Wordplay

Details: Written by HG; Category: Wordplay; Published: 25 June 2021; Hits: 1685

Two quizzes this week :

a) what are the 4 letter words which have a K second letter and DON'T start with an S ? (18 words in total, try to get more than 10)

And a slightly harder quiz :

b) what are the 4 letter words which have a K second letter and START with an S ? (27 words in total, try to get more than 10)

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Quiz A (not SK)

AKAS AKED AKEE AKES AKIN

EKED EKES EKKA

IKAN IKAT IKON

OKAS OKAY OKEH OKES OKRA OKTA

UKES

Quiz B (SK)

Answers below

SKAG SKAS SKAT SKAW

SKED SKEE SKEG SKEN SKEO SKEP SKER SKET SKEW

SKID SKIM SKIN SKIO SKIP SKIS SKIT

SKOG SKOL

SKRY

SKUA SKUG

SKYF SKYR

Details: Written by HG; Category: Wordplay; Published: 18 June 2021; Hits: 1649

Below are 15 rack each containing CAT.

Each rack makes one 7 letter word... (none start with CAT or end with CAT...but there is a cat somewhere!)

CAT + AELP

CAT + CENS

CAT + DIUV

CAT + AEKO

CAT + GNOO

CAT + AEHU

CAT + DEOS

CAT + AFIN

CAT + ORRU

CAT + IILS

CAT + ABIX

CAT + FORY

CAT + EEHH

CAT + EEHM

CAT + NRUY

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CAT + AELP placate

CAT + CENS accents

CAT + DIUV viaduct

CAT + AEKO oatcake

CAT + GNOO octagon

CAT + AEHU chateau

CAT + DEOS coasted

CAT + AFIN fanatic

CAT + ORRU curator

CAT + IILS italics

CAT + ABIX taxicab

CAT + FORY factory

CAT + EEHH cheetah

CAT + EEHM machete

CAT + NRUY truancy

Details: Written by HG; Category: Wordplay; Published: 11 June 2021; Hits: 1691

There are 23 3 letter words that score 10 points or more and DON'T contain a J,Q, X or Z. How many do you know ?

To be fair one of them is KAK (11), but since there is only one K it really scores 6.

So there are 22 left... good luck!

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A bit longer

Here they are :

AWK

CWM

EWK

HMM HYP

KAF (KAK) KAW KAY KEF KEY KHI KIF KOW KYE KYU

MYC

SKY

WHY WOK

YAK YOK YUK

Details: Written by HG; Category: Wordplay; Published: 07 June 2021; Hits: 1665

Here is a short and simple quiz: what words can you make from GHU? (ie UGH plus a blank?)
There are between ten and fifteen answers, and more than two-thirds right is good.

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Answers nearly here

Ugh, the answers are here:

fhklsw	AUGH	t	an interjection expressing despair or frustration
	CHUG	s	to move with a dull explosive sound
hlt	EUGH	s	a yew (Spenserian)
	HUGE	r	very large
	HUNG		past tense of HANG, to attach from above, suspend
	PUGH		an expression of contempt, also PUH (obsolete)
	GUSH	y	to flow forth forcefully
ct	HUGS		HUG, to clasp tightly in the arms
	SUGH	s	to make a moaning or sighing sound, also SOUGH
esv	UGHS		UGH, the sound of a cough or grunt
	THUG	s	a brutal ruffian
	VUGH	sy	a small cavity in a rock, also VUG, VUGG
	HUGY		huge, vast (archaic)

Details: Written by HG; Category: Wordplay; Published: 27 May 2021; Hits: 1689

WHITSUN is upon us, so here is a word quiz about it:

- What 4 letter words can you get from the letters in WHITSUN?
(there are 40 in all, a score of 25 or more is good)

- What 5 letter words can you get from the letters in WHITSUN?
(there are 15 in all, a score of 8 or more is good)

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What are they?

Where are they?

Whitsun is now here!

4-LETTER WORDS						5-LETTER WORDS

HINS	NISH	SHIN	THIN	UNIS	WHIN	HINTS
HINT	NITS	SHIT	THIS	UNIT	WHIT	HUNTS
HISN	NUTS	SHUN	THUS	UTIS	WINS	INUST
HIST		SHUT	TINS		WISH	SHUNT
HITS		SINH	TUIS		WIST	SUINT
HUIS		SITH	TUNS		WITH	SWITH
HUNS		SNIT	TUSH		WITS	THINS
HUNT		STUN	TWIN			TWINS
HUTS		SUIT				UNITS
		SUNI				UNWIT
						WHINS
						WHIST
						WHITS
						WISHT
						WITHS

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