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… and things that go bump in the night!
It’s that time of year when things are abroad in the twilight – so this week’s quiz is to see what they might be. What are the anagrams of :
GHOST?
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GHOUL?
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GHOST+N THONGS THONG, to flog with a whip [v]
GHOST+S GHOSTS GHOST, to ghostwrite [v]
GHOST+S GOSHTS GOSHT, (Hindi) in Indian cookery, meat [n]
GHOST+S OUGHTS OUGHT, to owe [v]
GHOST+U SOUGHT SEEK, to go in search of [v]
GHOST+U TOUGHS TOUGH, to endure [v]
GHOST+Y GHOSTY like a ghost [adj GHOSTIER, GHOSTIEST]
GHOUL+C CLOUGH a ravine, also CLEUCH, CLEUGH [n -S]
GHOUL+M MOGHUL (Persian) an important person, also MOGUL, MUGHAL [n -S]
GHOUL+P PLOUGH to turn soil with a farm implement, also PLOW [v -ED, -ING, -S]
GHOUL+S GHOULS a desert demon preying on travellers, also GHOULIE [n]
GHOUL+S LOUGHS LOUGH, (Irish) a lake [n]
GHOUL+S SLOUGH to cast off [v -ED, -ING, -S]
GHOUL+Y OUGHLY to make ugly, also OUGLIE [v OUGHLIED, OUGHLYING, OUGHLIES]
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Below are 12 racks of letters, each contains 2 Ps and each rack makes one bonus word.
How quickly can you find all 12 7letter words ?
ADDELPP
AAIKPPR
EHIPPTW
EOPPRSU
AINPPRS
AELNPPY
AEHIPPR
AAEPPRT
CCEIOPP
EHOPPRT
ACDELPP
AHEPPRS
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ADDELPP - DAPPLED
AAIKPPR - PAPRIKA
EHIPPTW - WHIPPET
EOPPRSU - PURPOSE
AINPPRS - PARSNIP
AELNPPY - PLAYPEN
AEHIPPR - HAPPIER
AAEPPRT - PARAPET
CCEIOPP - COPPICE
EHOPPRT - PROPHET
ACDELPP - CLAPPED
AHEPPRS - PERHAPS
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A short topical quiz ...
a) what are the anagrams of THREE ?
b) what are the anagrams of TIERS ?
There are 8 words in total to find... most are in everyday usage. How many do you know ? Answers below.
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THREE : ETHER, THERE
TIERS : REIST, RESIT, RITES, STIRE, TIRES, TRIES
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DORSET, or rather its valid anagram STRODE, combines with 18 different letters to make 48 words. Five of those letters are the 5 vowels.
What are the 7 letter words you can make with :
DORSET + A
DORSET + E
DORSET + I
DORSET + O
DORSET + U
There are 21 words to find, about 7-10 are 'everyday' words, so well done if you exceed this.
The answers are given below as are the answers to the all the other letters that combine with DORSET if you want to undertake a longer quiz!
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DORSET + A : DOATERS, ROASTED, TORSADE, TROADES
DORSET + E : OERSTED, ROSETED, TEREDOS
DORSET + I : EDITORS, ROISTED, ROSITED, SORTIED, STEROID, STORIED, TRIODES
DORSET + O : ROOSTED
DORSET + U : DETOURS, DOUREST, DOUTERS, OUTREDS, REDOUTS, ROUSTED
The consonants :
DORSET + B : DEBTORS, STROBED
DORSET + F : DEFROST, FROSTED
DORSET + G : STODGER, TODGERS
DORSET + H : DEHORTS, SHORTED
DORSET + K : STROKED
DORSET + L : DROLEST, OLDSTER, STRODLE
DORSET + M : STORMED
DORSET + N : RODENTS, SNORTED
DORSET + P : DEPORTS, REDTOPS, SPORTED
DORSET + R : DORTERS, RODSTER
DORSET + T : DETORTS, DOTTERS
DORSET + W : STROWED, WORSTED
DORSET + Y : DESTROY, ROYSTED, STROYED
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