Wordscapes Level 288 Answers

HOLE - A hollow spot in a surface.

HOSE - A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid, pl. hoses.

LOSE - To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons.

SHOE - A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.

SOLE - A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.

HOES - Undefined

VOLE - Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the family Cricetidae.

HOLES - Plural form of hole.

LOVES - Plural form of love.

SHOVE - To push, especially roughly or with force.

SOLVE - To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.

HOVEL - An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.

SHOVEL - A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. Not to be confused with a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.