Birthdays

Actor Sidney Poitier is 94. Racing Hall of Famer Bobby Unser is 87. Racing Hall of Famer Roger Penske is 84. Hockey Hall of Famer Phil Esposito is 79. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is 79. Movie director Mike Leigh is 78. Actor Sandy Duncan is 75. Actor Peter Strauss is 74. Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is 67. Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley is 58. Model Cindy Crawford is 55. Actor Andrew Shue is 54. Actor Lili Taylor is

54. MLB pitcher Justin Verlander is 38. Comedian Trevor Noah is 37. Actor Jake Richardson is 36. Singer Rihanna is 33. Actor Jack Falahee is 32.

Directions: 1. Words must be of four or more letters. 2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed. 3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible. 4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.

Today’s word: LAMBENT

(LAMBENT: LAM-bent: Having a gentle glow;

luminous.)

Average mark 37 words. Time limit 45 minutes.

Can you find 48 or more

words in LAMBENT?

The list will be published

tomorrow.

Yesterday’s word: OLIGARCH

oral orca laic lair larch liar lira loach logic garlic girl glair goal grail

arch argil rail rich roach

roil cargo carol chair char choir choral cigar clog

coal coil coir cola coral corgi crag hail hair halo hoar hora

People call me heartless. I’m not. I lack one type of human connection, not all of them. I may never have a girlfriend or boyfriend, but I can love family, friends and pets. People say they can “fix” me; they can’t. I’m not broken, just different. People say it’s made up. It isn’t. I’m not heartless. I’m not broken, not a liar and not loveless. I’m just me, and I’m asexual. – Noa Callie