Have you ever heard of a dollar word search? It’s a special kind of puzzle where the letters in a word add up to a coin value. For example, an A is worth a penny, the letter B is worth two cents, C is worth three cents, and so on. Are you completely confused? That's okay! Just watch the video and I’ll show you how it all works.
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Download Student Worksheet & Exercises
Were you able to use my hints to find some dollar words? Keep trying! It’s really fun and rewarding to find out which words work. Please add a comment below if you discover a new one. We would love to add it to our growing list of dollar words!
Exercises
- What is the word “bucket” worth?
- Determine the monetary value of the word “toilet.”
- What is a “starfish” worth?
- The shortest sentence in English is “Go.” How much is it equivalent to?
Which one of the following has the greatest monetary value?
- Supper, dinner, lunch
- Monday, Sunday, Tuesday
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The word gymnastics costs $1.30
Fifty-one is a dollar.
My name is 41 cents.
My name is worth $.81!
-Lucy Aslinger-
I got a really close one just 9cents too much:
Fifty-six
Nope… just $1!
I am going to try the longest word in the english language that i know of, which consists of 1,909 letters. probably more than a dollar, but i will still attempt it. Wish me luck!
can it be over a dollar? I have facetiously as $1.36 and abstemiously as $1.61.
So far, I have: 1,761. “Toilets” is number 1,555 in my alphabetical list. “Starfish” is number 1,413. Would you like me to post the solutions I have, or do you prefer to figure it out yourself? 🙂
How many words have you found Aurora?
found more $1:
printer
contented
cookout
mittens
is superbs a word?
thirteen is sooooo close(99)
thirity
toilets(i got this one while in the bathroom)
squares
portland
afghanistan(i thought this would be too long to work but since i thought ‘well, anything is possible’, i tried it and it worked!)
highways
pursue