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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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The answers are :
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.
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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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Below are sets of 4 letters each making 2 valid Scrabble words. The additional criterion is that each of the 4 letter sets contains either the J, Q, X or Z.
How many of the 56 answers do you know - remember each set has 2 anagrams ! ?
About half are everyday English words or relatively commonly played Scrabble Words, so try to get at least 28.
Well done if you get over 40 and exceedingly well done if you get over 50!
1. AARJ
2. ABUJ
3. AENJ
4. AOTJ
5. APSJ
6. APUJ
7. ASYJ
8. EOSJ
9. ESTJ
10. GSUJ
11. MOOJ
12. STUJ
13. ADIQ
14. ACOX
15. AELX
16. AESX
17. AFLX
18. ENOX
19. AELZ
20. AGYZ
21. AMYZ
22. ANOZ
23. APSZ
24. BOOZ
25. EEMZ
26. EINZ
27. ISTZ
28. MOOZ
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1. AARJ - AJAR, RAJA
2. ABUJ - BAJU, JUBA
3. AENJ - JANE, JEAN
4. AOTJ - JATO, JOTA
5. APSJ - JAPS, JASP
6. APUJ - JAUP, PUJA
7. ASYJ - JASY, JAYS
8. EOSJ - JOES, SJOE
9. ESTJ - JEST, JETS
10. GSUJ - GJUS, JUGS
11. MOOJ - JOMO, MOJO
12. STUJ - JUST, JUTS
13. ADIQ - QAID, QADI
14. ACOX - COAX, COXA
15. AELX - AXEL, AXLE
16. AESX - AXES. SAXE
17. AFLX - FLAX, FALX
18. ENOX - EXON, OXEN
19. AELZ - LAZE, ZEAL
20. AGYZ - GAZY, ZYGA
21. AMYZ - AZYM, MAZY
22. ANOZ - AZON, ZONA
23. APSZ - SPAZ. ZAPS
24. BOOZ - BOZO, ZOBO
25. EEMZ - MEZE, MZEE
26. EINZ - ZEIN, ZINE
27. ISTZ - SITZ, ZITS
28. MOOZ - MOZO, ZOOM
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A quick Valentine's quiz for you :
What are the 7 letter words you make with :
HEARTS + L
HEARTS + O
HEARTS + V
HEARTS + E ?
There are 13 words to find. Just under half are everyday English words.
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HEARTS+L = HALTERS, HARSLET, LATHERS, SLATHER,THALERS
HEARTS+O = ASTHORE, EARSHOT, HAROSET
HEARTS+V = HARVEST, THRAVES
HEARTS+E = AETHERS, HEATERS, REHEATS
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