How to play

1. Make words from the comb. Four letters or longer, letters can repeat.
2. The centre letter is compulsory. Every word must use it.
3. There is no S. It never appears in the comb, so a word and its easy plural can’t be farmed as a pair.
4. Every 10 words, the comb changes. One letter leaves for good and a new one arrives. Ten more words, please.
5. Five cycles. Fifty words. That completes the comb.
6. Scoring: 4-letter words are 2 points; longer words score a point per letter.
7. Chase the target. Each comb shows a target score, built from its ten best everyday words. Rarer words count too, so the target is beatable — beating it is the brag.
8. Use all seven letters in one word for a spellogram — double points. Every comb hides at least one.
9. One hint per cycle. It shows the start of a word that needs the newest letter.
10. Stuck? Move on closes this comb and brings the next. Points you didn't score stay on the table.