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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.
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| AEN?OUU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CD?KLOP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CIA?PIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| COO?VAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DDE?HNR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| HIB?BRU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ION?ION | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MAW?GIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| PUS?RUG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| UNI?GUE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| URI?BOA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| YVES?NE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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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 |
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GILN |
LING |
a low-growing shrub of the heath family, aka heather |
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HINW |
WHIN |
gorse, furze |
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ACDER |
CEDAR (other anagrams are ACRED, ARCED, CADRE, CARED, RACED) |
a large evergreen tree |
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ANORW |
ROWAN |
a small deciduous tree with scarlet berries |
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AILSX |
SALIX (another anagram is AXILS) |
a genus of trees or shrubs including the willow and osier |
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AAAELZ |
AZALEA |
a flowering shrub |
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ADELMR |
MEDLAR (other anagrams are DERMAL, MARLED) |
a small tree related to the apple |
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EIPRTV |
PRIVET |
a half-evergreen European shrub of the olive family |
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CEFINOR |
CONIFER (other anagrams are COINFER, INFORCE) |
a tree or shrub of the group Coniferae, e.g. yews, pines, firs, which typically bear cones |
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EIJNPRU |
JUNIPER |
an evergreen shrub whose berries are used in making gin |
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AEIOQSU |
SEQUOIA |
a genus of coniferous trees, attaining an immense size |
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CEHNSTTU |
CHESTNUT |
a tree with edible nuts encased in a prickly husk |
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ABEHMNOR |
HORNBEAM |
a small hardwood tree |
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ACEMORSY |
SYCAMORE |
a variety of maple |
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AFHIORSTY |
FORSYTHIA |
a popular, spring-flowering garden shrub with yellow jasmine-like flowers |
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AAEDGHNRY |
HYDRANGEA |
a shrubby plant with large flowers |
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ADEIILLNY |
LEYLANDII |
the Leyland cypress |
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