TCF November/December 2025 Bonus Hunt

[Deb, Acquisitions Foreman]

Welcome to the Bonus Hunt! Break out the cider, flannel, and hot cocoa (with our without marshmallows, but I vote 'with')!

This challenge will run from November 1 - December 31, 2025.

Most items are pretty general, but some are specific. If in doubt about an item – just ask! I try to be pretty flexible on most of these, since I want everyone to have fun. They may be on the cover or mentioned in the book.

The Rules:
• List the sentence in which the word (or phrase) is found and its location in the book.
• You may use a book (or even a single sentence) to fulfill multiple items (you do not have to read 40 separate books for this challenge!)
• Books that are used must be read after the period of this challenge has started.
Note: Variations of spelling are always accepted.

The list
Ballet
Blend
Blustery
Bounty
Cedar
Chime
Colonist
Dormant
Draft
Eject
Fervor
Frugal
Garland
Generous
Gourd
Gratitude
Gruff
Hayride
Icing*
Jumbo
Kernel
Kindle
Knit
Lens
Luxury
Migrate
Murmur
Needle
Nuance
Parade
Playoffs
Quarter
Rebound
Roasted
Sequin
Simmer
Snowmobile
Tartan
Wistful
Yield

Best of luck, and Happy Hunting!

*exact word ONLY. No variations.

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[Mrs W]

November/December Scavenger Hunt



32/40 Words

The list
✅Ballet - X Marks the Scot p250 ebook Hoopla
Her shoes were BALLET flats instead of the three-inch heels, making it necessary for her to look up to meet Liss's gaze.
✅Blend - In the Likely Event p444
I slipped through the crowd, my strides quickening like a New Yorkers, BLENDING in like I'd been trained to for the last year.
✅Blustery - Inheritance p381 ebook Libby
Not a BLUSTERY snow like before, but soft and pretty.
✅Bounty - Last Light Over Galveston p459 ebook Hoopla
...preparing the magnificent grounds for both beauty (my late mother's beloved rosebushes) and BOUNTY (our prizewinning vegetable garden).
✅Cedar - Last Light Over Galveston p 30 ebook Hoopla
And revealing, just beyond a row of salt CEDARS and tall grass, the vague shadow of a building.
✅Chime - Inheritance p326 ebook Libby
CHIMES rang as she opened the door.
✅Colonist - X Marks the Scot p378 ebook Hoopla
"Someday soon, I'm going to share with you my discoveries about the migration of English COLONISTS from Massachusetts to Canada before the Revolutionary War and the return of many of them to the newly formed United States when the Maritimes failed to become the fourteenth state.
✅Dormant - In the Likely Event p382
...the dim light from the bedside table caught on every line of muscle, now lying DORMANT.
✅Draft - Inheritance p256 ebook Libby
"Old house," she muttered. "DRAFTS expected."

Eject

✅Fervor - In the Likely Event P488
His hand moved to my ass, and he kissed me deep as he drove up into me, setting a pace that I met with equal FERVOR.

Frugal

✅Garland - Wreck the Halls p98
GARLANDS, heavy with blue lights and sparkly crystal icicles, were hung from the entrance of the building, fake snow fluttering down form an unseen source overhead.
✅Generous - Inheritance p279 ebook Libby
She cut two GENEROUS slices of cake marbled brown and gold.

Gourd

✅Gratitude - Inheritance p41 ebook Libby
For the first time, Sonja felt tears sting her eyes. But not from sorrow or pain, from sheer GRATITUDE.
✅Gruff - Last Light Over Galveston p344 ebook Hoopla
"Bonn," he grunted. His tone was so GRUFF, it took me a moment to realize he was naming a town.
Hayride

✅Icing* - Inheritance P19 ebook Libby
But Jesus, who knew building a wedding cake -flavors, filling, ICING, design, tiers, topper--could become a study in frustration?
✅Jumbo - Inheritance p1154 ebook Libby
It included over half a box of tissues and a JUMBO bowl of popcorn.
✅Kernel - Last Light Over Galveston p115 ebook Hoopla
He rose, scooped a load of freshly popped KERNELS into a bag, then leaned back down and pressed it into her hand.
✅Kindle - Inheritance p 1014
In the hearth a fire KINDLED and blazed without wood to feed it.
✅Knit - Inheritance p 274 ebook Libby
A woman with a varicolored KNIT cap over short black hair stood on gorgeous knee-high boots in the portico. She held a cake carrier.
✅Lens - Last Light Over Galveston p613 ebook Hoopla
"It's really pretty simple. This here's the LENS." He pointed to a round hole at the front of the rectangular leatherette covered box.
✅Luxury - Wreck the Halls p 55
Pretending to be just another kid roughing it, when in reality, he'd be returning to a life of LUXURY they'd never experience for themselves.
✅Migrate - X Marks the Scot p378 ebook Hoopla
"Someday soon, I'm going to share with you my discoveries about the MIGRATION of English colonists from Massachusetts to Canada before the Revolutionary War and the return of many of them to the newly formed United States when the Maritimes failed to become the fourteenth state.
✅Murmur - Last Light Over Galveston p451 ebook Hoopla
"Anni, what's going on? Are you unwell?" Emily's voice was little more than a MURMUR in my hair.
✅Needle - Last Light Over Galveston p482 ebook Hoopla
With the intrusive thought, a NEEDLE of alarm pierced my moment of bliss.
✅Nuance - In the Likely Event p461
"Was it the bigger ring?" I studied every NUANCE of her expression, looking for the lie.
✅Parade - In the Likely Event P508
...I knew if I could see the PARADE of Taliban vehicles with their white flags and mounted fifty-cals in truck beds, that meant Izzy could too.

Playoffs

✅Quarter - Wreck the Halls p113
Mel QUARTER turned just in time to watch her mother's former bandmate enter the ballroom to thunderous applause. On a throne.
✅Rebound - Last Light Over Galveston p 1255 ebook Hoopla
Galveston had REBOUNDED quickly over the past few weeks. Telegraph lines had already been restored, trolleys were running again...
✅Roasted - The Wife Upstairs p254 large print edition
When I do manage to leave the house, even just go to ROASTED for a fancy coffee, I hear two women I don't even know talking about Bea.
✅Sequin - Wreck the Halls p79
Melody had been trapped in a whirlwind of grooming tools, hair product, self-tanning paraphernalia, and SEQUINS. So many SEQUINS.
✅Simmer - Inheritance p212 ebook Libby
Another fireplace, fire SIMMERING. And still the room had space enough for a pair of huge buffets.

Snowmobile

✅Tartan - The Wife Upstairs p242
...he tosses his leather bag onto a couch done in a green-and-blue TARTAN.

Wistful
Yield

by Rachel Hawkins Large Print edition - 11/2/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
by Jennifer L. Wright ebook Hoopla - 11/6/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
by Rebecca Yarros Large Print - 11/14/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
by Nora Roberts ebook Libby - 11/17/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
BY Tessa Bailey - 11/23/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
BY Kaitlyn Dunnett - 12/6/25 ⭐⭐

[Denise S]

TCF November/December Scavenger Hunt

37/40 words found

Blood Will Tell by Dana Stabenow 11.1.25

Blend - "their fat bodies trying to blend in with the muddy bank" p. 40
Cedar - "hemlock, Sitka spruce, and Alaska cedar" p 15
Chime - "five different sets of wind chimes made of glass, brass and wood." p 56
Draft - "her continuous attempts to draft Kate to working" p 7
Generous - "feeling extremely generous" p.203
Gratitude - "expressed his gratitude and the pleasure of their dance" p. 126
Gruff - "stiffened his spine and gruffed his voice into a semblance of authority." p. 136
Lens - "managed to attach the telephoto lens" p. 76
Murmur - "his voice dropped to a confidential murmur" p. 103
Needle - "the needle pointed to 19" p.10
Quartar - "about a quarter of the second floor of the building" p.134
Sequins - "covered with gold and black sequins" p.104
Wistful - "he said a touch wistful "We don't have anything like that,""
p.43
Yield "the nightstand yielded a well-thumbed Bible." p.78

The Murders at Clarion Castle by Anna Elliott 11.2.25

Ballet - "reminding her of ballet slippers" p. 221
Bounty - "their medicinal bounty almost ready for harvesting" p. 82

Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett 11.10.25

Garland - "I'll make you a garkand when we get back to the house." Loc 70
Luxury - "he could not afford the luxury of being seen visiting a man commiting political suicide" Loc4769
Parade - "forced to parade to mass loaded down with firewood and jeered at by the crowd." Loc 544

Bonded in Death by J.D. Robb 11.11.25

Fervor - "his eyes - and there wasn't madness in them as much as fervor" p. 345
Roasted - "salmon en croute, roasted fingerling potatoes, and green beans with shallots" p. 300
Simmer - "let it simmer, let it cook, let it brew" p. 107

The Black Wolf by Louise Penny 11.16.25

Gourd-"stalls of bright gourds and multicoloured peppers" p. 12
Icing - "Armand absently brushed icing sugar off his sweater" p. 29

Bluebird by Sharon Cameron 11.19.25

Bluster - "bluster and boom of the rolling Pacific" p. 288
Knit - "knit cardigan in a rocking chair." p. 74

The Harvest Festival Murders by Anna Elliott 11.21.25

Eject - "There is no ejection seat in a Spitfire" p. 272
Kindle - "In the darkest hours we must kindle our own light" p. 12
Nuance - "alert to nuances" p. 137

American Sky by Carolyn Dasher. 11.25.25

Frugal - "her frugal habits" p. 231

Derailed by Leena Lehtolainen 11.27.25

Jumbo - "I ordered jumbo shrimp in chili sauce." p. 213
Migrate - "I had a habit of waving to migrating birds" p. 77

Murder in the Bookshop by Anita Davison 12.3.25

Tartan - "Hannah's best lambswool tartan blanket" p.24

Fiddlers (87th Precinct Mysteries ) by Ed McBain 12.5.25

Rebound: "catching each other on the rebound" p. 185

Hidden in Shadows by Viveca Sten 12.5.25

Snowmobile - "I'll take Lucas out on the snowmobile." p.59

Where Have All the Young Girls Gone by Leena Lehtolainen 12.8.25

Playoffs - "being knocked out of the playoffs" p.246

A Superior Death by Nevada Barr 12.14.25

Dormant "a dormant claustrophobia began to awaken within her" p. 70

The list

Colonist
Hayride
Kernel

[Book Concierge]

November / December 2025 BONUS Scavenger Hunt
Begins: 01Nov25 / Ends: 31Dec25

0 / 40 words found
0 books read


Ballet
Blend
Blustery
Bounty
Cedar
Chime
Colonist
Dormant
Draft
Eject
Fervor
Frugal
Garland
Generous
Gourd
Gratitude
Gruff
Hayride
Icing*
Jumbo
Kernel
Kindle
Knit
Lens
Luxury
Migrate
Murmur
Needle
Nuance
Parade
Playoffs
Quarter
Rebound
Roasted
Sequin
Simmer
Snowmobile
Tartan
Wistful
Yield

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[Barbara ★]

November/December 2025 Bonus Scavenger Hunt

READ: 0/40

Ballet
Blend
Blustery
Bounty
Cedar
Chime
Colonist
Dormant
Draft
Eject
Fervor
Frugal
Garland
Generous
Gourd
Gratitude
Gruff
Hayride
Icing*
Jumbo
Kernel
Kindle
Knit
Lens
Luxury
Migrate
Murmur
Needle
Nuance
Parade
Playoffs
Quarter
Rebound
Roasted
Sequin
Simmer
Snowmobile
Tartan
Wistful
Yield

[Caraina]

TCF November/December 2025 Bonus Hunt
Duration: November 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

The Rules:
• List the sentence in which the word (or phrase) is found and its location in the book.
• You may use a book (or even a single sentence) to fulfill multiple items (you do not have to read 40 separate books for this challenge!)
• Books that are used must be read after the period of this challenge has started.
Note: Variations of spelling are always accepted.

Completed: 0/40

The List
Ballet
Blend
Blustery
Bounty
Cedar
Chime
Colonist
Dormant
Draft
Eject
Fervor
Frugal
Garland
Generous
Gourd
Gratitude
Gruff
Hayride
Icing*
Jumbo
Kernel
Kindle
Knit
Lens
Luxury
Migrate
Murmur
Needle
Nuance
Parade
Playoffs
Quarter
Rebound
Roasted
Sequin
Simmer
Snowmobile
Tartan
Wistful
Yield

[Brigia]

November/December Bonus Hunt

16/40

The list
✅ Ballet: No taking me to my beloved ballet lessons Cackle p 35
✅ Blend: It’s been a long time since I last made that blend Cackle 54%
Blustery
Bounty
Cedar
✅ Chime: I hear my phone chime Cackle 79%
Colonist
✅ Dormant: We both have dormant facebook pages Cackle p 145
✅ Draft: It sounds vaguely like a draft Cackle 88%
Eject
Fervor
Frugal
✅ Garland: I buy garland and string lights Cackle 70%
✅ Generous: She’s the most generous person I’ve ever met Cackle 59%
Gourd
✅ Gratitude: There it is! Some gratitude. Cackle 64%
Gruff
Hayride
Icing* (exact word)
Jumbo
Kernel
Kindle
✅ Knit: she settles me under a thick knit blanket Cackle 54%
Lens
✅ Luxury: a series about international luxury real estate properties Cackle 54%
Migrate
✅ Murmur: spit bubbling, popping, murmuring Cackle p 152
Needle
Nuance
✅ Parade: Ralph … begins to parade around the table Cackle p 288
Playoffs
✅ Quarter: the syllabus for the first quarter Cackle p 41
Rebound
✅ Roasted: A roasted chicken Cackle p 104
Sequin
✅ Simmer: Then I reduce to a simmer Cackle 73%
Snowmobile
Tartan
Wistful
✅ Yield: The thought yields a surge of empathy Cackle p 269

(11/3)

[Susan]

TCF November/December 2025 Bonus Hunt

Ballet - Atmosphere, pg27, "...a ballet dance, or a figure skater." - 11/29
Blend - The Ministry of Time, pg113(ebook), "...hoping to blend into the beige background..." - 11/6
Blustery - The Blue Hour, pg107(ebook), "Cold and blustery." - 11/21
Bounty - The Art of Racing in the Rain, pg26, "Denny celebrated the bounty of opportunity..." - 11/25
Cedar - Trace, pg174, "...it is this cedar-chip-covered passageway..." - 11/10
Chime - The Ghostwriter, pg210(ebook), "...hoping he'll chime in with an opinion." - 11/1
Colonist
Dormant - The Ghostwriter, pg291, "Anger has been lying dormant..." - 11/1
Draft - The Ghostwriter, pg20, "I have a completed draft of a book." - 11/1
Eject - End of Story, pg158(ebook), "A red eject button bulges from the cassette hatch." - 11/22
Fervor - What Happens in Amsterdam, pg41(ebook), "Heat attacks my cheeks with such fervor..." - 11/19
Frugal
Garland - End of Story, pg130(ebook), "Badly sketched flowers garland the margins..." - 11/22
Generous - The Ghostwriter, pg12(ebook), "Others are not so generous". - 11/1
Gourd - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream, pg200, "gourd and hurled into the Pacific..." - 11/30
Gratitude - The Library, pg161 , "...fueled by Tom's gratitude." - 11/23
Gruff - The Ghostwriter, pg322, "He gave a gruff laugh." - 11/1
Hayride - The Nightmare Before Kissmas, pg100(ebook), "They love hayrides, haunted houses..." - 12/7
Icing* - The Mad Wife, pg26, "...sweeter than icing on her chocolate cake..." - 12/6
Jumbo - The Blue Hour, pg87(ebook), "...kick-start a jumbo jet." - 11/21
Kernel - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, pg155(ebook), "A kernel of a plan formed." - 1123
Kindle - The Library, pg11, "...sign on the wall about borrowing e-books. Kindle!" - 11/23
Knit - The Ghostwriter, pg26, "A scarf she'd knit herself." - 11/1
Lens - The Ghostwriter, pg90, "I begin shifting the lens." - 11/1
Luxury - The Ministry of Time, pg235(ebook), "...you have the luxury of thinking that." - 11/6
Migrate
Murmur - The Ghostwriter, pg192, "A murmur passes through the team." - 11/1
Needle - The Ghostwriter, pg89(ebook), "...setting the needle to Foxy Lady and dial..." - 11/1
Nuance - What Happens in Amsterdam, pg212(ebook), "...he didn't account for the nuances of an international phone plan..." - 11/19
Parade - The Library, pg124, "...as she chugged down the Parade" - 11/23
Playoffs
Quarter - The Ministry of Time, pg68(ebook), "...I arrived a quarter of an hour early..." - 11/6
Rebound - The Nightmare Before Kissmas, pg169(ebook), "...they rebound off my chest..." - 12/7
Roasted - The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective, pg217(ebook), "...chicken skewers, roasted potatoes..." - 11/18
Sequin - End of Story, pg130(ebook), "Her eyes are frilled with sequined lashes." - 11/22
Simmer - The Ghostwriter, pg244(ebook), "...I've been at a lot simmer." - 11/1
Snowmobile - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, pg27(ebook), "Or we could nick a snowmobile" - 11/23
Tartan - The Ministry of Time, pg101(ebook), "Margaret and I were both wearing tartan scarves..." - 11/6
Wistful - The Ghostwriter, pg125(ebook), "The wistful way Vince looks..." - 11/1
Yield - The Ghostwriter, pg216(ebook), "...the places that will yield the most." - 11/1

[Sharon]

The Rules:
• List the sentence in which the word (or phrase) is found and its location in the book.
• You may use a book (or even a single sentence) to fulfill multiple items (you do not have to read 40 separate books for this challenge!)
• Books that are used must be read after the period of this challenge has started.
Note: Variations of spelling are always accepted.

The list
Ballet
Blend
Blustery
Bounty
Cedar
Chime
Colonist
Dormant
Draft
Eject
Fervor
Frugal
Garland
Generous
Gourd
Gratitude
Gruff
Hayride
Icing*
Jumbo
Kernel
Kindle
Knit
Lens
Luxury
Migrate
Murmur
Needle
Nuance
Parade
Playoffs
Quarter
Rebound
Roasted
Sequin
Simmer
Snowmobile
Tartan
Wistful
Yield

Best of luck, and Happy Hunting!

*exact word ONLY. No variations.

[Sophie]

Ballet
Blend - "So I basically need an outfit that will help me blend into their world long enough to get through the night without embarrassing myself." Where We Burn, p43
Blustery
Bounty
Cedar
Chime - "Callan - who has no idea he is about to be murdered - chimes in." Where We Burn, p82
Colonist
Dormant - "What other secrets lie dormant" Court of Secrets and Flames, p167
Draft - "A draft teases my hair." Court of Secrets and Flames, p215
Eject - "I can't risk ejection yet." Kingdom of Shadows and Wings
Fervor - "His hands roaming my body with fervor." Court of Secrets and Flames, p236
Frugal
Garland - "It's a full blown Christmas wonderland - pine garlands wrapped in twinkle lights and candles flickering everywhere." Where We Burn, p241
Generous - "Abel fills them with generous pours of whiskey." Kingdom of Shadows and Wings, p189
Gourd
Gratitude - "I feel a small burst of gratitude over her gesture." Court of Secrets and Flames, p41
Gruff - "every horse gets a gruff "Mornin'" and a pat on the head."
Hayride
Icing*
Jumbo
Kernel
Kindle - "Heat kindles in my chest." Court of Secrets and Flames, p56
Knit -"all bundled up in a pale pink knit hat and an oversize scarf." Where We Burn, p64
Lens
Luxury - "everyone was 'drunk and vomiting', giving in to excess and luxury with wild abandon." The Dead of Winter: Beware the Krampus and Other Wicked Christmas Creatures, p18
Migrate
Murmur - "Murmurs rippled through the throne room." Queen of Carrion, p37
Needle - "sews up the wound using a ploughshare as a needle and a chain as a thread." The Dead of Winter: Beware the Krampus and Other Wicked Christmas Creatures, p2
Nuance
Parade - "we are accompanied by a host of morris dancers, and a parade of grinning monsters." The Dead of Winter: Beware the Krampus and Other Wicked Christmas Creatures, p66
Playoffs
Quarter - "Step. Step, Quarter turn." Court of Secrets and Flames, p54
Rebound
Roasted - "Tens of thousands of pig bones were found at the site - still blackened from being roasted..." The Dead of Winter: Beware the Krampus and Other Wicked Christmas Creatures p148
Sequin
Simmer - "My blood simmers with untapped magic." Court of Secrets and Flames, p50
Snowmobile
Tartan
Wistful - "I'd say he sounds wistful." Court of Secrets and Flames, p118
Yield - "I try to turn the handle, but it refuses to yield." Court of Secrets and Flames, p96

[Cindy III]

tcf november december 2025 bonus hunt
The list
Ballet
Blend
Blustery
Bounty
Cedar
Chime
Colonist
Dormant
Draft
Eject
Fervor
Frugal
Garland
Generous
Gourd
Gratitude
Gruff
Hayride
Icing*
Jumbo
Kernel
Kindle
Knit
Lens
Luxury
Migrate
Murmur
Needle
Nuance
Parade
Playoffs
Quarter
Rebound
Roasted
Sequin
Simmer
Snowmobile
Tartan
Wistful
Yield

[Ed]

Just found this...so, starting today (11/29/25) and will try to finish in 2 months.

TCF November/December 2025 Bonus Hunt
Duration: November 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

The Rules:
• List the sentence in which the word (or phrase) is found and its location in the book.
• You may use a book (or even a single sentence) to fulfill multiple items (you do not have to read 40 separate books for this challenge!)
• Books that are used must be read after the period of this challenge has started.
Note: Variations of spelling are always accepted.

Completed: 9/40

The List
✔ Ballet-p.110-Chocky-"Got kicked by a ballet dancer?" 11/29/25
Blend
Blustery
Bounty
Cedar
Chime
✔ Colonist-p.371-Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"...the colonists there (largely refugees from..." 12/18/25
✔ Dormant-p.352-Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"...most houseplants become dormant..." 11/30/25
Draft
Eject
Fervor
Frugal
Garland
✔ Generous-p.205-The English Reader: What Every Literate Person Needs to Know-"...he was known as a generous friend..." 12/1/25
Gourd
Gratitude
Gruff
Hayride
Icing*
Jumbo
Kernel
Kindle
✔ Knit-p.353-Ben Franklin's Almanac of Wit, Wisdom, and Practical Advice: Useful Tips and Fascinating Facts for Every Day of the Year-"...more mittens knit, more greeting cards..." 12/1/25
✔ Lens-p.68- Matilda-"...and began to polish the lenses..." 12/16/25
Luxury
Migrate
Murmur
✔ Needle-p.21-Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam-"...as Agatha stabbed a needle into the edge..." 12/11/25
Nuance
Parade
Playoffs
✔ Quarter-p.137-Mysterious Skin-"...a quarter mile off the main road." 12/2/25
Rebound
✔ Roasted-P.83-Matilda-"I'd have roasted Matilda's bottom for her..." 12/18/25
Sequin
Simmer
Snowmobile
Tartan
Wistful
Yield

[Lara]

Bonus Hunt!
November 1 - December 31, 2025

Keen to see what I can get in the last month

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*exact word ONLY. No variations.

The Rules:
• List the sentence in which the word (or phrase) is found and its location in the book.
• You may use a book (or even a single sentence) to fulfill multiple items
• Books that are used must be read after the period of this challenge has started.
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The list
Ballet
Blend
Blustery
Bounty
Cedar
Chime
Colonist
Dormant
Draft
Eject
Fervor
Frugal
Garland
Generous
Gourd
Gratitude
Gruff
Hayride
Icing*
Jumbo
Kernel
Kindle
Knit
Lens
Luxury
Migrate
Murmur
Needle
Nuance
Parade
Playoffs
Quarter
Rebound
Roasted
Sequin
Simmer
Snowmobile
Tartan
Wistful
Yield