Wordscapes Level 2281 Answers

GUM - The flesh round the teeth.

GUY - A guide; a leader or conductor.

GYM - Short form of gymnasium.

MUG - Easily fooled, gullible.

PUG - The footprint of an animal. (Also pugmark) (From the Hindi for 'foot', related to Sanskrit 'padh' and Greek 'ped').

SPY - A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).

SUM - A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.

UPS - Plural form of up.

YUP - A yes; an affirmative answer.

SUP - Supremum.

YUM - An expression used to indicate delight in regard to a certain food's flavor.

PUS - A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria; normally found in regions of bacterial infection.

SMUG - Irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied.

SUMP - A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.

GYPSUM - A mineral consisting of the hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris.