Compound Words

A backpack and a football rest beside a tall sunflower under a bright rainbow.

C	E	I	D	O	O	R	B	E	L	L	S
R	U	Q	S	N	O	T	E	B	O	O	K
A	Y	I	O	E	M	S	K	R	T	O	S
I	K	F	H	L	A	U	E	S	P	Y	T
N	D	H	P	R	T	N	I	T	B	F	A
B	U	T	T	E	R	F	L	Y	A	O	R
O	E	R	H	O	S	L	H	V	C	O	F
W	J	T	N	A	G	O	N	I	K	T	I
I	N	W	V	O	X	W	J	R	P	B	S
P	A	N	C	A	K	E	E	A	A	A	H
N	A	T	Z	B	O	R	Z	N	C	L	G
S	N	O	W	M	A	N	X	H	K	L	Q

BACKPACK
BUTTERFLY
DOORBELL
FOOTBALL
NOTEBOOK
PANCAKE
RAINBOW
SNOWMAN
STARFISH
SUNFLOWER

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Push two small words together and they build one bigger meaning. Sun plus flower makes sunflower, rain plus bow makes rainbow, and backpack, football, snowman, notebook, and doorbell all keep stacking the same way. Butterfly breaks the rule, since it isn't made of butter and isn't a fly.

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C	E	I	D	O	O	R	B	E	L	L	S
R	U	Q	S	N	O	T	E	B	O	O	K
A	Y	I	O	E	M	S	K	R	T	O	S
I	K	F	H	L	A	U	E	S	P	Y	T
N	D	H	P	R	T	N	I	T	B	F	A
B	U	T	T	E	R	F	L	Y	A	O	R
O	E	R	H	O	S	L	H	V	C	O	F
W	J	T	N	A	G	O	N	I	K	T	I
I	N	W	V	O	X	W	J	R	P	B	S
P	A	N	C	A	K	E	E	A	A	A	H
N	A	T	Z	B	O	R	Z	N	C	L	G
S	N	O	W	M	A	N	X	H	K	L	Q

C	E	I	D	O	O	R	B	E	L	L	S
R	U	Q	S	N	O	T	E	B	O	O	K
A	Y	I	O	E	M	S	K	R	T	O	S
I	K	F	H	L	A	U	E	S	P	Y	T
N	D	H	P	R	T	N	I	T	B	F	A
B	U	T	T	E	R	F	L	Y	A	O	R
O	E	R	H	O	S	L	H	V	C	O	F
W	J	T	N	A	G	O	N	I	K	T	I
I	N	W	V	O	X	W	J	R	P	B	S
P	A	N	C	A	K	E	E	A	A	A	H
N	A	T	Z	B	O	R	Z	N	C	L	G
S	N	O	W	M	A	N	X	H	K	L	Q

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C	E	I	D	O	O	R	B	E	L	L	S
R	U	Q	S	N	O	T	E	B	O	O	K
A	Y	I	O	E	M	S	K	R	T	O	S
I	K	F	H	L	A	U	E	S	P	Y	T
N	D	H	P	R	T	N	I	T	B	F	A
B	U	T	T	E	R	F	L	Y	A	O	R
O	E	R	H	O	S	L	H	V	C	O	F
W	J	T	N	A	G	O	N	I	K	T	I
I	N	W	V	O	X	W	J	R	P	B	S
P	A	N	C	A	K	E	E	A	A	A	H
N	A	T	Z	B	O	R	Z	N	C	L	G
S	N	O	W	M	A	N	X	H	K	L	Q