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Published: 22 July 2018

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Last week we published a World Cup Scrabble Board puzzle. The answers are :

The rack NEWSRIN can be anagrammed to make the apt word WINNERS.

This can be played for 73 points by pluralising MANAGER. 

However a higher score can be achieved by playing WINNERS in parallel to GOAL (making GI, ON,AN, and FINALE) this scores 79 points.

The highest non-apt score can be achieved with ANSWERING, as a double-double using the A of SAVE and G of GOAL. Well done if you spotted this 108 point move!

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Published: 15 July 2018

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To mark the World Cup Final today (and coincidentally the Wimbledon finals too), here is a board diagram.

Two questions :

1 - What is the highest scoring sport-related word you can play on this board with the rack NEWSRIN. (No football knowledge is required!)

2 - What is the highest scoring non-sport-related word you can play on this board with the rack NEWSRIN (ie a word that doesn't fit the theme).

Answers in a few days. 

Good luck.

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Published: 12 July 2018

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The final vocabulary quiz today, based on the one team that hasn't had a quiz or answer set about it : AUSTRALIA.

What are the 4 letter words you can make from the letters in AUSTRALIA ?

There are a lot, so to narrow it down (and make it harder, sorry!), the 4 letter words must contain 2 As.

There are 15 words in total :

-  3 are everyday words

- another 3 are plurals of 3 letter words

so a score of 3-6 is achievable.

If you get more than 10 well done!

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Here are the answers :

ARIA, RAIA

AIAS

ALAR

AALS, ALAS

TAAL, TALA

AULA

ASAR

RATA, TARA

AURA

AUAS

ATUA

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Published: 08 July 2018

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Of the 32 countries that have, or are, taking place in this year’s World Cup, 3 of them have not been part of any puzzle question or answer. These three are URUGUAY, EGYPT and AUSTRALIA.

Today’s quizzes are :

a)       What are the 3 letter words you can make from URUGUAY ? You can use as many (or none!) of the Us.

b)      What are the 3 letter words you can make from EGYPT ?

There are 26 in total. About 9-10 are everyday words.

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URUGUAY yields :

GAR, RAG, GAU. GAY, YAG

ARY,  RAY,  RYA,  YAR. AYU

GUR, RUG. GUY, YUG, RYU

EGYPT yields :

PEG, GET, TEG, GEY, PET

PYE,  YEP,  TYE,  YET, GYP

TYG