20/7/25 – Lost Ball

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20/7/25 – Lost Ball

There are 16 hidden words in the word search below. All these words can prefix or suffix the word BALL to produce a well-known word or phrase. When completed there will be 5 unused letters which will spell out another phrase containing the word ball.

H	B	A	S	E	V	R	U	C
A	G	N	W	O	G	F	V	G
N	N	D	D	O	O	O	N	A
D	O	M	L	O	L	I	K	T
M	H	F	T	L	R	R	Y	N
O	T	E	E	A	A	S	O	I
O	Y	Y	E	P	I	N	B	O
R	P	B	A	S	K	E	T	P

Puzzle courtesy of Mensa member Peter Hooton

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H	B	A	S	E	V	R	U	C
A	G	N	W	O	G	F	V	G
N	N	D	D	O	O	O	N	A
D	O	M	L	O	L	I	K	T
M	H	F	T	L	R	R	Y	N
O	T	E	E	A	A	S	O	I
O	Y	Y	E	P	I	N	B	O
R	P	B	A	S	K	E	T	P

BALL GAMES: BASE, CURVE, BEARING, VOLLEY, PYTHON, BASKET, POINT, PARK, BOY, PIN, GOWN, GOLF, FOOT, ODD, HAND, ROOM

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H	B	A	S	E	V	R	U	C
A	G	N	W	O	G	F	V	G
N	N	D	D	O	O	O	N	A
D	O	M	L	O	L	I	K	T
M	H	F	T	L	R	R	Y	N
O	T	E	E	A	A	S	O	I
O	Y	Y	E	P	I	N	B	O
R	P	B	A	S	K	E	T	P

H	B	A	S	E	V	R	U	C
A	G	N	W	O	G	F	V	G
N	N	D	D	O	O	O	N	A
D	O	M	L	O	L	I	K	T
M	H	F	T	L	R	R	Y	N
O	T	E	E	A	A	S	O	I
O	Y	Y	E	P	I	N	B	O
R	P	B	A	S	K	E	T	P

H	B	A	S	E	V	R	U	C
A	G	N	W	O	G	F	V	G
N	N	D	D	O	O	O	N	A
D	O	M	L	O	L	I	K	T
M	H	F	T	L	R	R	Y	N
O	T	E	E	A	A	S	O	I
O	Y	Y	E	P	I	N	B	O
R	P	B	A	S	K	E	T	P

H	B	A	S	E	V	R	U	C
A	G	N	W	O	G	F	V	G
N	N	D	D	O	O	O	N	A
D	O	M	L	O	L	I	K	T
M	H	F	T	L	R	R	Y	N
O	T	E	E	A	A	S	O	I
O	Y	Y	E	P	I	N	B	O
R	P	B	A	S	K	E	T	P

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H	B	A	S	E	V	R	U	C
A	G	N	W	O	G	F	V	G
N	N	D	D	O	O	O	N	A
D	O	M	L	O	L	I	K	T
M	H	F	T	L	R	R	Y	N
O	T	E	E	A	A	S	O	I
O	Y	Y	E	P	I	N	B	O
R	P	B	A	S	K	E	T	P

H	B	A	S	E	V	R	U	C
A	G	N	W	O	G	F	V	G
N	N	D	D	O	O	O	N	A
D	O	M	L	O	L	I	K	T
M	H	F	T	L	R	R	Y	N
O	T	E	E	A	A	S	O	I
O	Y	Y	E	P	I	N	B	O
R	P	B	A	S	K	E	T	P