Shakespeare's Word Inventions

ADDICTION
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BIRTHPLACE
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DRUGGED
GLOOMY
MOUNTAINEER
OLYMPIAN
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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	9	sw
ADVERTISING	9	9	s
BIRTHPLACE	11	11	s
BLANKET	11	10	ne
BUMP	11	10	n
COMPROMISE	11	18	ne
CUTE	11	18	e
DRUGGED	9	10	sw
GLOOMY	9	19	w
MOUNTAINEER	14	14	n
OLYMPIAN	2	16	n
PREMEDITATED	11	11	nw
TORTURE	10	10	n
WORTHLESS	16	13	n