More straightforward

Dentistry (dent* rather than dentist*)

Glacier (glacie* rather than glaci*)

Slavery (slave* rather than slav*)

Manage* (management, etc.)

Econom* (economics, economy, etc.)

Program* (programmatic, programmable, etc.)

Prison* (prison, prisoner)

Teen* smok* for teen smoking

Child* for children Tricky

Polic* for policy/policies (returns police, policing)

Male* (male, maleness, malevolence)

Migra* (migrant, migrate, migraine)

Hog* (hogs, hogging, [William] Hogarth)

Color* (coloring and Colorado but not colour)

Indian* (Indian, Indiana, Indianapolis)

Bull* for bully/bullies

Comp* for computer

Photo* (photography, photosynthesis)

Rac* for race/racism (returns raccoon)

Cat* (cats, categories, catacomb)

Eco* for ecological (economics, etc.)

Rom* for Rome/Roman (romantic, romp, Romeo)

Cell* (cellular, cellophane, cellulite)

Infan* (infancy, infantile, infanticide, infantry) (infants OR infancy) or NOT Wildcards

Wom!n

Dr!nk driv* We’ve also thrown around the idea of likening truncation to a game of Words with Friends—offering a root word and then a selection of letters and asking students to see how many different endings they can come up with.