So try your hand at it by making words of four letters out of those two words you have written.

Use each letter only once,--unless it is repeated, like _o_ in 'good.' However, that's the only one that _is_ a repeater, so use the others only once in any word you make.

The words must be each of four letters,--no more and no less.

And they must all be good, common, well-known English words.
Now go ahead, and the best list takes a prize." How the children scribbled! How they nibbled their pencils and thought! How they whispered to each other to ask if such a word was right! Marjorie was quick at puzzles, but she didn't think it would be polite to take the prize at her own party, so she didn't hand in her list.
Neither did Kitty nor King.

So when the lists were handed in, Uncle Steve rapidly looked them over.
"The longest list," he announced, "contains ten words." "Oh, dear!" sighed Hester.