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A simple quiz to start the year off..

What are the 7 letter anagrams of these 21 racks ? And, as a bonus - what is the connection between the racks of letters ?

 

ABCHOSX

ABILSYZ

ACGIJKN

ADEFFIX

AEIJKLW

AGINPPZ

AGINWWX

AGMPSUZ

CEEHQSU

CEHIQSU

CEHLQSU

DEELVXY

DGIQSUY

EEMNSYZ

EHIMORZ

EHMOOSZ

EIIPRWZ

EIJKLRY

FLMMOUX

GIINPPZ

IJKLLOY

 

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CASHBOX

SIZABLY

JACKING

AFFIXED

JAWLIKE

ZAPPING

WAXWING

GAZUMPS

CHEQUES

QUICHES

SQUELCH

VEXEDLY

SQUIDGY

ENZYMES

RHIZOME

SHMOOZE

ZIPWIRE

JERKILY

FLUMMOX

ZIPPING

KILLJOY

 

And the connection between all the racks of letters ?

 

 

The point value of the letters of each rack adds up to 21 !

 

Happy New Year !

 

 

 

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Below are 45 3 letter words - can you concatenate them into 15 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.

 It may be that you can combine some of the 3 letter words to make different 9 letter words, so you may need to  'unpick' some answers to get a full 15 word solution.

ABS	HIP	OWN
AIN	HIS	PAN
ALE	ICH	PEN
ANT	ION	PRE
ART	IRE	RAM
BAL	ITA	SOL
CAR	LAS	TAI
CHI	LES	TIC
DAN	LIS	TIL
DEF	MAT	TOG
DEL	MHO	TOR
EFT	MIC	TRY
END	NED	URE
ERS	OKE	USE
FAR	ORA	WHO

 

 

 

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CAR	PEN	TRY
DAN	DEL	ION
SOL	ITA	IRE
HIS	TOG	RAM
ABS	TAI	NED
OWN	ERS	HIP
ART	ICH	OKE
PRE	MAT	URE
PAN	ORA	MIC
WHO	LES	ALE
BAL	LIS	TIC
CHI	EFT	AIN
DEF	END	ANT
FAR	MHO	USE
TOR	TIL	LAS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below are 45 3 letter words - can you concatenate them into 15 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.  It may be that you can combine some of the 3 letter words to make different 9 letter words, so you may need to  'unpick' some answers to get a full 15 word solution.

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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.

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ABN?RTV       IVY?CAP AFI?LUY   NICE?CV AIN?RUU   OBA?OAK BIOO?UV   PUP?HAY C?PRSSY   RYE?PRU CAN?BOY   SAX?LNK CUB?MUS   SHY?HEN CUTEEE?   TAJ?COP DAM?TUB   TOO?FAE EFI?IMW   TOO?TUE ELL?YAQ   VA?ROAD EMU?RIX   YES?SOD GGILRY?   YWT?OOA

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I - VIBRANTR-		R - PRIVACY
Q - QUALIFY		A - VACCINE
M - URANIUM		Z - BAZOOKA
S - OBVIOUS		N - UNHAPPY
E - CYPRESS		J - PERJURY
L - BALCONY		O - KLAXONS
C - SUCCUMB		P - HYPHENS
X - EXECUTE		K - JACKPOT
H - MUDBATH		G - FOOTAGE
D - MIDWIFE		V - OUTVOTE
U - EQUALLY		B - BRAVADO
T - MIXTURE		Y - ODYSSEY
W - WRIGGLY		F - FOOTWAY

 

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Some Christmas related questions to get your brain into gear before mulled wine and mince pies take over.

We are indebted to Keith for these - we have added the number of answers, and a reasonable target as some of the answers are obscure!

 

Question 1 TWAL DAYS of XMAS

(TWAL being Scottish for TWELVE).

a) What 5 letter words can you make with TWAL and a blank ? (4 words to find, 2 are everyday..but if you read the question you should get 3).

b) What 5 letter words can you make with DAYS and a blank ? (18 words to find, 6 are everyday words)

c) What 5 letter words can you make with XMAS and a blank ? (4 words to find, 3 is a good score)

 

 

Question 2 FESTIVE SEASON

a) What are the 5 and 6 letter words you can make from the letters in FESTIVE ? (There are 10 words to find, 3 are everyday words)

b) What are the 5 and 6 letter words you can make from the letters in SEASON ? (excluding SEASON there are 10 words - 3 are 'everyday-ish' words)

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Q1 a TWAL +

 

R- TRAWL

S - TWALS

Y - WALTY

Z - WALTZ

 

Q 1 b DAYS +

 

A - ADAYS

D - DYADS

E - SAYED, YEADS

H - DASHY, SHADY

I - DAISY, DIYAS, SAYID

L - SADLY

N - SANDY, SDAYN

P - PAYSD, SPAYD

R - DRAYS, DRYAS, YARDS

U - YAUDS

 

Q 1 c XMAS + 

 

E - EXAMS, MAXES

I - MAXIS

O - MOXAS

 

Q 2 a FESTIVE

5s

EVETS

EVITE

FEIST

FETES

FIEST

FIVES

SIEVE

STIVE

6s 

EVITES

STIEVE

 

Q 2 b SEASON

5s 

AEONS

NOSES

OASES

SANES

SEANS

SENAS

SENSA

SONES

SONSE

 

6s

NAOSES

(and SEASON)