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In honour of the return of CRICKET, here is a simple quiz : how many words of 4 – 6 letters can you make from the letters in ‘cricket’ ? Answers below : there are 38 in total and 20 or more is a good score.
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In the tables below, the letters in the first column are 'front' hooks e.g. an N can be placed before ICER to make NICER. And the letters in the third column are 'back' hooks e.g. a D can be placed after CITE to make CITED.
4 LETTERS |
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CERT |
sy |
(short for) a certainty [n -S] |
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CIRE |
s |
(French) a fabric with a waxed finish [n -S] |
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CITE |
drs |
to quote as an authority or example [v CITED, CITING, CITES] |
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CRIT |
hs |
(short for) criticism [n -S] |
csx |
ERIC |
aks |
(Irish) a murderer's fine in old Irish law, also ERIACH, ERICK [n -S] |
m |
ETIC |
s |
a type of linguistic analysis [n -S] |
dnr |
ICER |
s |
a person who makes or applies icing [n -S] |
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KEIR |
s |
a bleaching-vat, also KIER [n -S] |
s |
KIER |
s |
a vat for boiling and dyeing fabrics, also KEIR [n -S] |
s |
KITE |
drs |
to obtain money fraudulently [v KITED, KITING, KITES] |
dtw |
RECK |
s |
to be concerned about, also REAK, REKE [v ROUGHT or RECKED, RECKING, RECKS] |
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REIK |
is |
(obsolete) a prank [n -S] |
dgpt |
RICE |
drsy |
to form soft foods by pressing through a ricer [v RICED, RICING, RICES] |
bceptw |
RICK |
s |
to pile hay in stacks [v -ED, -ING, -S] |
tuw |
RITE |
s |
a ceremonial act or procedure [n -S] |
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TICE |
ds |
(Shakespeare) to entice [v TICED, TICING, TICES] |
s |
TICK |
sy |
to make a sound like a clock [v -ED, -ING, -S] |
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TIER |
s |
to arrange in rows [v -ED, -ING, -S] |
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TIKE |
s |
a dog, a cur, also TYKE [n -S] |
s |
TIRE |
ds |
to grow tired [v TIRED, TIRING, TIRES] |
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TREK |
s |
to go on a journey, also TRECK [v TREKKED, TREKKING, TREKS] |
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TRIE |
drs |
(Spenser) to try [v TRIED, TRYING, TRIES] |
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CERCI |
s |
CERCUS, (Greek) a sensory appendage of an insect [n] |
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CERIC |
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containing cerium [adj] |
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CITER |
s |
one who cites [n -S] |
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CRICK |
sy |
to cause a spasm in the neck [v -ED, -ING, -S] |
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ERICK |
s |
(Irish) a murderer's fine in old Irish law, also ERIC, ERIACH [n -S] |
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ICKER |
s |
(Scots) a single ear of corn [n -S] |
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KITER |
s |
one that kites, obtains money fraudulently [n -S] |
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RECIT |
es |
(French) the narrative of a book as opposed to the dialogue [n -S] |
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RECTI |
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RECTUS, (Latin) any one of several straight muscles in the body [n] |
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TRECK |
s |
to go on a journey, also TREK [v -ED, -ING, -S] |
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TRICE |
dps |
to haul up with a rope [v TRICED, TRICING, TRICES] |
s |
TRICK |
sy |
to deceive [v -ED, -ING, -S] |
s |
TRIKE |
s |
(colloquial) a tricycle, also TRYKE [n -S] |
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CRETIC |
s |
a type of metrical foot [n -S] |
cp |
RICKET |
sy |
a mistake or blunder [n -S] |
s |
TICKER |
s |
(slang) the heart [n -S] |
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To celebrate the reopening of hostelries today...
what 4 letter words can you make with INN and a blank ?
what 4 letter words can you make with PUB and a blank ?
There are 14 in total, 6 are very common everyday words... so well done if you get 7 or more!
Cheers!
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INN +
A - NAIN
E - NINE
G - GINN
J - JINN
L - LINN
O - NONI
S - INNS
W - WINN
PUB +
A - BAPU
E - PUBE
M - BUMP
R - BURP
S - PUBS
Y - UPBY
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During June, we set the following Solitaire Scrabble Game for our members :
Scrabble Solitaire is played with a subset of the 100 tiles. Your subset is :
L I F E I N L O C K D O W N I S N E V E R E N D I N G
Your first rack is the first 7 letters from that phrase : L I F E I N L.
You can play as many or as few letters as you like on each move , but to fill your rack for the next move, you keep the unplayed letters and take the next consecutive letters from the 27 tile phrase.
For example if you played FILL on move 1, your next rack would be E I N + O C K D.
This continues on with your next and subsequent moves so if you played NICKED from your second rack (making FE and ID)
you would have O + O W N I S N as your third rack. etc.
Your objective is to play all 27 tiles and score as many points as you can.
Some hints :
1. Playing fewer tiles sometimes scores more in the long term than playing one long original word (For example NICKED may have accrued more points by playing ED, KED, NICKED).
2. Because you can see the future tiles, you may be able to play a couple of smaller scoring moves to ensure you get a bonus word in a few letters time.
3. You may even be able to set up a 9 timer if you can place a tile between two triple word scores.
Remember your objective is to score as many points as you can, this may be consistently scoring 25 points on every move or a couple of very big move scores.
You must take the tiles in order from the phrase. The last letter you draw will be the G.
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Report on the results !
Thanks to everyone who submitted an entry to this puzzle - it wasn't easy so top marks just for entering.
There were a surprising number of different bonus words appearing over the different entries and these included FLOCKED (by far and away the most popular) as well as :
FLICKED, CLINKED, VENINES, RENDING (a last move double-double) and SNORING.
A few people managed some nine- timers too. These included OVERSEEN (Frank) and SWERVING (Joyce). We also found INFERNOS when we attempted the puzzle.
In second place, with an impressive 311 was Joyce but the DESERVING (nine letter word, nine timer!) winner was Wanda with 380 points. Well done Wanda!
Her moves and board are attached.
RACK |
WORD |
POSITION |
SCORE |
CUMULATIVE SCORE |
LIFEINL |
LI |
H8a |
4 |
4 |
FEINLOC |
IN |
H9a |
8 |
12 |
FELOCKD |
FLOCKED |
I7a |
86 |
98 |
OWNISNE |
OW/WE |
M6d |
32 |
130 |
NISNEVE |
WEE |
N6d |
6 |
136 |
NISVENR |
WEEN |
N6d |
7 |
143 |
ISVENRE |
IN |
M9a |
3 |
146 |
SVENREN |
INS |
M9a |
3 |
149 |
VENREND |
FIND |
I7d |
8 |
157 |
VEBRENI |
INN |
H9a |
3 |
160 |
VERENIN |
NO |
K6d |
2 |
162 |
VERENIG |
DESERVING |
O7d |
218 |
380 |
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Here are 10 racks of 7 letters, each containing one vowel, and each making a valid seven letter word. How many can you spot ?
ABBCRYY
ABCLMSY
ACLRSTY
AFLPRTY
BLLNTUY
CCIPRTY
CDEPRTY
CILPRSY
EFHLTTW
GHIMNRY
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ABBCRYY - CRYBABY
ABCLMSY - CYMBALS
ACLRSTY - CRYSTAL
AFLPRTY - FLYTRAP
BLLNTUY - BLUNTLY
CCIPRTY - CRYPTIC
CILPRSY - CRISPLY
CDEPRTY - DECRYPT
EFHTTW - TWELFTH
GHIMNRY - RHYMING
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Sunday 21 June is Father's Day.
To celebrate here are two quizzes :
a) what 4 letter words can you make with DAD and a blank ?
b) what 7 letter word can you make with FATHER and a blank ?
There are 20 answers in total, 7/8 are fairly everyday words.
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DAD +
A - DADA
E - DEAD
O - DADO
R - DRAD
S - ADDS, DADS
U - DAUD, DUAD
W - DAWD, WADD
Y - ADDY, DYAD
FATHER +
E - FEATHER, TEREFAH
I - FAITHER
L - FARTHEL
R - FARTHER
S - FATHERS, HAFTERS, SHAFTER
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