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Hi,
Over the Easter weekend there will be 4 quizzes that will test your 4 letter words with 3 vowels. All 4 quizzes have been concatenated on the website.
Each day, you will be given a number of consonants, and all the appropriate vowels needed to make a 4 letter word with that consonant - all you have to do is to make all the 4 letter words.
The list of vowels may seem daunting in some cases, but once you take away the vowels that make 'everyday' words, you should be able to make a good attempt at the more obscure ones.
B (3 words) : AA EE I OOO U
(ie make 3 4letter words, each containing a B and 3 of the supplied vowels. All 9 of the supplied vowels used once)
C (2 words) : AAA II O
D (6 words) : AAAAA EEEEEEE IIIII O (That's 5 A, 7 E, 5 I, 1 O)
F - none
G (6 words) : AAAAA EEEEEEE II OO UU (5 A, 7 E, 2 I, 2 O, 2 U)
H (3 words) : AA IIII OO U
J (2 words) : AA EE I O
K (3 words) : AAA EEE II U
L (13 words, yes, THIRTEEN) : AAAAAAAAAAAA EEEEEEEEEE IIIII OOOOOOOO UUUU (12 A, 10 E, 5 I, 8 O, 4 U)
M (8 words) : AAAAA EEEEE IIII OOOOOO UUUU (5 A, 5 E, 4 I, 6 O, 4 U)
N (12 words) : AAAAAAAAAAA EEEEEEEE IIIIIIII OOOOO UUUU (11 A, 8 E, 8 I, 5 O, 4 U)
P (3 words) : AAA EEE O UU
Q (2 words) : AAA I UU
R (10 words) AAAAAAAAAAA EEEEEE III OOOO UUUUUU (11 A, 6 E, 3 I, 4 O, 6 U)
S (6 words) AAAAAAAA EEEEE I OO UU
T (7 words) AAAAAAA EE III OOOO UUUUU
V (5 words) AAAA EEEEEEE I O UU
W (3 words) A EEEEEE I O
X (2 words) AA E II U
Y none
Z (3 words) A EE OOOOO U
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| B | BEAU |
| OBIA | |
| OBOE | |
| C | ACAI |
| CIAO | |
| D | AIDA |
| AIDE | |
| EIDE | |
| IDEA | |
| IDEE | |
| ODEA | |
| F none | |
| G | AGEE |
| AGIO | |
| AGUE | |
| AIGA | |
| EUGE | |
| OGEE | |
| H | HIOI |
| HUIA | |
| OHIA | |
| J | AJEE |
| JIAO | |
| K | AKEE |
| KAIE | |
| KUIA | |
| L | ALAE |
| ALEE | |
| ALOE | |
| ALOO | |
| AULA | |
| EALE | |
| ILEA | |
| ILIA | |
| LIEU | |
| LUAU | |
| OLEA | |
| OLEO | |
| OLIO | |
| M | AMIA |
| AMIE | |
| EMEU | |
| MEOU | |
| MOAI | |
| MOOI | |
| MOUE | |
| OUMA | |
| N | AEON |
| AINE | |
| ANOA | |
| AUNE | |
| EINA | |
| EINE | |
| EOAN | |
| INIA | |
| NAOI | |
| ONIE | |
| UNAI | |
| UNAU | |
| P | EPEE |
| OUPA | |
| PAUA | |
| Q | AQUA |
| QUAI | |
| R | AERO |
| AREA | |
| ARIA | |
| AURA | |
| EURO | |
| IURE | |
| RAIA | |
| ROUE | |
| URAO | |
| UREA | |
| S | AIAS |
| ASEA | |
| AUAS | |
| EASE | |
| EAUS | |
| OOSE | |
| T | AITU |
| ATUA | |
| AUTO | |
| ETUI | |
| IOTA | |
| OUTA | |
| TOEA | |
| V | EAVE |
| EVOE | |
| UVAE | |
| UVEA | |
| VIAE | |
| W | AWEE |
| EEEW | |
| OWIE | |
| X | EAUX |
| IXIA | |
| Y | |
| NONE | |
| Z | OOZE |
| OUZO | |
| ZOEA |
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There are 27 3 letter words which end with 2 consonants, and both the consonants are the same. How many of the 27 do you know ?
To confirm, words like ADD should be on your list, words like ACT should not.
Extra hint, most of the 27 words start with a vowel, but not all.
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ABB ADD AFF ALL ANN APP ASS ATT
BRR
EBB EFF EGG ELL ERR ESS
GRR
HMM
IFF IGG ILL INN
MMM
ODD OFF
SHH
UMM
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Here are 25 racks held by East Berks players at the recent Isle of Wight tournament.
Between them they make 40 bonus words. How many can you spot ?
Some of them of quite hard, so don't worry if you don't get them all.
Fairly easy, single anagrams :
ACEHIMP
ACGGRSY
DGINNNO
ACDEITT
AADEMNT
A bit harder, single anagrams :
DEEHORS
AAEORRT
AEISTTU
DEINRTT
AENORRV
A lot harder, single anagrams :
AEEFOTV
AENSSTY
AEDGNUS
EGNNTUU
DEIOOST
EFKLNUY
These racks make 2 words, some easy, some difficult :
EELRSTV
AENORSS
AEIMNTY
AAEGSSU
BDEIRSU
AEIPRSU
The number in brackets indicates the number of bonuses, again some easy, some difficult :
ABDELST (3)
ADEORST (4)
AEENRST (5)
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ACEHIMP - IMPEACH
ACGGRSY - SCRAGGY
DGINNNO - DONNING
ACDEITT - DICTATE
AADEMNT - MANDATE
DEEHORS – RESHOED
AAEORRT - AERATOR
AEISTTU - SITUATE
DEINRTT - TRIDENT
AENORRV - OVERRAN
AEEFOTV - FOVEATE
AENSSTY - STAYNES
AEDGNUS – AUGENDS
EGNNTUU - UNGUENT
DEIOOST - OSTEOID
EFKLNUY - FLUNKEY
EELRSTV – SVELTER, SERVLET
AENORSS - SENORAS, REASONS
AEIMNTY – AMENITY, ANYTIME
AAEGSSU – SAUSAGE, ASSUAGE
BDEIRSU – BRUISED, BURDIES
AEIPRSU – UPRAISE, SPURIAE
ABDELST – BALDEST, BLASTED, STABLED
ADEORST – TORSADE, DOATERS, ROASTED, TROADES
AEENRST – NEAREST, EARNEST, EASTERN, RATEENS, STERANE
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To celebrate the 12 days of Christmas, here are 12 mini-quizzes. Each quiz is based on a word from the well-known carol.
You can undertake a quiz a day, or complete all 12 quizzes in one sitting.. you choose!
The answers are given below..and are well spaced out so you can check one quiz, without seeing the answers to another.
As its Christmas, there are hints to the number of answers, and a reasonable number of answers to achieve.
Happy Christmas … and Happy Puzzling !
1. What are the anagrams of PEAR ?
(Hint, there are 4 anagrams, try to get at least 3).
2. What 7 seven letter words can you make with TURTLE and a blank ?
(Hint, there are 8 words, 4 in everyday English, 2 others very guessable, and 2 obscure)
3. What are the hooks to HEN ? i.e what 4 letter words end -HEN or start HEN- ?
(Hint, there are 3 front hooks and 3 back hooks…can you get more than the 3 common words?)
4. What are the anagrams of BIRD + a blank ?
(Hint, there are 8 to find, try to find more than 5).
5. What are the hooks to RING ? i.e what 5 letter words end -RING or start RING- ?
(Hint, there are 5 in total, 3 of them in everyday English… can you find the other 2 ?)
6. What are the hooks to LAYING ? i.e what 7 letter words end -LAYING or start LAYING- ?
(Hint, there are 6 in total, 3 of them in everyday English, another 2 are very guessable)
7. What are the anagrams of SWAN ?
(Hint, there are 4, try to get more than 2)
8. What are the anagrams of MAIDENS ? (I know its MAIDS in the song!)
(Hint, there are 4, try to get at least 2)
9. What are the anagrams of :
- LADIES + D,
- LADIES + A
- LADIES + N
- LADIES + C
- LADIES + E
(Hint, this is possibly the hardest question. There are 8 answers in total, aim for at least 3)
10. What are the anagrams of LORD and a blank ?
(Hint, there are 10 words to find, try to find at least 5)
11. What are the hooks to PIPE ? i.e what 5 letter words end -PIPE or start PIPE- ?
(Hint, there are 4 words, and they are all BACK hooks. 3 are easy.)
12. What are the anagrams of DRUMMER and a blank ?
(Hint, there are 3 words. One is very easy, another an everyday word…if you get the 3rd... well done it is very obscure!)
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Q1 PEAR anagrams
APER PARE RAPE REAP
Q2 in a bit
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Q2 TURTLE? Anagrams
CLUTTER FLUTTER GUTTLER TURTLED TURTLER TURTLES TUTELAR UTTERLY
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Q3 HEN hooks
SHEN THEN WHEN HEND HENS HENT
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Q4 BIRD anagrams
BIDER BIRDS BRAID BREID BRIDE DRIBS RABID REBID
Q5 coming soon
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Q5 RING hooks
BRING ERING IRING WRING RINGS
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Q6 LAYING hooks
ALAYING CLAYING FLAYING PLAYING SLAYING LAYINGS
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Q7 SWAN anagrams
AWNS SAWN SNAW WANS
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Q8 MAIDENS anagrams
DEMAINS MEDIANS MEDINAS SIDEMAN
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Q9 LADIES anagrams
D – DAIDLES LADDIES
A – ALIASED
N- DENIALS SNAILED
C- SCAILED
E – AEDILES, DEISEAL
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Q10 LORD anagrams
DOLOR DROIL DROLE DROLL DROOL LOORD LORDS LORDY OLDER WORLD
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Q11 PIPE hooks
PIPED PIPER PIPES PIPET
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Q12 DRUMMER anagrams
DUMMERER DRUMMERS MURMURED
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