"Spelling Games"

Here, ten words selected at random from your word list are displayed. You put the words in alphabetical order. The program is run by selecting Word Order from the main menu screen. You can redo this exercise (each time with ten different words) until you click Exit. Clicking Help or pressing will bring up this screen of information.

The program screen shows two lists. On the left is an Unordered list, initially filled with ten words from your current word list (or fewer if your list has less than 10 words). On the right is an initially empty Ordered list. The idea is to move words from left to right, ordering (alphabetizing) the words in the process. An arrow sequentially indicates open positions on the Ordered (alphabetized) list. You choose what word to put in the indicated position by clicking the desired word in the Unordered list. After filling in the list, if correct, a tune is heard and the Unordered and Ordered lists will be shown. If incorrect, an ‘uh-oh’ is heard and the words in improper order will be deleted and returned to left side (unordered list). Continue trying until correct. Clicking the Hint button will provide the alphabet for help in ordering words. Clicking Start Over will clear the re-initialize both lists and allow you to start over. Clicking Order Words will order the words for you. Clicking Stop will stop the exercise. Once done, either by stopping or by properly ordering the words, you can click NEW LIST to get ten new words to order.

Mixed Case Lists: The Word Order game is case-insensitive. Hence, lower case and upper case representations of the same letter (for example, t and T) are treated equally when alphabetizing lists.

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