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What words can you find from the list of alphagrams below? There are 4 each of 4-7 letters, all with at least two anagrams, and at least one of the answers is a flower that grows in gardens in England.
Apologies: some of the anagrams are quite obscure (many are not), and one of the anagrams has 13! answers.
AEGS
EORS
IIRS
ILLY
AERST
AILOV
ENOPY
ILPTU
AAILSV
CCORSU
CDHIOR
EILOTV
ABEILST
ACEINOT
AEEFIRS
AEEGSTT
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AEGS ages, gaes, SAGE
EORS eros, ores, reos, ores, ROSE, sore
IIRS IRIS, siri
ILLY illy, LILY, yill
AERST arets, ASTER, earst, rates, reast, resat, stare, stear, strae, tares, taser, tears, teras
AILOV VIOLA, voila
ENOPY PEONY, poney
ILPTU TULIP, uplit
AAILSV avails, saliva, SALVIA
CCORSU CROCUS, occurs, succor
CDHIOR droich, ORCHID, rhodic
EILOTV olivet, VIOLET
ABEILST ableist, albites, ASTILBE, bastile, bestial, blastie, libates, stabile
ACEINOT ACONITE, anoetic
AEEFIRS arefies, faeries, FREESIA
AEEGSTT gestate, TAGETES
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Face masks have becoming mandatory this week in shops etc.
This week we are giving you 2 answers (aren't we kind !)
a) what are the front hooks to ACE? i.e 4 letter words ending ACE ?
b) what are the back hooks to ACE? i.e 4 letter words starting ACE ?
c) what are the front hooks to MAS ? ie 4 letter words ending MAS?
d) what are the back hooks to MAS ? ie 4 letter words starting MAS?
There are 19 words in total, well done if you got more than 12/13.
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DACE, FACE, LACE, MACE, PACE, RACE, TACE
ACED, ACER, ACES
AMAS, OMAS
MASA, MASE, MASH, MASK, MASS, MAST, MASU
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Below are 10 racks of tiles, each containing a K.
Assuming each is your opening rack in a game, what is the highest score you can achieve with each rack. The highest answers all use the K !
AAEGKRT
BEFIKLN
AIKOPRS
ADEKLOP
DGIKMNO
EHKLOOW
AEEKRUX
AEIKLLU
AAEKPRT
IKMNOOW
Do let us know how many maximums you got !
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KARATE 30
KNIFE 34
OKAPIS 34
POLKAED 84
KINGDOM 90
WHELK 40
EUREKA 30
ALIKE 20
PARTAKE 86
KIMONO 34
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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.
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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] |
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csx |
ERIC |
aks |
(Irish) a murderer's fine in old Irish law, also ERIACH, ERICK [n -S] |
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m |
ETIC |
s |
a type of linguistic analysis [n -S] |
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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] |
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s |
KIER |
s |
a vat for boiling and dyeing fabrics, also KEIR [n -S] |
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s |
KITE |
drs |
to obtain money fraudulently [v KITED, KITING, KITES] |
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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] |
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dgpt |
RICE |
drsy |
to form soft foods by pressing through a ricer [v RICED, RICING, RICES] |
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bceptw |
RICK |
s |
to pile hay in stacks [v -ED, -ING, -S] |
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tuw |
RITE |
s |
a ceremonial act or procedure [n -S] |
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TICE |
ds |
(Shakespeare) to entice [v TICED, TICING, TICES] |
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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] |
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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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5 LETTERS |
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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] |
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s |
TRICK |
sy |
to deceive [v -ED, -ING, -S] |
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s |
TRIKE |
s |
(colloquial) a tricycle, also TRYKE [n -S] |
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CRETIC |
s |
a type of metrical foot [n -S] |
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cp |
RICKET |
sy |
a mistake or blunder [n -S] |
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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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