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What five-letter words can you find which have the structure:

 

 ?RAC? 

 ie the three letters in the middle are RAC, you just need to supply the two letters at the beginning and end.
There are sixteen in total and about half are common words.  (A big hint is that two of the answers are in the title of the quiz!)

 

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BRACE

to support [v BRACED, BRACING, BRACES]

BRACH

a female hunting hound, also BRACHET, BRATCHET [n BRACHES or BRACHS]

BRACK

a flaw in cloth [n -S]

BRACT

any reduced leaflike structure associated with a cone or flower [n -S]

CRACK

to break without dividing into parts [v -ED, -ING, -S]

DRACK

(Australian slang) of a woman, unattractive, also DRAC [adj]

DRACO

as in draco lizard, a flying lizard [adj]

FRACK

to engage in fracking for shale oil [v -ED, -ING, -S]

FRACT

to break; to violate [v -ED, -ING, -S]

GRACE

beauty [n -S] / to give beauty to [v GRACED or (obsolete) GRASTE, GRACING, GRACES]

ORACH

a plant of the goosefoot family, also ORACHE [n -ES]

ORACY

skill in oral communication [n ORACIES]

TRACE

to follow the course of [v TRACED, TRACING, TRACES]

TRACK

to follow the marks of an animal or vehicle [v -ED, -ING, -S]

TRACT

(Spenser) to trace, track [v -ED, -ING, -S]

WRACK

to wreck [v -ED, -ING, -S]

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Imagine you turn over your first tile…it’s a blank. You think you will have a bonus word on your first rack. Your heart sinks when the remaining 6 tiles are rubbish! But what if you look closely….

 

 Listed below are 26 racks, each containing a blank.

 

 Each rack makes just one bonus word – can you find them all ?

 

 As an extra clue, the blank represents a different letter of the alphabet for each different rack. (ie. Only use the blank as an A once, a B once etc..). The blanks are not in alphabetical order though!

 

 Hint to solving…

 

 Most of the words are everyday English, none are obscure Scrabble words.

 

 Give each rack a few moments. Don’t worry if you can’t solve it straightaway.

 

 Once you have found a few, then think about where the vowels might go, and then the JQXZ.

 

 Make note of which letters you’ve used…and then try the remaining letters against the remaining racks.

 

 

 

ACE?YAM
AEN?OUU
CD?KLOP
CIA?PIC
COO?VAN
DDE?HNR
EKE?DEW
HAB?BRU
HIB?BRU
ION?ION
MAW?GIS
MEN?SEZ
MOM?CHA
MUM?FLO
MY?POTS
PUS?RUG
RAD?HUT
RIO?DYE
SUE?EQE
SUI?TIC
TUB?QUE
UCA?QAT
UNI?GUE
URI?BOA
YVES?NE

ZOO?RIC

 

 

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acaDemy
nouVeau
pAdlock
paciFic
voLcano
hUndred
weekeNd
Rhubarb
rubbiSh
oPinion
Wigwams
enZymes
hammocK
flummoX
syMptom
upsurgE
drauGht
Joyride
squeeZe
Biscuit
bOuquet
aquatIc
Queuing
Caribou
sevenTy
cHorizo

 

 

 

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Below are 10 racks of letters.

Each rack makes 2 7-letter words. Most are in everyday English, a few just outside.

How many of the 20 words can you find ?

As an added twist... there's no Es ! 

 

AABMNST

AAILMRT

AAMNPRT

ACHIORT

AIORSUV

AOPRRST

AFGILNR

BBGINOS

AFFINRU

ACINOTU

 

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BATSMAN, BANTAMS

MARTIAL, MARITAL

MANTRAP, RAMPANT

CHARIOT, HARICOT

SAVIOUR, VARIOUS

PARROTS, RAPTORS

FLARING, FANGIRL

GIBBONS, SOBBING

FUNFAIR, RUFFIAN

AUCTION, CAUTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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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Here there are :

 

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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