Vaccines have been in the news again this week and here is a quiz set by Keith on this subject.

Two Phials or doses of the Covid 19 vaccine are required for life to Return to anything like Normal.
 
What  7 letter words can you find from:
 
PHIALS + a blank?
 
RETURN + a blank ?
 
NORMAL + a blank ?

 

 

There are 20 words to find in total.. some are very obvious, some decidedly less obvious.

 

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PHIALS

+ C = CALIPHS

+ I = SILPHIA

+ K = KALIPHS

+ N = PLANISH

+ P = PALSHIP & SHIPLAP

+ Y = APISHLY

 

 

RETURN

+ C = CURRENT

+ G = GRUNTER

+ I  = RUNTIER

+ S = RETURNS & TURNERS

+ U = NURTURE & UNTRUER

+ Y = TURNERY

 

NORMAL

 

+ E = ALMONER & NEMORAL

+ S = NORMALS

+ U = UNMORAL

+ Y = ALMONRY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VACCINEs have been in the news recently.

How many words of 4, 5 and 6 letters can you make from the letters in VACCINE ?

There are 28  words to find - how many do you know ?

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Here they are :

 

INCAVE

 

AVINE

CAVIE

ENIAC

NAIVE NAEVI

VINCA

 

 

ACNE AINE ANCE

CAIN CANE CAVE CECA CINE CIVE

EINA

NAVE NEVI NICE

VAIN VANE VEIN VENA VIAE VICE VINA VINE

 

 

 

 

 

This week's quiz has been supplied by Keith. Thank you Keith - much appreciated.

 

Below are 17 racks - each containing 2 Cs.

Each rack makes at least one bonus word, some make more - in fact there are 21 bonuses to find.

What are they ?

 

CCIISTR
 
CCIUIRT
 
CCIESLR
 
CCNYGLI
 
CCPAETS
 
CCIENER
 
CCELKAR
 
CCPTYIR
 
CCPTHAU
 
CCAADRI
 
CCETPOI
 
CCPKTIO
 
CCAAIOR
 
CCPUIOT
 
CCKERRA
 
CCAAERS
 
CCLAIMU
 
 
 
 
 
 
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CCIISTR   -  CRITICS
 
CCIUIRT   -   CIRCUIT
 
CCIESLR  -  CIRCLES, CLERICS
 
CCNYGLI  -  CYCLING
 
CCPAETS  - ACCEPTS
 
CCIENER  - ECCRINE
 
CCELKAR  - CACKLER, CLACKER, CRACKLE
 
CCPTYIR   - CRYPTIC
 
CCPTHAU - CATCHUP, UPCATCH
 
CCAADRI  - CARDIAC
 
CCETPOI   - ECTOPIC
 
CCPKTIO   - COCKPIT
 
CCAAIOR   -  CARIOCA
 
CCPUIOT  -   OCCIPUT
 
CCKERRA   - CRACKER
 
CCAAERS   - CARCASE
 
CCLAIMU   - CALCIUM

 

What is the highest score you can on one move with the rack 

 

A C D ? G S U

 

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The answer is GUiDANCE onto the triple Word Score in the Central row. - Score 39.

What 4 letter words start with a Z and finish with a vowel.

Some are obscure, but many feature regularly on a Scrabble board.

There are 21 in total, 7-10 are common English or very common Scrabble words, well done if you found over 16.

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ZEDA, ZETA, ZILA, ZOEA, ZONA, ZUPA, ZYGA

ZEZE, ZINE, ZITE, ZONE, ZYME

ZARI, ZATI, ZITI, ZORI

ZERO, ZOBO

ZEBU, ZOBU, ZULU