Shakespeare's Word Inventions

ADDICTION
ADVERTISING
BIRTHPLACE
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BUMP
COMPROMISE
CUTE
DRUGGED
GLOOMY
MOUNTAINEER
OLYMPIAN
PREMEDITATED
TORTURE
WORTHLESS

William Shakespeare invented over 1700 words which we commonly use today! Find 14 of these words below. Then on the back of the page, write three sentences using as many of the words as possible.

Try to find all 14 words on this board.

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Word	X	Y	Direction
ADDICTION	9	13	w
ADVERTISING	9	13	e
BIRTHPLACE	11	11	e
BLANKET	10	11	w
BUMP	11	3	sw
COMPROMISE	18	11	n
CUTE	18	11	nw
DRUGGED	12	10	w
GLOOMY	19	13	s
MOUNTAINEER	14	8	w
OLYMPIAN	13	8	n
PREMEDITATED	11	11	sw
TORTURE	10	12	w
WORTHLESS	13	8	nw