It can be windy, can't it? Here is a selection of alphagrams which can be unscrambled to make a word relating to wind. What are the wind-related words? And what , if any, are the other anagrams ?

AEGL
AFTW
FFPU
GSTU
ABLST
ABEHTR
BEEERZ
EHPRYZ
ADGHRTU
AEEINST
AILMRST
CCELNOY
CHIKNOO
EEMPSTT
EFLRTTU
HNOOPTY

More than twelve of the "wind" words is a good score, and more than three of the "other" words is also good.


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  Windy anagram Other anagrams
AEGL GALE EGAL, GEAL
AFTW WAFT  
FFPU PUFF  
GSTU GUST GUTS, TUGS
ABLST BLAST BLATS
ABEHTR BREATH BATHER, BERTHA
BEEERZ BREEZE BEEZER
EHPRYZ ZEPHYR  
ADGHRTU DRAUGHT  
AEEINST ETESIAN  
AILMRST MISTRAL RAMTILS
CCELNOY CYCLONE  
CHIKNOO CHINOOK  
EEMPSTT TEMPEST  
EFLRTTU FLUTTER  
HNOOPTY TYPHOON  

What is the highest score you can get with these opening racks ?

All the highest scoring moves contain a V.

Don’t forget where the double-letter square is for the first move, and that playing all 7 tiles will accrue a 50 point bonus.

Good luck!

ADIKOVW  

BEEEHIV 

MOORTUV

EHIJOVW

AEEELTV

AABNSTV 

AELPVVX  

ACDHOLV

BCIIVWY 

EELSTTV

 

Some extra hints, as the puzzle elves are feeling generous...

1. The total across 10 racks is 384 points, so aim for at least 300, 350 is very good, 375+ is excellent.

2. Two of the words have unusual start letters, one has an unusual end letter.

3. All words are in fairly-everyday English.

 

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VODKA 34

BEEHIVE 88

VROOM 28

JIVE 28

ELEVATE 72

SATNAV  26

VALVE  30

HAVOC 34

IVY  18

SVELTE 26

 

 

How many of the 30 3 letter words that have an H as the middle letter do you know ?

 

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AHA  AHI  AHS

CHA  CHE  CHI 

EHS

GHI

KHI

MHO

OHM  OHO  OHS

PHI  PHO  PHT

RHO  RHY

SHA  SHE  SHH  SHO  SHY

THE  THO  THY

WHA  WHO  WHY

ZHO

 

 

How many of the 30 3 letter words that have an H as the middle letter do you know ?

 

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AHA  AHI  AHS

CHA  CHE  CHI 

EHS

GHI

KHI

MHO

OHM  OHO  OHS

PHI  PHO  PHT

RHO  RHY

SHA  SHE  SHH  SHO  SHY

THE  THO  THY

WHA  WHO  WHY

ZHO

 

 

How many of the 30 3 letter words that have an H as the middle letter do you know ?

 

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AHA  AHI  AHS

CHA  CHE  CHI 

EHS

GHI

KHI

MHO

OHM  OHO  OHS

PHI  PHO  PHT

RHO  RHY

SHA  SHE  SHH  SHO  SHY

THE  THO  THY

WHA  WHO  WHY

ZHO