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Published: 05 July 2018

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An easier quiz this time… and a test of three letter words !

Here are the 32 teams taking part in the World Cup in Russia.

Many of them FINISH with a valid three letter word (some of them finish with the same 3 letter word!)

How many do you know ?

As an extra test look at both words in the countries with two words giving a total of 35 words to check.

RUSSIA                 EGYPT                   URUGUAY           PORTUGAL

SPAIN                   MOROCCO          IRAN                      FRANCE

PERU                     DENMARK           ICELAND              CROATIA

NIGERIA               BRAZIL                  SERBIA                  GERMANY

MEXICO               SWEDEN              BELGIUM             PANAMA

TUNISIA               ENGLAND            POLAND               SENEGAL

COLOMBIA         JAPAN                  SAUDI ARABIA

AUSTRALIA         ARGENTINA       SWITZERLAND

COSTA RICA        SOUTH KOREA

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GAL – Portugal, Senegal

AIN – Spain

RAN – Iran

ARK – Denmark

AND – Iceland, England. Poland, Switzerland

RIA – Nigeria

ANY – Germany

DEN- Sweden

AMA - Panama

PAN - Japan

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Published: 01 July 2018

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What are the ten 8 letter words you can make with SENEGAL and a blank ?

What are the two 8 letter words you can make with CROATIA and a blank ?

There are 4 everyday words, so anything above 4 is good! 

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SENEGAL + F = FENAGLES

SENEGAL + I = ENSILAGE, LINEAGES

SENEGAL + M = MELANGES

SENEGAL + O = GASOLENE

SENEGAL + R = ENLARGES, GENERALS, GLEANERS

SENEGAL + U = EUGLENAS

SENEGAL + V = EVANGELS

CROATIA + M = AROMATIC

CROATIA + N = RAINCOAT

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Published: 17 June 2018

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Several of the World Cup Teams can be anagrammed to make valid Scrabble words.

These countries are :

SPAIN

IRAN

PERU

ARGENTINA

ICELAND

SERBIA

SWEDEN

ENGLAND

Between them they make 18 valid Scrabble words, although 6 are 'everyday' words. Kudos if you solve ARGENTINA !

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SPAIN : NIPAS, PAINS, PIANS, PINAS, SPINA  (also remember SPAIN is a valid word too!)

IRAN : AIRN, RAIN, RANI

PERU : PUER, PURE

ICELAND : INLACED

ARGENTINA : TANAGRINE

SERBIA : BRAISE, ERBIAS, RABIES

SWEDEN : ENDEWS, NEWSED

ENGLAND : ENDLANG

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Published: 14 June 2018

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There are 32 teams taking part in the World Cup in Russia starting today.

Some of the country names are valid in Scrabble. But which ones? Choose from :

RUSSIA                 EGYPT                   URUGUAY           PORTUGAL

SPAIN                   MOROCCO          IRAN                      FRANCE

PERU                     DENMARK           ICELAND              CROATIA

NIGERIA               BRAZIL                  SERBIA                  GERMANY

MEXICO               SWEDEN              BELGIUM             PANAMA

TUNISIA               ENGLAND            POLAND               SENEGAL

COLOMBIA         JAPAN

The remaining countries are either at least 9 letters long or contain two words so are excluded from the quiz:

SAUDI ARABIA

AUSTRALIA

ARGENTINA

SWITZERLAND

COSTA RICA

SOUTH KOREA

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The valid country names are :

RUSSIA

SPAIN

MOROCCO

BRAZIL

PANAMA

JAPAN

Well done if you got all 6.