → front door
• REVOLVING → revolving door
• SLIDING → sliding door
• NEXT → next door
• KNOCK → knock on the door

The word is TABLE.

• COFFEE → coffee table
• PERIODIC → periodic table
• CONTENTS → table of contents
• MULTIPLICATION → multiplication table
• UNDER → under the table

The word is FLOWER.

• BED → flower bed
• POWER → flower power
• SHOP → flower shop
• GIRL → flower girl
• ARRANGEMENT → flower arrangement

The word is HONEY.

• BEE → honey bee
• TRAP → honey trap
• POT → honey pot
• WILDFLOWER → wildflower honey
• SWEET → sweet as honey

The word is SUGAR.

• BROWN → brown sugar
• CANE → cane sugar
• POWDERED → powdered sugar
• CUBE → sugar cube
• BLOOD → blood sugar

The word is GLASS.

• STAINED → stained glass
• FROSTED → frosted glass
• CEILING → glass ceiling
• MAGNIFYING → magnifying glass
• EYE → glass eye

The word is SMOKE.

• SCREEN → smoke screen
• DETECTOR → smoke detector
• SIGNAL → smoke signal
• SECONDHAND → secondhand smoke
• FIRE → no smoke without fire

The word is SAND.

• DUNE → sand dune
• DOLLAR → sand dollar
• PIT → sand pit
• GRAIN → a grain of sand
• LINE → draw a line in the sand