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Published: 30 October 2020

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… and things that go bump in the night!

It’s that time of year when things are abroad in the twilight – so this week’s quiz is to see what they might be.  What are the anagrams of :  

GHOST?
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GHOUL?

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GHOST+N           THONGS             THONG, to flog with a whip [v]
GHOST+S            GHOSTS              GHOST, to ghostwrite [v]
GHOST+S            GOSHTS              GOSHT, (Hindi) in Indian cookery, meat [n]
GHOST+S            OUGHTS             OUGHT, to owe [v]
GHOST+U           SOUGHT             SEEK, to go in search of [v]
GHOST+U           TOUGHS             TOUGH, to endure [v]
GHOST+Y            GHOSTY              like a ghost [adj GHOSTIER, GHOSTIEST]

GHOUL+C           CLOUGH             a ravine, also CLEUCH, CLEUGH [n -S]
GHOUL+M          MOGHUL            (Persian) an important person, also MOGUL, MUGHAL [n -S]
GHOUL+P           PLOUGH             to turn soil with a farm implement, also PLOW [v -ED, -ING, -S]
GHOUL+S           GHOULS              a desert demon preying on travellers, also GHOULIE [n]
GHOUL+S           LOUGHS              LOUGH, (Irish) a lake [n]
GHOUL+S           SLOUGH              to cast off [v -ED, -ING, -S]
GHOUL+Y           OUGHLY             to make ugly, also OUGLIE [v OUGHLIED, OUGHLYING, OUGHLIES]

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Written by HG

Category: Wordplay

Published: 23 October 2020

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Below are 12 racks of letters, each contains 2 Ps and each rack makes one bonus word.

How quickly can you find all 12 7letter words ?

ADDELPP

AAIKPPR

EHIPPTW

EOPPRSU

AINPPRS

AELNPPY

AEHIPPR

AAEPPRT

CCEIOPP

EHOPPRT

ACDELPP

AHEPPRS

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ADDELPP - DAPPLED

AAIKPPR - PAPRIKA

EHIPPTW - WHIPPET

EOPPRSU - PURPOSE

AINPPRS - PARSNIP

AELNPPY - PLAYPEN

AEHIPPR - HAPPIER

AAEPPRT - PARAPET

CCEIOPP - COPPICE

EHOPPRT - PROPHET

ACDELPP - CLAPPED

AHEPPRS - PERHAPS

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Written by HG

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Published: 17 October 2020

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A short topical quiz ...

a) what are the anagrams of THREE ?

b) what are the anagrams of TIERS ?

There are 8 words in total to find... most are in everyday usage. How many do you know ? Answers below.

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THREE : ETHER, THERE

TIERS : REIST, RESIT, RITES, STIRE, TIRES, TRIES

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Published: 09 October 2020

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What are the 3 letter words with T as the middle letter ?

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ATE

ATS

ATT

ETA

ETH

ITA

ITS

NTH

STY

UTA

UTE

UTS

UTU

How many of the 13 did you find ?