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Here are 10 opening Scrabble racks.
What is the best score you can make for each opening move ?
Remember where the double letter square is on your opening move, and don’t forget to add 50 for any bonus words. There are three!
All words are in fairly everyday English - the lowest scoring move is 26 the highest is 102!
DEOSVXU
EEPRTTX
BELNVYX
DEELUXZ
ABCDEFX
AEGRUXY
EORSTVX
AKLNOSX
ACKOTUX
DIFLOSX
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DEOSVXU EXODUS 44
EEPRTTX PRETEXT 98
BELNVYX LYNX 28
DEELUXZ DELUXE 44
ABCDEFX FAXED 40
AEGRUXY XRAY 28
EORSTVX VORTEX 48
AKLNOSX KLAXONS 96
ACKOTUX COAX 26
DIFLOSX SIXFOLD 102
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Named storms are great as inspiration for Scrabble quizzes.
Two quizzes based on the impending STORM BERT.
What are the 7 letter words can you make from 'STORMBERT' ? There are 11 in total, try to get at least 3.
What are the 5 letter words you can make from BERT + a blank ? There are 12 in total, try to get at least 6.
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STORMBERT 7s :
BESTORM BETTORS
MOBSTER
RETORTS ROTTERS
SOMBRER STERTOR STORMER
TERMORS TORRETS TREMORS
BERT+blank :
BERET BERTH BITER BLERT BRENT BRUTE BURET
REBIT REBUT
TABER TRIBE TUBER
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Here are three quizzes with connections to Fireworks :
1. How many 4 letter words can you make from the 6 letters DIWALI ?
There are 12 in total, 4 are everyday words. Well done for finding more than 7.
2. How many 4 letter words can you make from GUY and a blank ?
There are 6 in total, 2 are everyday words - how many of the others can you find ?
3. How many 4 letter words can you make from the 6 letters FAWKES ?
There are 22 in total, 6 are everyday words, well done for finding more than 15.
Extra hint - over half are a 3 letter word with an S on the end!
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Quiz 1 :
AWDL
DALI DIAL
ILIA
LAID
WADI WAID WAIL WALD WALI WILD WILI
Quiz 2 :
GULY GUYS HUGY UGLY YUGA YUGS
Quiz 3 :
AKES AWES AWKS
EWKS
FAKE FAWS FEWS
KAES KAFS KAWS KEAS KEFS
SAFE SAKE SKAW SKEW
WAES WAKE WAKF WASE WEAK WEKA
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On January 1 2025, ALF, ALFS, TRANSMAN, TRANSMEN. TRANSWOMAN, TRANSWOMEN will no longer be valid.
Before they are removed here is a quiz based on two of these words.
1. What 4 letter words can you make with ALF and a blank? There are 27, over 15 are everyday.
2. What 7 or 8 letter words can you make from TRANSMEN ? There are 10, try to get at least 5.
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1. ALF + blank
ALEF ALFA ALFS ALIF
CALF
FAIL FALL FALX FARL FEAL FILA FLAB FLAG FLAK FLAM FLAN FLAP FLAT FLAW FLAX FLAY FLEA FOAL
HALF
LAUF LEAF LOAF
2. TRANSMEN
ARTSMEN
MANNERS MANRENT MARTENS
REMNANT
SARMENT SMARTEN
TANNERS
MANRENTS REMNANTS
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AWT : TAW TWA WAT
DEIR : DIRE IRED RIDE
ADEIM : AIMED AMIDE MEDIA
ADEHRT : DEARTH HATRED THREAD
DEGILNU : DUELING ELUDING INDULGE
ADEEILNT : DATELINE ENTAILED LINEATED
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