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Category: Wordplay

Published: 24 September 2021

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Five mini-quizzes this month.

a) what 4 letter words can you make from ZEA and a blank ?

b) what 4 letter words can you make from ZEE and a blank ?

c) what 4 letter words can you make from ZEI and a blank ?

d) what 4 letter words can you make from ZEO and a blank ?

e) what 4 letter words can you make from ZEU and a blank ?

There are 37 answers in total, though one word appears on 2 lists. Also one of the answers contains a second Z !

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ZEA+ 

D : ADZE, DAZE, ZEDA

F : FAZE

G : GAZE

H : HAZE

L : LAZE, ZEAL

M : MAZE

N : NAZE

O : ZOEA

R : RAZE

S : ZEAS

T : ZETA

ZEE+

G : GEEZ

J : JEEZ

M : MEZE, MZEE

S : ZEES

Z : ZEZE

ZEI+

B : BIZE

N : ZEIN, ZINE

P : PIZE

S : SIZE

T : ZITE

ZEO+

A: ZOEA

C : COZE

D : DOZE

M : MOZE

N : ZONE

O : OOZE

R : ZERO

T : TOZE

Y : OYEZ

ZEU+

B : ZEBU

F : FUZE

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Written by HG

Category: Wordplay

Published: 13 August 2021

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Below are 10 racks.

What is the highest score you can achieve on each rack ?

You are playing each rack at the start of the game, so don't forget the Double Letter Squares, the double word score and of course any 50 point bonuses.

The highest score in every case includes the letter C.

There are 4 racks that score over 50, and your total score (over the 10 racks) is 476.

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This will be the last weekly quiz as the club re-opens next Thursday.

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Category: Wordplay

Published: 06 August 2021

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There are 13 3 letter words listed below.

Add 2 different letters at the beginning of each word to make a normal, English word. (Admittedly one has a 'foreign undercurrent').

Each letter of the alphabet is used exactly once so some thought is needed as to which words you make.

For example if you choose to SW-EAR to cannot use the S to make SP-OKE or the W to make  WI-PED.

Hint : think about where the JQXZ may be, and whether any of the 3 letter words can only be extended to make a solitary 5 letter word.

AIL              ARF           ARS        BOO       CEP

EAR             IDE            ISM        OBE       OKE

ORD            OWN          PED

All of the answers in the above quiz are everyday words.

Below, is exactly the same puzzle, with different 3 letter words, this time making more obscure Scrabble words. Again use all 26 letters just once only.

AJI            AMI             ANA       CAD        GON

HOS          IRK              LAG      LOW        NON

OOF          OXY             ULE

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QUAIL            DWARF       CZARS       TABOO     BICEP

SMEAR           OXIDE         PRISM      GLOBE      EVOKE

FJORD            KNOWN      HYPED

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BHAJI             SWAMI     JNANA      CYCAD    TIGON

DZHOS            QUIRK     OFLAG      AGLOW   XENON   

KLOOF            PROXY     MVULE 

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Category: Wordplay

Published: 30 July 2021

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Using only the letters in OLYMPIC what 3 letter words can you make ? You can't use a letter twice in the same word.

There are 27 words in total.

Award yourself a GOLD MEDAL if you get more than 25.

Award yourself a SILVER MEDAL if you get more than 20.

Award yourself a BRONZE MEDAL if you get more than 15.

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CLY   COL  COP  COY

ICY   IMP

LIP   LOP   LOY  LYM

MIC   MIL   MOC  MOI  MOL   MOP  MOY   MYC

OIL   OLM

PIC    PLY   POI    POL   POM

YIP    YOM