Wordscapes Level 696 Answers

ALE - An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.

AXE - A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.

HAD - Simple past tense and past participle of have.

HEX - To put a hex (a spell, especially an evil spell) on.

LAD - A boy or young man.

LAX - A salmon.

EEL - Any fish of the order Anguilliformes which are elongated and resemble snakes. There are freshwater and marine species.

DEAL - A division, a portion, a share.

HEAD - The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.

HEAL - To hide; conceal; keep secret.

HEED - Careful attention.

HEEL - Part of the foot on the backside where it becomes the leg.

HELD - Simple past tense and past participle of hold.

LEAD - A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).

AXED - Simple past tense and past participle of axe.

DALE - A valley in an otherwise hilly area.

HEXED - Cursed; bad luck.

EXHALE - To expel air from the lungs through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.

HEALED - Simple past tense and past participle of heal.

EXHALED - Simple past tense and past participle of exhale.