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Published: 20 June 2019

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Collins Scrabble Words (CSW19) will be valid for all UK games from July 1 2019.

 

There are not that many new words to learn, compared to previous world list changes. For example, there are only 3 new two letter words. (EW, OK, ZE)

 

 

 

There are 6 three letter words to learn :

 

 

 

BAE - a sweetheart or lover

 

BAO – a steamed dumpling

 

DOX – to publish a document on the internet

 

UME – a fleshy, yellow fruit

 

VAX – short for vaccination

 

ZEN – a state of calm attentiveness

 

 

 

 

 

To help you remember the words, and associate them with other allowable words here are some simple quizzes based on 3 of these words.

 

 

1.      Besides B, what other letters can precede AE to make a three letter word ?

2.    Besides BAE and BAO what are the other three letter words that start BA ?

3.      What other three words end AO ? (besides BAO)

4.       What are the other 3 anagrams of BAO ? (besides BAO)

5.       Besides DOX , what three letter words start with DO ?

6.       Besides DOX, what other three letter words end with OX ?

 

 

 

 

Answers :

 

 

1. .  DAE, FAE, GAE, HAE, KAE, MAE, NAE, SAE, TAE, VAE, WAE, YAE   + BAE

2.     BAA, BAC, BAD, BAG, BAH, BAL, BAM, BAN, BAP, BAR, BAS, BAT, BAY + BAE,BAO

3.     HAO, TAO + BAO

4.     ABO, BOA, OBA +BAO

5.     DOB, DOC, DOD, DOE, DOF, DOG, DOH, DOL, DOM, DON, DOO, DOP, DOR, DOS,DOT, DOW, DOY + DOX

6.     BOX, COX, FOX, GOX, HOX, LOX, NOX, POX, SOX, VOX, WOX + DOX

 

 

 

 

 

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Written by HG

Category: Wordplay

Published: 13 June 2019

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Collins Scrabble Words (CSW19) will be valid for all UK games from July 1 2019.

There are not that many new words to learn, compared to previous world list changes. For example, there are only 3 new two letter words.

 

These are :

 

EW – an interjection expressing disgust

 

OK – an interjection expressing assent

 

ZE – a gender-neutral third person singular subjective pronoun used instead of ‘they’

 

 

 

To help you remember the words, and associate them with other allowable words here are some simple quizzes.

Note – some knowledge of the new 3 letter words may be useful!

 

 

 

a)     a) What other 2 letter words end in W   ?

 

b)      b) What three letter words (if any) start with EW or end with EW ?

 

 

 

c)       c) What other 2 letter words contain a  K ?

 

d)      d) What three letter words (if any) start with OK or end with  OK?

 

 

 

e)      e) What other 2 letter words start with a Z ?

 

f)        f) What three letter words (if any) start with ZE or end with ZE ?

 

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Answers :

 

 

 

a)       Besides EW, there are AW and OW

 

b)      EWE, EWK and EWT.  

 

DEW, EEW, FEW, HEW, JEW, LEW, MEW, NEW, PEW, REW, SEW, TEW and YEW.

 

 

 

c)       Besides OK, there are KA, KI, KO and KY.

 

d)      OKA and OKE.

 

BOK, ROK, WOK and YOK.

 

 

 

e)      Besides ZE, there is ZA and ZO.

 

f)        ZEA, ZED. ZEE, ZEK, ZEL, ZEN, ZEP and ZEX.

 

There are no words ending -ZE.

 

Note, none of the new 3 letters words can be pluralised. ZEN is a new three letter word.

 

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Category: Wordplay

Published: 26 May 2019

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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