Dictionary Skills

Guide words are the words printed at the top of a dictionary page that indicate the first and last entries on that page.

A word is found between two guide words if it comes alphabetically after the first guide word and before the second guide word.

It means that the word either comes before the first guide word or after the second guide word in alphabetical order.

Understanding guide words helps users quickly locate words and understand the organization of entries in the dictionary.

An example is 'discard', as it comes after 'DISC'.

An example is 'homesick', as it comes after 'HOMEMADE'.

An example is 'yowl', as it comes before 'YELP'.

An example is 'stammer', as it comes before 'STAMPEDE'.

An example is 'offense', as it comes after 'OLD'.

Look at the guide words at the top of the page and determine if the word you are searching for falls alphabetically between them.