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This month's quiz comes in 3 parts and is based on a real-game situation from the recent Isle of Wight tournament.
Part 1
What all the 7 letter anagrams of IGOTA and two blanks ?
There are 40 - most of which are not in everyday English - so try to find at least 7. Answers below.
Part 2
Once you have found the bonuses you know - try laying at least one on this board.
For context the scores are about 300-290 and the last couple of moves were :
Player A : TUNIER 6
Player B : PED 19
Player A ; changed tiles (assume 4).
Can you play a 7 letter word with IGOTA?? ?
Also for context the unseen letters are : A C D EEE H I L N OO RR S U V W Y Z
Part 3
If you are struggling to lay a 7 letter bonus, can you make an 8 letter word on the board ? There are 2 everyday words to find.
Answers and thoughts below.
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Part 1 answers :
The 40 7 letter words are :
AGATOID AGISTOR AGITATO AGITPOP AGONIST AGOUTIS ANTIFOG ANTILOG ARGOTIC ATONING AUTOING
BOATING
COATING COTINGA
DOATING DOGTAIL
FAGOTTI
GALIOTS GALIPOT GALLIOT GIGATON GITANOS GOATIER GOATIES GOATISH GODETIA GOLIATH GORDITA
LATIGOS
MOATING
ORATING ORGIAST OTALGIA OTALGIC OUTGAIN OVATING
PIGBOAT
ROATING
SALIGOT
TOAZING
Part 2 :
The only playable bonuses are :
ANTILOG A13 across 77 points
ANTIFOG as above
GALIOTS B13 across 76
SALIGOT l9 down 75
SALIGOT a13 across 73
GALIPOT as above
GALLIOT as above
AGONIST a13 across 72
ORGIAST as above
AGITPOP a13 across 69
GODETIA e13 across 67
SALIGOT h13 across 67
Part 3 :
Using the D at 3 5 8 letter words are playable :
DOGMATIC 60, and DONATING 59 are the everyday words.
The remainder are DOATINGS DOGSTAIL and DOGTAILS.
What is the best play ?
From the unseen tiles
A C D EEE H I L N OO RR S U V W Y Z
your opponent may have a bonus word also e.g SIDECAR ENCASED which will play. Also DECLARES amongst others using the D.
The higher scoring bonuses are in row 13, so play there, trying to avoid playing a vowel in column A - as your opponent may have the Z and score 69 points back!
Preferred option is GODETIA 67, which blocks all a13 row bonuses, leaving your opponent with just one good line - an 8 letter word beginning D.
In the real game - AGONIST was played by player B, and player A replied with ZATI (69) ouch !
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Following all the publicity East Berks members had on TV and RADIO this month, here is an associated quiz.
What words, containing a V, can you make from the letters TVRADIO ?
There are 11 3 letter words, including a CSW2024 new word.
There are 11 4 letter words, 3 are in everyday English – but how many others do you know ?
There are 4 5 letter words, 2 are in everyday English.
There is one, obscure, 6 letter word to find.
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TVRADIO 3s ;
AVI (new to CSW2024)
AVO DIV OVA RAV TAV VAR VAT VIA VID VOR
4s :
ARVO AVID DIVA DIVO RIVA RIVO VAIR VITA VOAR VOID VROT
5s and 6 :
AVOID DAVIT DIVOT VITRO
VIATOR
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Here are 10 opening Scrabble racks.
What is the best score you can make for each opening move ?
Remember where the double letter square is on your opening move, and don’t forget to add 50 for any bonus words. There are three!
All words are in fairly everyday English - the lowest scoring move is 26 the highest is 102!
This is the last quiz using CSW2021. From January 2025 all quizzes will be based on CSW2024. Some of the answers to historic quizzes may have slightly different answers after January 2025.
DEOSVXU
EEPRTTX
BELNVYX
DEELUXZ
ABCDEFX
AEGRUXY
EORSTVX
AKLNOSX
ACKOTUX
DIFLOSX
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DEOSVXU EXODUS 44
EEPRTTX PRETEXT 98
BELNVYX LYNX 28
DEELUXZ DELUXE 44
ABCDEFX FAXED 40
AEGRUXY XRAY 28
EORSTVX VORTEX 48
AKLNOSX KLAXONS 96
ACKOTUX COAX 26
DIFLOSX SIXFOLD 102
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Named storms are great as inspiration for Scrabble quizzes.
Two quizzes based on the impending STORM BERT.
What are the 7 letter words can you make from 'STORMBERT' ? There are 11 in total, try to get at least 3.
What are the 5 letter words you can make from BERT + a blank ? There are 12 in total, try to get at least 6.
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STORMBERT 7s :
BESTORM BETTORS
MOBSTER
RETORTS ROTTERS
SOMBRER STERTOR STORMER
TERMORS TORRETS TREMORS
BERT+blank :
BERET BERTH BITER BLERT BRENT BRUTE BURET
REBIT REBUT
TABER TRIBE TUBER
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Here are three quizzes with connections to Fireworks :
1. How many 4 letter words can you make from the 6 letters DIWALI ?
There are 12 in total, 4 are everyday words. Well done for finding more than 7.
2. How many 4 letter words can you make from GUY and a blank ?
There are 6 in total, 2 are everyday words - how many of the others can you find ?
3. How many 4 letter words can you make from the 6 letters FAWKES ?
There are 22 in total, 6 are everyday words, well done for finding more than 15.
Extra hint - over half are a 3 letter word with an S on the end!
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Quiz 1 :
AWDL
DALI DIAL
ILIA
LAID
WADI WAID WAIL WALD WALI WILD WILI
Quiz 2 :
GULY GUYS HUGY UGLY YUGA YUGS
Quiz 3 :
AKES AWES AWKS
EWKS
FAKE FAWS FEWS
KAES KAFS KAWS KEAS KEFS
SAFE SAKE SKAW SKEW
WAES WAKE WAKF WASE WEAK WEKA
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