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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

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

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

Time for a puzzle!

 

 

 

There is nothing more infuriating in Scrabble than finding a bonus word on your rack, and realising it won’t play. This is where remembering anagrams is useful.

 

 

 

Below are 10 racks of letters, each can be anagrammed into 2 different words. Some are everyday words, others a bit more obscure.

All have as their base, at least 6 relatively common letters so you are quite likely to find them on your rack.. just waiting to be anagrammed to a 7 letter word!

 

 

 

Here are the 10 racks, each with 2 anagrams. How many of the 20 anagrams can you find ? 

 

Try to find between 10-13, well done if you found 14-17, and excellent if you found more than 17!

 

ADEILST  

 

 

ABDEINR 

 

 

ACDEINS 

 

 

ADEIRSV 

 

 

AEEIMNT 

 

 

AEGGINR 

 

 

AEEIRST 

 

 

EFILORT 

 

 

EIILOST 

 

 

EINNOST 

 

 

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ADEILST  - DETAILS, DILATES

 

ABDEINR – BANDIER, BRAINED

 

ACDEINS – CANDIES, INCASED

 

ADEIRSV – ADVISER, VARDIES

 

AEEIMNT – MATINEE, ETAMINE

 

AEGGINR – GEARING, NAGGIER

 

AEEIRST – AERIEST, SERIATE

 

EFILORT – LOFTIER, TREFOIL

 

EIILOST – IOLITES, OILIEST

 

 

EINNOST – INTONES, TENSION