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Published: 03 October 2020

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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

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Published: 19 September 2020

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

How many do you know ?

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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

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Published: 14 September 2020

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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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Here they are :

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 ! 

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Autumn appears to be here.

So to celebrate (!) what are the 3, 4 and 5 letter words you can from the letters in AUTUMN ?

There 18 3 letter words,  8   4 letter words and   1  5 letter word.

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3 letter words :

AMU   ANT

MAN   MAT    MNA  MUN   MUT

NAM   NAT    NUT

TAM    TAN   TAU   TUM    TUN

UTA    UMU   UTU

4 letter words :

AUNT

MAUN    MAUT   MUNT

NAMU

TUAN      TUNA

UNAU

5 letter word

MUNTU

Well done if you got more 13 - exceeding well done if you got all the 3 letter words!