Franklin CW-40 oatsiron, “Speeches made out of oats and iron.”, The word “orations” appears on the screen! The riddle is solved

ENTER .

Soon you’ll see a list of words which may be used on the Scrabble board: “onyx”, for example. And if you use the blank piece: “oryxes”. Big points, big points!

Crosswords is also great if that triple-word-score is sitting within striking distance and you’re not sure if you can take advantage of it. Just type in the letters which appear on your letter tray and add the letter(s) from the board. Crosswords will let you know whether a valid word can be ob- tained.

For example, suppose that the triple-word-score space is ﬁve squares away from the letter “n.” The letters on your letter tray are “x, e, o, l, i, t, h.” Type all eight letters into Crosswords. Press JUMBLE . Set the “Min size:” at 6. Press ENTER .

As scroll through the list, you note that “neolith” will get you to the triple- word-score square.

The Jumble key is also great for solving riddles, such as the following:“Speeches made out of oats and iron.”

Type in oatsiron (no space between the words). Press JUMBLE . Set the minimum word size to 8 (the number of letters you typed-in) and press

ENTER .

The word “orations” appears on the screen! The riddle is solved.

NOTE: Since Crosswords is also for crossword puzzles, many of the words you see will not be valid Scrabble words. For instance, there are many proper names, abbreviations and acronyms.