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Namesake of the leotard, Jules Léotard had what profession? Test your knowledge – and maybe learn something along the way. Solve today’s spelling word game by finding as many words as you can with using just 7 letters. Can you make 12 words with 7 letters? Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. Some may be more useful than others. This shows grade level based on the word’s complexity.

The pros of the library project are obvious, but we have to consider the cons as well. WILL YOU SAIL OR STUMBLE ON THESE GRAMMAR QUESTIONS? Smoothly step over to these common grammar mistakes that trip many people up. Fill in the blank: I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift. That crook conned me out of all my savings. Don’t worry, I can always con my dad into letting me use his car.

By the time my uncle realized she was playing a con on him, she had already left town with his rare coin collection. He had a dozen different cons for getting out of paying traffic tickets. Her brother’s a con up in Elmira. She’s been conning her grandfather’s medical diaries for months. I have conned the state capitals in alphabetical order, from Albany to Trenton.