Which word would you find on a dictionary page with the following guide words?
peddler - price
paddle play
Guide words appear on each page of a dictionary. They tell you the first word and last word on the page. The other words on the page come between the guide words in alphabetical order.
To put words in alphabetical order, put them in order by their first letters. If the first letters are the same, look at the second letters. If the second letters are the same, look at the third letters, and so on.
Put the words in alphabetical order.
Since play is between the guide words peddler - price, it would be found on that page.