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This week's quiz has been set by Keith and celebrates the fact that most of our members are now just ONE JAB AWAY from being fully vaccinated.
What 5, 6 and 7 letter words can you make from the letters ONEJABAWAY.
There are surprisingly 20 words in total - many are obscure so well done if you get 5 !!!
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ABAYA AJOWAN AJWAN
BAJAN BANJO BANYA BEANO BEANY BONEY BOWNE BWANA
EBONY ENJOY
JAWAN JAWBONE
NAWAB NOWAY
WANEY
YOJAN YOJANA
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Today, the 12th March, is ONE YEAR since we last met face-to-face. Fingers crossed, it won't be too long before we can meet up again.
The quiz, or rather quizzes, are based on ONEYEAR.
Quiz 1 : What are the front and back hooks to ONE and the back hooks to YEAR ? (There are no front hooks to YEAR). There are 18 to find, try to find at least 14.
(ie what 4 letter words end -ONE, and start ONE- and what words start YEAR-)
Quiz 2 : What 4 letter words can you make from the 7 letters ONEYEAR ? There are 30 words to find, if you think your knowledge of 4s is good, aim for 22+, if its weaker, try for 10-15)
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Quiz 1 :
BONE CONE DONE FONE GONE HONE LONE NONE PONE RONE SONE TONE ZONE
ONER ONES
YEARD YEARN YEARS
Quiz 2 :
AEON AERO AERY AYRE
EARN EERY EOAN ERNE EYEN EYER EYNE EYRA EYRE
NARE NARY NEAR
OARY ONER OYER
REAN REEN RENO RENY ROAN RONE
YARE YARN YEAN YEAR YORE
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Here are ten sets of seven letters, each consisting of only 1-point tiles, that have only one anagram, which is an everyday seven-letter word. What are those everyday words?
AEENSTT
AEIILNR
AEIINRT
AENNRTT
AIORRTT
EEEIRRT
EEILRSU
EIILSTU
EIINNRT
IOORSTU
And, if you thought that was too easy, here’s are five extra sets, also consisting of only 1-pont tiles that also have only one anagram. They make less common words, but they are the sorts of combinations of letters that you may well find on your rack. What are these not quite so everyday words?
AAEILNO
AEEINST
AEILRTT
AEINNTT
EEILORT
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The ten “easy” words:
AEENSTT NEATEST tidiest
AEIILNR AIRLINE an air transportation system
AEIINRT INERTIA the tendency of a body to resist acceleration
AENNRTT ENTRANT someone who enters
AIORRTT TRAITOR one who betrays another
EEEIRRT RETIREE one who has retired
EEILRSU LEISURE free time
EIILSTU UTILISE to make use of
EIINNRT TINNIER making a noise like tin
IOORSTU RIOTOUS characterised by rioting
And the five not-so-easy words:
AAEILNO AEOLIAN relating to, or acted on by the wind
AEEINST ETESIAN a wind that occurs annually in the eastern Mediterranean
AEILRTT TERTIAL a flight feather of a bird's wing
AEINNTT ANTIENT an ancient person
EEILORT TROELIE an Amazonian palm tree
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1. What are the 4 letter words that contain an F and a V ? (4 words)
2. What are the 5 letter words that contain an F and a V ? (14 words)
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1) FAVA FAVE FIVE VIFF
2) FAUVE FAVAS FAVEL FAVER FAVES FAVOR FAVUS
FEVER FIVER FIVES FLAVA FOVEA VIFDA VIFFS
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To celebrate the Chinese Year of the OX, what are the 3 letter words containing an O and an X ?
There are 15 words to find.
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BOX
COX
DOX
EXO
FOX
GOX
HOX
LOX
NOX
OXO
POX
SOX
VOX
WOX
OXY
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