Word Game: Feb. 2, 2026

TODAY’S WORD — OFFSHORE (OFF-shor: Outside the country.)

Average mark 13 words

Time limit 20 minutes

Can you find 17 or more words in OFFSHORE? The list will be published tomorrow.

SATURDAY’S WORD — COURSING: coin coir corgi coring corn cosign cousin cuing curing curio cursing onus ours unrig uric using ring rosin rousing ruin ruing rung scion scoring scorn scour scouring sign sing snug song sonic sour sourcing souring suing sung icon incur incus inro iron noir nori grin groin

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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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