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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…
All 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.
ANS?TYY
DOE?LEX
JIZ?UCA
BRU?RAL
YLH?FAA
GEN?RYY
DRY?THN
ABC?CTU
AAI?GWT
CAN?YAC
AAB?CEG
ILLY?OK
ORR?ISM
ALL?BUL
IIU?YRQ
FHL?TTW
KEA?GAP
OFT?TOR
SUC?PIC
AIL?FIB
YTS?LCC
ADE?LWZ
PRY?CUS
QAT?NEB
PYK?NRT
USA?WKS
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ANS?TYY - Dynasty
DOE?LEX - exPlode
JIZ?UCA - jacuZzi
BRU?RAL - burGlar
YLH?FAA - halfWay
GEN?RYY - Synergy
DRY?THN - hydrAnt
ABC?CTU - cutbacK
AAI?GWT - wagtaiL
CAN?YAC - Vacancy
AAB?CEG - caBbage
ILLY?OK - killJoy
ORR?ISM - miRrors
ALL?BUL - lullabY
IIU?YRQ - iNquiry
FHL?TTW - twElfth
KEA?GAP - paCkage
OFT?TOR - foXtrot
SUC?PIC - Hiccups
AIL?FIB - bailifF
YTS?LCC - cyclIst
ADE?LWZ - walTzed
PRY?CUS - scruMpy
QAT?NEB - banqUet
PYK?NRT - kryptOn
USA?WKS - sQuawks
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In honour of young Archie, born on Monday, we have a small quiz.
What 4 letter words can you make from the letters of ARCHIE ? No letters to be duplicated in your 4 letter words.
There are 24 words in total.
A reasonable number to find is 14, well done if you find 18-20, excellent if you get 21 and over.
PS There are no NEW 4 letter words in the answer set.
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ACHE EACH
ACER ACRE CARE RACE
CHAI CHIA
ARCH CHAR RACH
CRIA
HARE HEAR RHEA
HAIR
CHER
CIRE ERIC ICER RICE
RICH
HEIR HIRE
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Today, April 13th 2019 would have be Alfred Butts' 120th Birthday.
Alfred Butts invented Scrabble during the 1930s, so it him we have to thank for our involvement in the game today.
To celebrate here are two quizzes :
1. What are the front and back hooks to ALF ? (ie 4 letter words ending ALF and 4 letter words starting ALF)
2. What are the front and back hooks to RED ? (ie 4 letter words ending RED and starting RED)
There are 13 answers in all, which as today is the 13th is quite appropriate!
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CALF, HALF
ALFA, ALFS
ARED, BRED, CRED, ERED, IRED
REDD, REDE, REDO, REDS
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During late March/early April we had to restore various articles from backup.
We would like to thank Richard Porter for his hard work in restoring our wordplay items.
We are aware a couple of wordplay items are still missing and those that we have restored may be slightly out of chronological order. We hope that this doesn't spoil your enjoyment of our website. If you want more information about a wordplay item you think in missing please contact us immediately and we will be happy to help (see contact page).
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Today is the Autumn Equinox.
What words of 4 or 5 letters can you make from the letters in the word EQUINOX. (Hint : you needn't use the Q or X in some of the words).
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There are 9 words, well done if you got more than 5.
EUOI
EXON
NIXE
ONIE
OXEN
QUIN
QUINE
QUINO
QUOIN
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