Word Game: Dec. 24, 2025

TODAY’S WORD — SHITAKE (she-TAH-kee: A dark Asian mushroom.)

Average mark 19 words

Time limit 35 minutes

Can you find 27 or more words in SHITAKE? The list will be published tomorrow.

YESTERDAY’S WORD — IDENTITY: indie deity dent deny diet dine dint ditty edit entity nitid tend tent tide tidy tied tine tint tinted tiny titi yeti

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RULES OF THE GAME:

1. Words must be of four or more letters.

2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.

3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.

4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.

Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe at kzsaxe@gmail.com.

​The Mercury News

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