Shakespeare's Word Inventions

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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	17	11	s
ADVERTISING	13	13	w
BIRTHPLACE	11	11	e
BLANKET	10	11	w
BUMP	10	11	nw
COMPROMISE	18	11	s
CUTE	17	15	nw
DRUGGED	10	10	e
GLOOMY	3	13	n
MOUNTAINEER	8	8	e
OLYMPIAN	9	8	ne
PREMEDITATED	11	11	se
TORTURE	12	12	w
WORTHLESS	9	8	nw