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

 

 

 

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 ?

 

 

DORSET, or rather its valid anagram STRODE, combines with 18 different letters to make 48 words. Five of those letters are the 5 vowels.

What are the 7 letter words you can make with :

DORSET + A

DORSET + E

DORSET + I

DORSET + O

DORSET + U

There are 21 words to find, about 7-10 are 'everyday' words, so well done if you exceed this.

 

The answers are given below as are the answers to the all the other letters that combine with DORSET if you want to undertake a longer quiz!

 

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DORSET + A : DOATERS, ROASTED, TORSADE, TROADES

DORSET + E : OERSTED, ROSETED, TEREDOS

DORSET + I : EDITORS, ROISTED, ROSITED, SORTIED, STEROID, STORIED, TRIODES

DORSET + O : ROOSTED

DORSET + U : DETOURS, DOUREST, DOUTERS, OUTREDS, REDOUTS, ROUSTED

 

 

 

The consonants :

DORSET + B : DEBTORS, STROBED

DORSET + F : DEFROST, FROSTED

DORSET + G  : STODGER, TODGERS

DORSET + H : DEHORTS, SHORTED

DORSET + K : STROKED

DORSET + L : DROLEST, OLDSTER, STRODLE

DORSET + M : STORMED

DORSET + N : RODENTS, SNORTED

DORSET + P : DEPORTS, REDTOPS, SPORTED

DORSET + R : DORTERS, RODSTER

DORSET + T : DETORTS, DOTTERS

DORSET + W : STROWED, WORSTED

DORSET + Y : DESTROY, ROYSTED, STROYED

 

 

 

There are 28 3 letter words containing both an A and an O.

How many do you know ?

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Here we are :

 

B : ABO, BAO, BOA, OBA

C : OCA

D : ADO, ODA

F : OAF

G : AGO, GOA

H : HAO, HOA

K : KOA, OAK, OKA

M : MOA, OMA

P : APO, OPA, POA

R : OAR, ORA

T : OAT, TAO

V : AVO, OVA

Z : AZO, ZOA

 

 

Below are 10 racks of tiles, each containing an H.

Assuming each is your opening rack in a game, what is the highest score you can achieve with each rack. Most of the highest answers are fairly everyday words - all use the H !

 

A H I O R T X

E G H O T T U

A H I I P R S

A H I O O U Y

D E E H R S U

H M P R S T Y 

A I H K L O U

A B H I P O X

A C H J O T Y

C D E H S T Y

 

 

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THORAX - 48

GHETTO - 28

AIRSHIP - 82

YAHOO - 30

USHERED - 80

MYTHS - 32

HAIKU - 32

PHOBIA - 34

YACHT - 34

SCYTHED - 90

 

Well done if you got more than 5 !