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Two quizzes to commemorate VE Day.

1. What 3 letter words can you make from VE and a blank ?

 

2. What 4 letter words have VE as the middle 2 letters ? i.e ?VE?

 

There are 14 words in the first quiz, well done if you get 10-11 - congratulations if you get all 14!

There are 11 words in the second quiz, well done if you got more than 5-6 ! Congratulations if you got all 11 !

 

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3 letter VE words :

A - AVE, VAE

D - DEV

E - EVE, VEE

G - VEG

I - VIE

L - LEV

O - EVO, VOE

R - REV

S - SEV

T - VET

X - VEX

 

 

 

4 letter ?VE?

AVEL

AVER

AVES

 

EVEN

EVER

EVES

EVET

 

OVEL

OVEN

OVER

 

UVEA

 

 

 

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4 quizzes in one! 

1. What 4 letter words start with the X ?

2. What 4 letter words have the Z as the second letter ?

3. What 4 letter words have the Q as the third letter ?

4. What 4 letter words have the J as the last letter ?

Across the 4 quizzes there are 18 words to find. Many are obscure, so consider 5 a good score, well done if you 10-12, excellent if you get close to the 18 mark.

 

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X - XRAY, XYST

Z - AZAN, AZON, AZYM, CZAR, DZHO, DZOS, IZAR, MZEE, TZAR, ZZZS

Q - FIQH, SUQS, WAQF

J - BENJ, HADJ, HAJJ

 

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What word(s) can you find from the list of alphagrams below?  There are 3 each of 3-9 letters, and at least one of the answers is a tree or shrub that grows in England, some in gardens, some in the wild.  There are 28 words in total to find.

EILX
GILN
HINW

ACDER
ANORW
AILSX

AAAELZ
ADELMR
EIPRTV

CEFINOR
EIJNPRU
AEIOQSU

CEHNSTTU
ABEHMNOR
ACEMORSY

AFHIORSTY
AAEDGHNRY
ADEIILLNY

 

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EILX

ILEX

the holm oak

GILN

LING

a low-growing shrub of the heath family, aka heather

HINW

WHIN

gorse, furze

 

 

 

ACDER

CEDAR

(other anagrams are ACRED, ARCED, CADRE, CARED, RACED)

a large evergreen tree

ANORW

ROWAN

a small deciduous tree with scarlet berries

AILSX

SALIX

(another anagram is AXILS)

a genus of trees or shrubs including the willow and osier

 

 

 

AAAELZ

AZALEA

a flowering shrub

ADELMR

MEDLAR

(other anagrams are DERMAL, MARLED)

a small tree related to the apple

EIPRTV

PRIVET

a half-evergreen European shrub of the olive family

 

 

 

CEFINOR

CONIFER

(other anagrams are COINFER, INFORCE)

a tree or shrub of the group Coniferae, e.g. yews, pines, firs, which typically bear cones

EIJNPRU

JUNIPER

an evergreen shrub whose berries are used in making gin

AEIOQSU

SEQUOIA

a genus of coniferous trees, attaining an immense size

 

 

 

CEHNSTTU

CHESTNUT

a tree with edible nuts encased in a prickly husk

ABEHMNOR

HORNBEAM

a small hardwood tree

ACEMORSY

SYCAMORE

a variety of maple

 

 

 

AFHIORSTY

FORSYTHIA

a popular, spring-flowering  garden shrub with yellow jasmine-like flowers

AAEDGHNRY

HYDRANGEA

a shrubby plant with large flowers

ADEIILLNY

LEYLANDII

the Leyland cypress

 


 

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Thanks to Sharon for setting this quiz.

What words, of 3 letters or more, can you make from the letters in LOCKDOWN ?

There are 72 including the word LOCKDOWN, so how many of the remaining 71 can you find ?

Well done if you got about 35-40, excellent if you got more than 50.

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3 letter words (26 words in total) :

COD COL CON COO COW

DOC DOL DON DOO DOW

KON KOW

LOD LOO LOW

NOD NOO NOW

OLD ONO OON OWL OWN

WOK WON WOO

 

 

4 letter words (36 words in total) :

CLOD CLON CLOW COLD COND CONK COOK COOL COON COWK COWL

DOCK DOCO DOOK DOOL DOON DOWL DOWN

KNOW KOLO KOND

LOCK LOCO LOOK LOON LOWN

NOCK NOLO NOOK NOWL

WOCK WOLD WONK WOOD WOOL WOON 

 

 

5 letter words  (9 in total) :

CLONK CLOWN CODON COLON CONDO

DONKO

KONDO

LOWND

WOOLD

 

 

 

There are no 6 or 7 letters words.

 

 

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Today is FRIday.

What words can you make from FRI and a blank ?

 

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FRI + A : FAIR, FIAR

FRI + B : FRIB

FRI + E : FIER, FIRE, REFI. REIF, RIFE

FRI + F : RIFF

FRI + G : FRIG

FRI + K : FIRK

FRI + L : FLIR

FRI + M : FIRM

FRI + N : FIRN

FRI + S : FIRS, FRIS, RIFS

FRI + T : FRIT, RIFT

FRI + Z : FRIZ

  1. THU + a blank
  2. WED + a blank
  3. TUE + a blank
  4. MON + a blank
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