NEW! Word star puzzles are a form of anagram challenge with a difference. If you solve them correctly, you'll draw a star in the middle of the circle - very satisfying! Of course that makes the puzzles especially suitable for children, as, once they've found whether the puzzle starts, will have a hint of which letter comes next. It's finding where the puzzle starts that's tricky!
Scroll down to see an example.
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Solving a Word Star Puzzle
Here's an example puzzle, which hides a 5 letter word. The star inside the word will have 5 points.

And here's the solution:

As you can see, if you can find the starting letter - "a" - then as you join the letters together correctly to form the word "angel" you draw a star in the middle of the circle.
Some of the words have more than 5 letters, and form stars with more points!
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