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British birds
Here is a list of twenty British birds.
12 of them can be anagrammed to make 24 valid scrabble words. 8 of the birds can't be anagrammed into other valid words.
What are the 12 anagrammable birds and what words can be made. Just under half are fairly everyday words, so well done if you get move than 13 !
AUK COOT CROW DOVE EAGLE
EGRET EIDER HEN KITE LARK
OWL RAIL RAVEN ROBIN ROOK
RUFF SWAN TEAL TERN TIT
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AUK - no anagram
COOT - TOCO
CROW - no anagram
DOVE - DEVO
EAGLE - AGLEE
EGRET - GREET
EIDER - no anagram
HEN - no anagram
KITE - TIKE
LARK - no anagram
OWL - LOW
RAIL - ARIL, LAIR, LARI, LIAR, LIRA, RIAL
RAVEN - no anagram
ROBIN - INORB
ROOK - KORO
RUFF - no anagram
SWAN - AWNS, SAWN, SNAW, WANS
TEAL - LATE, LEAT, TAEL, TALE, TELA
TERN - RENT
TIT - no anagram
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Here is a list of twenty British birds. Apart from an S plural, what other letters can you find which hook onto the front or back of the bird’s name to make other words e.g. a Y can be added to GULL to make GULLY. Just under half of the 57 new words made by adding a letter are also common English words, but some definitely are not ! FYI the 57 words don't include the plurals.
AUK COOT CROW DOVE EAGLE
EGRET EIDER HEN KITE LARK
OWL RAIL RAVEN ROBIN ROOK
RUFF SWAN TEAL TERN TIT
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All the names take an S a s the plural.
bauk, cauk, jauk, wauk |
AUK |
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scoot |
COOT |
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scrow |
CROW |
crowd, crown |
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DOVE |
doved, doven, dover |
beagle, teagle |
EAGLE |
eagled, eaglet |
regret |
EGRET |
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deider |
EIDER |
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shen, then, when |
HEN |
hend, hent |
skite |
KITE |
kited, kiter |
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LARK |
larky |
bowl, cowl, dowl, fowl, gowl, howl, jowl, nowl, sowl, yowl |
OWL |
owly |
brail, drail, frail, grail, trail |
RAIL |
raile |
craven, graven |
RAVEN |
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ROBIN |
robing |
brook, crook, drook |
ROOK |
rooky |
gruff |
RUFF |
ruffe |
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SWAN |
swang, swank |
steal |
TEAL |
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stern |
TERN |
terne |
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TIT |
tite, titi |
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What five-letter words can you find which have the structure:
?RAC?
ie the three letters in the middle are RAC, you just need to supply the two letters at the beginning and end.
There are sixteen in total and about half are common words. (A big hint is that two of the answers are in the title of the quiz!)
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BRACE |
to support [v BRACED, BRACING, BRACES] |
BRACH |
a female hunting hound, also BRACHET, BRATCHET [n BRACHES or BRACHS] |
BRACK |
a flaw in cloth [n -S] |
BRACT |
any reduced leaflike structure associated with a cone or flower [n -S] |
CRACK |
to break without dividing into parts [v -ED, -ING, -S] |
DRACK |
(Australian slang) of a woman, unattractive, also DRAC [adj] |
DRACO |
as in draco lizard, a flying lizard [adj] |
FRACK |
to engage in fracking for shale oil [v -ED, -ING, -S] |
FRACT |
to break; to violate [v -ED, -ING, -S] |
GRACE |
beauty [n -S] / to give beauty to [v GRACED or (obsolete) GRASTE, GRACING, GRACES] |
ORACH |
a plant of the goosefoot family, also ORACHE [n -ES] |
ORACY |
skill in oral communication [n ORACIES] |
TRACE |
to follow the course of [v TRACED, TRACING, TRACES] |
TRACK |
to follow the marks of an animal or vehicle [v -ED, -ING, -S] |
TRACT |
(Spenser) to trace, track [v -ED, -ING, -S] |
WRACK |
to wreck [v -ED, -ING, -S] |
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Imagine you turn over your first tile…it’s a blank. You think you will have a bonus word on your first rack. Your heart sinks when the remaining 6 tiles are rubbish! But what if you look closely….
Listed below are 26 racks, each containing a blank.
Each rack makes just one bonus word – can you find them all ?
As an extra clue, the blank represents a different letter of the alphabet for each different rack. (ie. Only use the blank as an A once, a B once etc..). The blanks are not in alphabetical order though!
Hint to solving…
Most of the words are everyday English, none are obscure Scrabble words.
Give each rack a few moments. Don’t worry if you can’t solve it straightaway.
Once you have found a few, then think about where the vowels might go, and then the JQXZ.
Make note of which letters you’ve used…and then try the remaining letters against the remaining racks.
ACE?YAM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AEN?OUU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CD?KLOP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CIA?PIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
COO?VAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DDE?HNR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
EKE?DEW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HAB?BRU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HIB?BRU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ION?ION | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MAW?GIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MEN?SEZ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MOM?CHA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MUM?FLO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MY?POTS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PUS?RUG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RAD?HUT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RIO?DYE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SUE?EQE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SUI?TIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TUB?QUE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCA?QAT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNI?GUE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
URI?BOA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
YVES?NE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ZOO?RIC
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Below are 10 racks of letters.
Each rack makes 2 7-letter words. Most are in everyday English, a few just outside.
How many of the 20 words can you find ?
As an added twist... there's no Es !
AABMNST
AAILMRT
AAMNPRT
ACHIORT
AIORSUV
AOPRRST
AFGILNR
BBGINOS
AFFINRU
ACINOTU
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BATSMAN, BANTAMS
MARTIAL, MARITAL
MANTRAP, RAMPANT
CHARIOT, HARICOT
SAVIOUR, VARIOUS
PARROTS, RAPTORS
FLARING, FANGIRL
GIBBONS, SOBBING
FUNFAIR, RUFFIAN
AUCTION, CAUTION
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