Épiphanie
Epiphany, when families share the galette des rois almond cake and whoever finds the fève wears the crown.
Épiphanie, or Epiphany, is a traditional French holiday celebrated on January 6th each year. It marks the end of the Christmas season and commemorates the visit of the Magi to the baby Jesus. The most iconic tradition of Épiphanie is the sharing of the galette des rois, a flaky almond cake. This cake is typically round and flat, resembling a crown, and is often decorated with powdered sugar.
The galette is cut with one slice more than there are guests, la part du pauvre, kept for an unexpected visitor, and the youngest child crawls under the table to call out who gets each piece so that nobody can cheat. Whoever bites on the fève, once a real bean and now a small porcelain figure that collectors hunt, is crowned with the gold paper crown, everyone shouts 'Vive le roi!' or 'Vive la reine!', and the new monarch chooses a queen or king. In the south the cake is a brioche des rois, a ring of orange-flower brioche with candied fruit. Since 6 January is not a public holiday, France celebrates on the first Sunday of January, and bakeries sell galettes all month.
The pack has 36 words spread across these domains.
Same words in both. Beginner gets more help: matching and completing. Advanced listens and spells it out unaided. Pick it in practice; it locks when you take the scored run.
Practise as often as you like, all year. The scored run happens once, while the competition is open, and cannot be retaken.