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24 Basic+ Word of the Day Short Story Contest Winners!
24 Intermediate+ Word of the Day Short Story Contest
24 Intermediate+ Word of the Day Short Story Contest Winners!
blob
bog
botch
branch
buzz
cast
chump
clam
clasp
click
clip
clod
coaster
cram
damp
daze
din
dope
egg
falter
feed
fin
flack
flay
flounder
foot
foster
frill
gender
gimmick
goad
goof
grim
ground
gush
guy
hip
hob
hoist
hound
hub
hut
jet
kindle
lag
marble
mild
muck
pledge
prance
privilege
prop
rake
ram
resolution
rib
rod
roost
shear
slant
slope
sock
steer
stem
stern
stitch
stream
strut
surge
sway
tinker
toil
trench
tune
whizz, whiz
whoop
wonky
wriggle
yak
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account
appeal
ash
bait
bank
bare
batter
beacon
beat
beef
bend
bill
bind
bit
blade
bland
bleak
blister
blow
blunder
body
bolt
bond
boost
boot
brand
buck
bucket
bulk
bull
bully
burst
bush
calf
camp
campaign
cane
cap
charge
cheese
chest
clash
clog
clutch
coach
coast
cop
crab
craft
crank
crap
creek
creep
crisp
crop
cross
crush
dash
deal
deck
deed
dent
dim
dip
ditch
draft
drape
dribble
drip
drive
drone
droop
drop
dub
dwell
entertain
even
fail
fair
fan
fast
fine
flick
fling
flock
flow
flush
fold
folk
fork
freeze
fresh
fringe
gain
gauge
grant
grease
gripe
groom
gross
ham
handle
harbor
hash
hassle
hatch
haul
heat
hedge
heel
hike
hint
hitch
hollow
hoot
hop
horn
huddle
hump
hurl
itch
jam
jazz
jive
just
kink
kit
labor (US), labour (UK)
lantern
lash
lift
linger
lock
lodge
log
lump
lure
mash
mess
mighty
mock
mop
mount
mud
nap
nibble
noodle
notch
ooze
pad
pan
pass
pawn
peck
peg
perk
pin
piss
plea
plot
pot
pound
prey
prick
prime
puff
pump
pursue
rave
reek
rig
rock
roughly
rout
scale
scarf
scramble
scrap
seep
shaft
shake
shallow
shanty
sharp
shed
sheer
shine
sit
skirt
slam
slay
slide
slip
slot
slug
smear
smooth
sneak
snip
snoop
sop
spear
spill
spite
spout
stag
stale
steal
stiff
stock
stooge
stout
strike
strip
stroke
stump
stunt
survey
swear
swift
swing
tack
tag
tame
tend
tender
thread
thrust
tie
tight
tilt
toll
toot
tow
trade
train
trap
trim
tumble
twine
verge
vice
wag
warp
wave
weave
wind
word
wreck
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22 Basic+ Word of the Day Short Story Contest Winners!
22 Intermediate+ Word of the Day Short Story Contest
22 Intermediate+ Word of the Day Short Story Contest Winners!
awkward
banter
bark
beam
bear
beckon
bench
binge
blast
blend
blind
blue
blunt
blur
bob
bold
bother
bounce
bow
brass
breach
brittle
brush
buckle
budge
bust
can
cater
chap
cheapskate
cheek
cheer
chew
chill
chip
chop
commit
con
cope
counter
cozy
crack
creepy
crook
crunch
crust
cup
curse
dig
dike
dish
dodge
drag
drift
drill
duck
due
duff
dull
dump
eve
fancy
fence
fiddle
file
fish
fit
flag
flake
flare
flip
foil
fond
fool
former
freak
fudge
funny
gag
gear
ginger
gobble
grace
grate
grind
grip
grown-up
gut
gutter
hack
hail
handy
hang
harvest
head
hog
hook
hover
hunk
hustle
issue
jar
jerk
kick
knack
lame
lap
lean
litter
load
lot
lush
match
mate
meanwhile
milk
mint
mismatch
mole
mug
munch
nag
nail
narrow
neat
nevertheless
nick
nip
nod
numb
odd
pant
patch
peer
petty
pinch
pit
pitch
pluck
plummet
prompt
propose
pun
punch
push
queer
quiver
quiz
rack
rat
rate
rear
reckon
relish
render
rocket
rough
rule
rumble
sack
sake
scan
scheme
scoop
screw
scrub
seize
seldom
serve
shade
shag
shuffle
skim
skip
slack
slate
slick
slum
slumber
sly
snap
snatch
somehow
sour
space
spark
spell
spike
spin
spoil
spot
spur
state
still
sting
stir
stocking
stuff
suit
swipe
tackle
tap
tear
tease
thin
tick
tinder
toast
toss
tote
treat
troll
trunk
tuck
tweak
twist
utter
vault
vent
void
wait
wake
waste
water
wear
weary
whip
whisk
whole
wholeheartedly
wicked
wide
will
wing
wire
wit
wonder
worth
wrap
yield
zip
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20 Intermediate+ Word of the Day Short Story Contest Winners!
21 Intermediate+ Word of the Day Short Story Contest
21 Intermediate+ Word of the Day Short Story Contest Winners!
bask
billow
blaze
blink
bloom
boast
boil
boom
boomer
bowl
brew
brim
bristle
broil
brood
bulge
bundle
burn
cake
chime
chin
chuck
chuff
cleave
cleft
cling
clobber
crawl
crest
crutch
cuff
damper
dangle
dart
dawn
dazzle
deploy
don
draw
drown
dumb
dunk
dust
feeble
filth
flesh
flurry
flutter
foray
forfeit
fracture
frisk
froth
gall
gasp
ghastly
gild
glare
glaze
glee
glint
glitch
gloom
graft
gull
gully
gulp
gust
guzzle
heave
hiss
hull
humbug
hunch
ill
jest
jolly
jowl
juggle
lair
league
lease
leer
light
limp
loom
lunge
lust
manner
mince
mitt
mull
nimble
pat
peak
peel
peep
pith
plank
plow (US), plough (UK)
plug
ply
pop
pout
preen
prone
prune
rage
raid
rap
rattle
reap
rev
rift
rim
rip
ripe
sag
scatter
scout
shaggy
shatter
shell
shift
shot
shrink
sick
skid
skitter
slap
slash
slat
sleek
sling
slit
sloth
slump
snag
snub
sole
sore
soul
span
split
spree
spruce
squall
squash
squib
stake
stalk
stall
stark
steep
stew
stilt
strand
strap
stripe
stud
stun
sturdy
suck
sulk
swag
swagger
swallow
sweep
swindle
taper
throttle
till
tip
trill
trough
tug
twig
twinkle
ward
whirl
whomp
whop
wick
wield
wipe
wisp
woe
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bud
frame
frost
nut
roast
stray
swell
2019
bluff
fuss
merry
pill
stuffing
2018
coarse
heap
wink
2017
bat
punt
spit
2016
dare
embrace
leak
lobby
loop
poll
sort
squat
2015
Basic+
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above
accurate
actually
affair
almost
although
apply
award
bless
block
brave
care
career
casual
cheer
clever
complain
concern
content
crowd
crush
deliver
deny
desk
dessert
empty
equal
forgive
funny
gather
gold
gossip
heel
hope
host
indeed
joke
keen
loan
match
meal
mess
must
naughty
near
off
other
pass
peace
perhaps
play
power
praise
profit
proper
proud
purse
quick
race
raw
record
regard
reject
relax
resume
review
rich
rise
rude
rush
shame
shock
since
spare
staff
task
template
upset
wild
wise
wonder
worry
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able
across
again
agree
ale
alike
allow
anyway
avoid
away
back
bald
begin
belong
bite
both
box
bright
busy
call
can
catch
charge
chase
cheap
check
clear
come
comfortable
common
contact
cork
cost
cough
couple
course
craft
crash
craving
dark
deal
dear
deer
definitely
delight
depend
different
discover
disturb
dive
dizzy
down
drool
each
eager
early
else
enough
erase
even
every
except
excited
expect
fail
fake
fear
feel
file
fill
fine
fizzy
follow
forget
free
friendly
from
full
gap
general
get
gift
glad
glitter
goal
great
grow
grunt
guess
guest
guide
half
hangover
haunt
hay
healthy
heavy
hide
high
honest
horse
how
hurry
hurt
ignore
inch
include
inside
instead
jaw
job
journey
keep
key
kind
knob
know
last
late
lazy
leave
let
lie
lock
look
lot
loud
lucky
main
make
maniac
matter
mean
meet
merry
mighty
mind
mistake
mood
native
need
neighbor, neighbour
nest
notice
odd
once
opposite
overwhelm
own
pair
park
party
pave
pepper
piece
pigeon
pity
please
posh
press
pretty
price
promise
pull
purpose
quite
raise
rather
realize
refuse
remember
remind
reply
rest
restless
return
rid
right
same
save
say
schedule
scrape
season
seem
set
shadow
shake
share
should
show
shuttle
silly
sink
skip
slippery
smart
smell
smoke
soothe
sorry
sound
speaker
spend
spice
spooky
sprinkle
square
stage
stay
stick
storm
straight
strange
straw
such
support
sure
sweet
switch
take
taste
tell
that
thick
thirst
though
throw
thunder
tickle
tip
touch
toward
town
travel
trick
trouble
trust
understand
usual
view
wake up
warm
waste
watch
weapon
weather
welcome
while
will
wish
work
worse
worth
wrong
yet
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abroad
ache
aim
approach
aside
beat
belly
bet
betray
beware
beyond
bill
blend
booty
braid
breed
brief
broad
broth
bypass
caution
cease
cheat
choke
clumsy
cover
cuddle
degree
despicable
dimple
dry
ease
edge
enchantment
fact
fade
faint
fair
fairy
faith
fare
fashion
fate
feather
field
fist
flat
flatter
flea
fluff
fog
font
footprint
foreign
former
gamble
gang
glide
glossy
glow
grape
grave
grief
groan
gross
guilt
harm
harsh
hasty
heal
holy
hunt
ink
itch
jar
join
jug
lack
launch
law
layer
less
lid
loathe
loose
melt
mingle
mist
moan
moist
naive
narrow
nasty
neither
nugget
oath
offspring
pain
pastry
pester
poor
pour
punish
pursuit
puzzle
quit
reach
release
resemble
ring
rub
rubber
sail
sauce
saucer
scorn
scratch
shape
sharp
shelter
shy
simmer
sin
skill
slight
slim
smash
soft
source
spoon
sprain
stab
stance
steam
step
stove
stretch
struggle
subject
subtle
success
sudden
theme
threat
throat
tool
tough
trace
truce
twilight
update
upon
venture
vow
wander
warn
wasp
wax
weak
web
whisker
whisper
whistle
witch
wound
wrist
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21 Basic+ Word of the Day Short Story Contest
cake
carol
countdown
environment
light
spell
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spin
tail
2019
well
2018
amaze
burden
forth
leisure
miracle
shield
tale
2017
defeat
just
2016