Wordscapes Level 694 Answers

HOP - A short jump.

LAP - The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

PAL - A friend, buddy, mate, cobber, someone to hang around with.

OOH - An expression of surprise.

HOOP - A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.

LOOP - A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening; the opening so formed.

POLO - A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.

POOL - A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water.

HALO - A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.

OPAL - A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O.

HOOPLA - A bustling to-do.