Category: Student Life
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Facing Disapproval? Find Redemption in This Spelling Challenge
Introduction Welcome to another NYT-style Spelling Bee! The rules are simple: Create as many words as you can, and each word must consist of at least four letters. For each entry, the center letter must also be used. Like the original New York Times Spelling Bee, each game consists of at least one pangram (a word that…
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If You Know, You Know: A Beautiful Butt
For today’s Wordle, this rare vocabulary word is one of our favorites. It is at once erudite and suggestive, serious and irreverent, and sophisticated and historically lowbrow. “Having beautiful buttocks” is the definition. If you know the word already, the answer should be obvious. Online Etymology Dictionary provides some clues, which are pretty much useless…
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A New Crossword With an Old School Theme, etc.
Here’s an intellectual challenge for you: figure out the theme of this puzzle! As usual, random words pepper our crossword, but most answers follow a certain pattern. This one was especially fun for us to create! Share Your Results! Enjoyed the game? Post your results on social media using #MilestoneCrosswordChallenge or comment below. For more…
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Bring Out Your Inner Nerd and Play Another Wordle!
Love Wordle? Here’s Another One! Here’s another Wordle created by Milestone College Consulting designed to test your word prowess! Just like the original game featured in The New York Times, you have six attempts to guess the correct word. Letters that are in the word but in the wrong spot will turn yellow, while letters that…
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NYT-Style Spelling Bee Now Ready to Play!
For all the word nerds out there, Milestone has launched its first New York Times-style Spelling Bee! It’s quickly become one of our favorite games. We’ve spent hundreds of hours glued to this addictive pastime when we really should have been doing household chores or other less exciting tasks.😀 If you are unfamiliar with Spelling…