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Written by HG

Category: Wordplay

Published: 13 August 2021

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Below are 10 racks.

What is the highest score you can achieve on each rack ?

You are playing each rack at the start of the game, so don't forget the Double Letter Squares, the double word score and of course any 50 point bonuses.

The highest score in every case includes the letter C.

There are 4 racks that score over 50, and your total score (over the 10 racks) is 476.

 

AACEFOR

ABCIOUV

ACEHIOV

AACEHTU

BCEHRVW

ACEMNNU

CEHILOZ

CCELOTU

CEELMOW

ABBCDIK

 

 

 

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AACEFOR		CARAFE		30
ABCIOUV		BIVOUAC		86
ACEHIOV		HAVOC		34
AACEHTU		CHATEAU		82
BCEHRVW		CHEW		24
ACEMNNU		ACUMEN		26
CEHILOZ		ZILCH		58
CCELOTU		OCCULT		26
CEELMOW		WELCOME		86
ABBCDIK		BACK		24

 

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Written by HG

Category: Wordplay

Published: 06 August 2021

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There are 13 3 letter words listed below.

Add 2 different letters at the beginning of each word to make a normal, English word. (Admittedly one has a 'foreign undercurrent').

Each letter of the alphabet is used exactly once so some thought is needed as to which words you make.

For example if you choose to SW-EAR to cannot use the S to make SP-OKE or the W to make  WI-PED.

 

Hint : think about where the JQXZ may be, and whether any of the 3 letter words can only be extended to make a solitary 5 letter word.

 

AIL              ARF           ARS        BOO       CEP

EAR             IDE            ISM        OBE       OKE

ORD            OWN          PED

 

All of the answers in the above quiz are everyday words.

 

Below, is exactly the same puzzle, with different 3 letter words, this time making more obscure Scrabble words. Again use all 26 letters just once only.

 

AJI            AMI             ANA       CAD        GON

HOS          IRK              LAG      LOW        NON

OOF          OXY             ULE

 

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QUAIL            DWARF       CZARS       TABOO     BICEP

SMEAR           OXIDE         PRISM      GLOBE      EVOKE

FJORD            KNOWN      HYPED

 

 

 

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BHAJI             SWAMI     JNANA      CYCAD    TIGON

DZHOS            QUIRK     OFLAG      AGLOW   XENON   

KLOOF            PROXY     MVULE 

 

 

 

 

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Written by HG

Category: Wordplay

Published: 30 July 2021

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Using only the letters in OLYMPIC what 3 letter words can you make ? You can't use a letter twice in the same word.

There are 27 words in total.

Award yourself a GOLD MEDAL if you get more than 25.

Award yourself a SILVER MEDAL if you get more than 20.

Award yourself a BRONZE MEDAL if you get more than 15.

 

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CLY   COL  COP  COY

ICY   IMP

LIP   LOP   LOY  LYM

MIC   MIL   MOC  MOI  MOL   MOP  MOY   MYC

OIL   OLM

PIC    PLY   POI    POL   POM

YIP    YOM

 

 

 

 

 

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Written by HG

Category: Wordplay

Published: 23 July 2021

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Below are 15 racks of tiles each of which contain the letters HOT, and each rack can be anagrammed to one fairly everyday seven letter word. 

After HOT weather invariably comes the RAIN...

Then there are 15 racks of tiles each of which contain the letters RAIN, and again each rack anagrams to a solitary everyday word.

 

HOT 15

HOT + ABCI

HOT + ACCI

HOT + ACDE

HOT + ACMS

HOT + AEGS

HOT + AGRW

HOT + ALLS

HOT + APTW

HOT + CDEL

HOT + DIRY

HOT + ELMN

HOT + ENSY

HOT + GHRU

HOT + GRUY

HOT + IRSY

 

RAIN 15

RAIN + ABG

RAIN + AHP

RAIN + ATV

RAIN + BEG

RAIN + BIY

RAIN + COG

RAIN + DLO

RAIN + DSW

RAIN + EFR

RAIN + HSV

RAIN + IMT

RAIN + ISS

RAIN + JOT

RAIN + MUU  

RAIN + OOT

 

 

 

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HOT 15 Answers

HOT + ABCI cohabit

HOT + ACCI chaotic

HOT + ACDE cathode

HOT + ACMS stomach

HOT + AEGS hostage

HOT + AGRW warthog

HOT + ALLS shallot

HOT + APTW towpath

HOT + CDEL clothed

HOT + DIRY thyroid

HOT + ELMN menthol

HOT + ENSY honesty

HOT + GHRU through

HOT + GRUY yoghurt

HOT + IRSY history

 

 

RAIN 15 Answers

 

RAIN + ABG bargain

RAIN + AHP piranha

RAIN + ATV variant

RAIN + BEG bearing

RAIN + BIY biryani

RAIN + COG organic

RAIN + DLO ordinal

RAIN + DSW inwards

RAIN + EFR refrain

RAIN + HSV varnish

RAIN + IMT martini

RAIN + ISS raisins

RAIN + JOT janitor

RAIN + MUU uranium 

RAIN + OOT oration