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Three quiz questions this month all connected with the World Cup taking place in Qatar.
Easy-ish question
How many words can you make just using the letters of QATAR ? There are 10 in all, try to get 8 or more.
Medium-ish question
What 4 letter words can you make with CUP and a blank? There are 7 in all, try to get more than 5.
Hard question
What 7 letter words can you make with WORLD and 2 blanks ?
There are 18 words in total, try to get at least 5. Because this is quite hard, sorry very hard, the 36 letters you need are :
A B B C D
EEEE EEEE EEEE EEEE
G H II II L O P
RR S YYY
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QATAR words :
AA AR AT TA
ART QAT RAT TAR
RATA TARA
CUP words :
CAUP COUP CUPS CUSP
PUCE PUCK
SCUP
WORLD words :
AR - WARLORD
BE - BOWLDER, LOWBRED
CE - CLOWDER
DE - WORLDED
EE - LOWERED, ROWELED
EG - GROWLED
EH - WHORLED
EI - DOWLIER, WORLDIE
EO - WOOLDER
EP - PROWLED
ER - WORLDER
ES - WELDORS
IY - ROWDILY, WORDILY
LY - WORLDLY
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Here are a selection of alphagrams. Each of them makes one valid 7-letter word. There is a theme. Can anyBODY spot it?
AADEHWY
ABHILNO
ACDEHIR
ACEEKNP
ACEFRSU
AHMNORY
BBEIRRY
CEEGLLO
CILOPSW
DEFLOOT
EEEHILW
EEGRSTY
EGLNPRU
EHIPPTW
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Body Part |
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AADEHWY |
HEADWAY |
HEAD |
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ABHILNO |
HOBNAIL |
NAIL |
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ACDEHIR |
CHAIRED |
HAIR |
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ACEEKNP |
KNEECAP |
KNEE |
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ACEFRSU |
SURFACE |
FACE |
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AHMNORY |
HARMONY |
ARM |
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BBEIRRY |
BRIBERY |
RIB |
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CEEGLLO |
COLLEGE |
LEG |
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CILOPSW |
COWSLIP |
LIP |
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DEFLOOT |
FOOTLED |
FOOT |
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EEEHILW |
WHEELIE |
HEEL |
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EEGRSTY |
GREYEST |
EYE |
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EGLNPRU |
PLUNGER |
LUNG |
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EHIPPTW |
WHIPPET |
HIP |
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Sometimes its useful to have a well-known word as the basis of spotting other words. People's names and place names are good for this.
This month's quiz : What are the 7 letter anagrams of THAMES + a blank ?
There are 12 in total, 5 are in every day English, the rest are obscure.
(As its a bank holiday, to solve the 5 easy ones you will need C, I, L, N and R). (For the harder 7 you will need A, A, E, N, S, T and U)
As an aside - do you know all the 6 anagrams of READING?
What about the 6 anagrams of STAINES (note STAINES is not a word) ?
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THAMES easy :
MATCHES ATHEISM HAMLETS ANTHEMS HAMSTER
THAMES hard :
ATHAMES HAMATES MEATHES HETMANS SMEATHS SHMATTE HUMATES
READING anagrams :
AREDING DEARING DERAIGN EARDING GRADINE GRAINED +READING
STAINES anagrams :
ENTASIS NASTIES SEITANS SESTINA TANSIES TISANES
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Something a bit different this month..
Below are 16 3 letter words, and 16 4 letter words.
Pair a 3 letter word with a 4 letter word to make a 7 letter word.
The letters in the 3 and 4 letters must remain in the same order (ie do not anagram them!).
Sometimes the 3 letter word makes the start of the 7 letter word, sometimes the 4 letter word.
e.g LULL + ABY makes LULLABY.
Can you make the other 15 7 letter words ?
| ABY | BAND |
| ARM | BELL |
| BOW | CHIC |
| BRA | GENE |
| CAR | GENT |
| COW | HORN |
| EEL | LING |
| FOG | LULL |
| HOG | RAIN |
| KEN | SEED |
| LEG | SPAR |
| LIN | TOPS |
| OIL | VERY |
| REF | WART |
| SIS | WASH |
| TAN | WORK |
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| ARM | BAND | |
| BOW | LING | |
| BRA | VERY | |
| CAR | WASH | |
| CHIC | KEN | |
| COW | BELL | |
| FOG | HORN | |
| GENE | SIS | |
| GENT | EEL | |
| LEG | WORK | |
| LIN | SEED | |
| LULL | ABY | |
| REF | RAIN | |
| SPAR | TAN | |
| TOPS | OIL | |
| WART | HOG |
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