Compound words are formed when two or more separate words are joined together. This creates a brand new word that often has a new meaning. I think I see a pattern emerging. It's a football. Some snow ...

On-air challenge: You'll get three words starting with the letters C, P, and R (as in the life-saving technique). For each set, give a fourth word that can follow to complete compound words or ...

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Note: There are no hard and fast rules about which category each compound word goes into but a good dictionary will tell you. You can also help yourself by making a note of new compound words you come ...