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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Here they are :

 

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)