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This month's quiz coincides with clock-change weekend, where we have to make a 1 hour time difference.

 

Taking the word 'CLOCK', change one letter to make a new word. You can change the first C, the L, the O, the second C or the K. How many new words can you make ? You cannot change the order of the 4 letters you don't change.

 There are 10 to find, most in everyday English (one is obscure). Please note one of the letters on CLOCK cannot be changed to make a new word.

 

Now repeat the puzzle with the word 'TIME'. Again change one letter to make a valid word.This time there are 15 words to find, including some obscure ones. Again, one of the letters cannot be changed to make a valid word.

 

Repeat a third time with the word HOUR. This time there are 14 words, again some obscure, and again one of the letters cannot be changed to make a word.

 

 

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CLOCK

 

BLOCK FLOCK

CHOCK CROCK

CLACK CLECK CLICK CLUCK

CLOAK CLONK

 

TIME

 

DIME LIME MIME RIME

TAME TEME TOME

TICE TIDE TIGE TIKE TILE TINE TIRE TITE

 

 

HOUR

COUR DOUR FOUR JOUR LOUR POUR SOUR TOUR YOUR

HOAR HOER HOOR

HOUF HOUT

 

 

 

 

 

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This months quiz is anagrams of 7 letter words.
Each puzzle has one letter duplicated so there are 6 different letters, and each puzzle makes a single, everyday-ish word. 
Because the  J K Q X and Z are solitary letters in a game of Scrabble, these letters do not appear as 'duplicate' letters in the puzzle.
 
21 questions - how quickly can you solve them?
 
 
AA + BEGLR                          
BB+ HIRSU                            
CC+ ADEHO                               
DD+ EHNRU                         
EE+ NSTVY                           
FF+ ACIRT                                
GG+ CEPSU                            
HH+ ENPSY                             
II+ ADLNV                                 
LL+ ABENT                               
MM+ ADEIL                              
NN+ EGIPU                              
OO+ ACLNV                            
PP+ AINRS                               
RR+ ABILY                                
SS+ ADTUW                            
TT+ IORSU                               
UU+ BEQRS                            
VV+ AEILR                                
WW+ AGIMS                           
YY+ ABDNO   
 
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AA + BEGLR       ALGEBRA                       
BB+ HIRSU         RUBBISH  
CC+ ADEHO       COACHED                          
DD+ EHNRU       HUNDRED                 
EE+ NSTVY         SEVENTY                      
FF+ ACIRT           TRAFFIC                     
GG+ CEPSU        EGGCUPS                    
HH+ ENPSY         HYPHENS                    
II+ ADLNV             INVALID                   
LL+ ABENT           NETBALL                      
MM+ ADEIL           DILEMMA                  
NN+ EGIPU           PENGUIN                   
OO+ ACLNV          VOLCANO                  
PP+ AINRS            PARSNIP                   
RR+ ABILY             LIBRARY                   
SS+ ADTUW          SAWDUST                  
TT+ IORSU            TOURIST                  
UU+ BEQRS          BRUSQUE                     
VV+ AEILR             REVIVAL                  
WW+ AGIMS         WIGWAMS                  
YY+ ABDNO           ANYBODY
 

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Storms  ISHA and JOCELYN have just whistled through, leaving a trail of wind, rain, and blown-down fences in their wake.  And they have also left a couple of mini-quizzes behind.

ISHA

What 3-letter words can you make from 3 of the letters in ISHA?  (Hint: there are 9)

JOCELYN

What 4-letter words can you make using 4 of the letters in JOCELYN? (Hint: there are 17)
And how many 5-letter words can you make using 5 of the letters in JOCELYN? (Hint: there are 6)
(Extra hint: about half of the 23 words are in common usage.)

 

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ISHA answers:

AHI, AHS, ASH, HAS, SHA, AIS, SAI, HIS, ISH

 

JOCELYN answers

4-letter words: CLON, CLOY, COLE. COLY, CONE, CONY, ENOL, JEON, JOEY, JOLE, LENO, LONE, LYNE, NOEL, NOLE, ONCE, ONLY

5-letter words: CLONE, CLOYE, COLEY, CONEY, ENJOY, ONELY

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Two quizzes for you this month - both are straightforward and very shareable with any friends and family you may see over the festive period.
 
Question 1 : can you score 42 points on the attached festive board ?
 
 
 
Question 2 :
 
Combine the 30 4 letter words below to make 15 8 letter words. You cannot change the letters in a word, just append one 4 letter word to another. Take care as some of the 4 letter words combine with several others... pick carefully!
 
 
BELT                BLOW
COCK              CROC
DISC                EVEN
FLAP                FOWL
HOLE               JACK
LIFE                  LOSE
MONO              PAGE
QUAD               RAIL
RANT               SEAT
SHOD               SILK 
SLIP                  SONG            
SPAN                STOP
TAIL                   TIPS                 
USES                WILD               
WING                WORM
 
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Have a great Christmas and New Year - see you on the 4th January 2024.
 
 
 
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Q1 Playing TURKEY in row 2, using the T and K on the board, scores 42.
 
Q2 The fifteen 8 letter words are :
 

COCK TAIL

STOP PAGE

SLIP SHOD

FLAP JACK

SEAT BELT

LIFE SPAN

WING TIPS

QUAD RANT

 

DISC LOSE

CROC USES

EVEN SONG

SILK WORM

BLOW HOLE

WILD FOWL

MONO RAIL

 

 

 

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What to do with 2 blanks ?

 

Try to make them into a 7 letter word. Think about the other 5 tiles -what is missing to make a good rack? An S ? A vowel ? A consonant ? Mentally turn one of the blanks into one of these ‘missing letters’ and then continue again to allocate the second blank.

 

Here are two questions :

 

1.     1.   What bonuses can you make with BLANK and two blanks ?

There are 8 words to find – try to find at least 5.

 

2.       2. What are the 9 anagrams of NOVEM and two blanks ?

This is harder, most are NOT in common parlance, but most are ‘definable’ if you saw them in a book. Try to find at least 4

 

 

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Quiz answers :

 

BLANK?? –

BLACKEN BLANKED BLANKIE BLANKER BLANKET BALKING BLANKLY LAMBKIN

 

NOVEM??

OVERMAN ENMOVED VENOMED UNMOVED ENVENOM OVERMEN VENOMER ENMOVES EMOVING

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