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Imagine you turn over your first tile…it’s a blank. You think you will have a bonus word on your first rack. Your heart sinks when the remaining 6 tiles are rubbish! But what if you look closely….
Listed below are 26 racks, each containing a blank. Each rack makes just one bonus word – can you find them all ?
As an extra clue, the blank represents a different letter of the alphabet for each different rack. (ie. Only use the blank as an A once, a B once etc..). The blanks are not in alphabetical order though!
Hint to solving…
Most of the words are everyday English, none are obscure Scrabble words.Give each rack a few moments. Don’t worry if you can’t solve it straightaway. Once you have found a few, then think about where the vowels might go, and then the JQXZ. Make note of which letters you’ve used…and then try the remaining letters against the remaining racks.
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| I - VIBRANTR- | R - PRIVACY | ||
| Q - QUALIFY | A - VACCINE | ||
| M - URANIUM | Z - BAZOOKA | ||
| S - OBVIOUS | N - UNHAPPY | ||
| E - CYPRESS | J - PERJURY | ||
| L - BALCONY | O - KLAXONS | ||
| C - SUCCUMB | P - HYPHENS | ||
| X - EXECUTE | K - JACKPOT | ||
| H - MUDBATH | G - FOOTAGE | ||
| D - MIDWIFE | V - OUTVOTE | ||
| U - EQUALLY | B - BRAVADO | ||
| T - MIXTURE | Y - ODYSSEY | ||
| W - WRIGGLY | F - FOOTWAY |
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Some Christmas related questions to get your brain into gear before mulled wine and mince pies take over.
We are indebted to Keith for these - we have added the number of answers, and a reasonable target as some of the answers are obscure!
Question 1 TWAL DAYS of XMAS
(TWAL being Scottish for TWELVE).
a) What 5 letter words can you make with TWAL and a blank ? (4 words to find, 2 are everyday..but if you read the question you should get 3).
b) What 5 letter words can you make with DAYS and a blank ? (18 words to find, 6 are everyday words)
c) What 5 letter words can you make with XMAS and a blank ? (4 words to find, 3 is a good score)
Question 2 FESTIVE SEASON
a) What are the 5 and 6 letter words you can make from the letters in FESTIVE ? (There are 10 words to find, 3 are everyday words)
b) What are the 5 and 6 letter words you can make from the letters in SEASON ? (excluding SEASON there are 10 words - 3 are 'everyday-ish' words)
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Q1 a TWAL +
R- TRAWL
S - TWALS
Y - WALTY
Z - WALTZ
Q 1 b DAYS +
A - ADAYS
D - DYADS
E - SAYED, YEADS
H - DASHY, SHADY
I - DAISY, DIYAS, SAYID
L - SADLY
N - SANDY, SDAYN
P - PAYSD, SPAYD
R - DRAYS, DRYAS, YARDS
U - YAUDS
Q 1 c XMAS +
E - EXAMS, MAXES
I - MAXIS
O - MOXAS
Q 2 a FESTIVE
5s
EVETS
EVITE
FEIST
FETES
FIEST
FIVES
SIEVE
STIVE
6s
EVITES
STIEVE
Q 2 b SEASON
5s
AEONS
NOSES
OASES
SANES
SEANS
SENAS
SENSA
SONES
SONSE
6s
NAOSES
(and SEASON)
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The puzzle this week has been set by Sharon. Thanks Sharon!
The letters COVID aren't that conducive to making other words, but add an E and suddenly the letters spring to life.
What words of 3 letters or more can you make from COVIDE ? There are 42 words in total, some everyday, some obscure.
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3 letters :
CID, COD
DEI, DEV, DIE, DIV, DOC, DOE
ECO, EVO
ICE, IDE
ODE
VID, VIE, VOE
4 letters :
CEDI, CIDE, CIVE, CODE, COED, COVE
DECO, DEVI, DEVO, DICE, DIVE, DIVO, DOVE
ECOD
ICED
ODIC
VICE, VIDE, VIED, VOID
5 letters :
COVED
DOVIE
VICED, VIDEO, VOICE
6 letters :
VOICED
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Vaccines have been in the news again this week and here is a quiz set by Keith on this subject.
There are 20 words to find in total.. some are very obvious, some decidedly less obvious.
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PHIALS
+ C = CALIPHS
+ I = SILPHIA
+ K = KALIPHS
+ N = PLANISH
+ P = PALSHIP & SHIPLAP
+ Y = APISHLY
RETURN
+ C = CURRENT
+ G = GRUNTER
+ I = RUNTIER
+ S = RETURNS & TURNERS
+ U = NURTURE & UNTRUER
+ Y = TURNERY
NORMAL
+ E = ALMONER & NEMORAL
+ S = NORMALS
+ U = UNMORAL
+ Y = ALMONRY
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VACCINEs have been in the news recently.
How many words of 4, 5 and 6 letters can you make from the letters in VACCINE ?
There are 28 words to find - how many do you know ?
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Here they are :
INCAVE
AVINE
CAVIE
ENIAC
NAIVE NAEVI
VINCA
ACNE AINE ANCE
CAIN CANE CAVE CECA CINE CIVE
EINA
NAVE NEVI NICE
VAIN VANE VEIN VENA VIAE VICE VINA VINE
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