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Below are 36 3 letter words - can you concatenate them into 12 9 letter everyday-ish words ? 

e.g if ATE, COL and PER were on the list you could make PERCOLATE.

The letter order in each 3-letter word cannot be changed, and once used a 3-letter word cannot be used twice.

ANA                    AND                    ATT

BIO                      BOO                    BUT

CHE                    CON                   COR

DAS                     DOG                   DUR

ESS                      HIP                      ISM

ITA                       KIS                       MAT

MIC                     MIL                      NEW

OYS                     PER                     PRO

RAM                    RED                     RIA

RIB                      ROC                    SAG

SPA                     TEL                      TIC

UTE                     WAS                    ZIN

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ANA CON DAS

ATT RIB UTE

BOO ZIN ESS

BUT CHE RED

COR DUR OYS

DOG MAT ISM

KIS SAG RAM

MIL ITA RIA

MIC ROC HIP

NEW SPA PER

PRO BIO TIC

WAS TEL AND

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Published: 28 November 2025

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As the grey clouds of November morph into the twinkling lights of December, its quiz time!

What 4 or 5 letter words can you make from the 6 letters NOVDEC ?

There are 21 to find, about half are common place.

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CODEN CONED COVED COVEN

DEVON DOVEN

CODE COED COND CONE COVE

DECO DEVO DOEN DONE DOVE

ECOD

NODE

ONCE OVEN

VEND

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There are 25 4 letter words with a 'V'  as a second letter. How many do you know ? About 11-12 are common English words.

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AVAL AVAS AVEL AVER AVES AVID AVIS AVOS AVOW

EVEN EVER EVES EVET EVIL EVOE EVOS

KVAS   (well done if you got this one!)

OVAL OVEL OVEN OVER OVUM 

UVAE UVAS UVEA

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What is the highest score you can make with these opening racks?

The highest moves all contain the F.

Don’t forget where the double letter square is, and to add 50 points if you find a bonus.

BBCEFHO

AEFLMSY

AEFILRU

FJOQUXZ

AAFIRSS

ADFILRW

AFFGUWX

EFHIRTT

BFJMNUZ

EEFMPRU

The total of all 10 racks is 452

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BBCEFHO - CHEF 24

AEFLMSY - MYSELF 36

AEFILRU - FAILURE 78

FJOQUXZ - FOX 26

AAFIRSS - SAFARIS 78

ADFILRW - DWARF 32

AFFGUWX - GUFFAW 40

EFHIRTT - THRIFT 32

BFJMNUZ - BUMF 22

EEFMPRU - PERFUME 84