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On January 1 2025, ALF, ALFS, TRANSMAN, TRANSMEN. TRANSWOMAN, TRANSWOMEN will no longer be valid.

 

Before they are removed here is a quiz based on two of these words.

 

1. What 4 letter words can you make with ALF and a blank? There are 27, over 15 are everyday.

 

2. What 7 or 8 letter words can you make from TRANSMEN ? There are 10, try to get at least 5.

 

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1. ALF + blank

ALEF ALFA ALFS ALIF 

CALF

FAIL FALL FALX FARL FEAL FILA FLAB FLAG FLAK FLAM FLAN FLAP FLAT FLAW FLAX FLAY FLEA FOAL

HALF

LAUF LEAF LOAF 

 

2. TRANSMEN

ARTSMEN

MANNERS MANRENT MARTENS

REMNANT

SARMENT SMARTEN

TANNERS

MANRENTS  REMNANTS 

 

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What are the 3 anagrams for each of these alphagrams. 18 words to find, try to find at least 12.
 
 
 
AWT 
 
DEIR 
 
ADEIM 
 
ADEHRT
 
DEGILNU 
 
ADEEILNT  
 
 
 
 
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AWT : TAW TWA WAT

 DEIR : DIRE IRED RIDE

ADEIM : AIMED AMIDE MEDIA

ADEHRT : DEARTH HATRED THREAD

DEGILNU : DUELING ELUDING INDULGE

ADEEILNT : DATELINE ENTAILED LINEATED  

 

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This month's quiz :
 
How many 4 letter words can you make from the letters OLYMPIC ?
 
There are 26 words in total.
 
Award yourself a (virtual) gold medal if you get 20 words or more.
Award yourself a (virtual) silver medal if you get 15 words or more.
Award yourself a (virtual) bronze medal if you get 10 words or more.
If you got more than 5, well done... you made it through the qualifying rounds, but didn't make the medal places.
 
 
 
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On your marks
 
 
 
 
 
Get set
 
 
 
 
 
Wait...
 
 
 
 
Answers here!
 
 
CLIP CLOP CLOY COIL COLY COMP COPY
 
LIMO LIMP LIMY LIPO LOCI
 
MICO MILO MOIL MOLY MOPY MOYL
 
OILY
 
PILY PIOY PLIM PLOY POLY PYIC
 
YOMP
 
 
 
 

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Here are 2 board positions, with a separate question for each.

Question 1 XTOVOTE

 

With the rack XTOVOTE there are 5 scoring moves of 40 or more points on this board - what are they ?

 

Question 2 : PENALTY

On the second board you have the rack PENALTY. How many different places on the board can you play the word PENALTY. (Note PENALTY has an anagram, APLENTY, but PENALTY is the word you are being asked to play).

 

 

 

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XTOVOTE

The 5 places to score 40+ points and they are :

 

A6 across EX 52 

A3 down VORTEX 51

A13 across VEX 44

A1 down EXTORT 42

C12 down AXE 40

 

PENALTY

There are  5 ways PENALTY can be played :

I4 across (making ANIL)  90

C11 across (making FOOTY) 85

A10 across (making REFT) 75

E13 across (making BALLY) 74

G2 across  (making PE) 68 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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What 4 letter words contain both an X and a Y ?

 

There are 21 to find, about 7 are everyday words  - well done if you can find more than 12.

 

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BOXY

COXY

DEXY DIXY DOXY

FOXY

JAXY JYNX

LYNX

MIXY MYXO

NIXY

ONYX  ORYX

PIXY POXY

SEXY

WAXY

XRAY XYST

YUNX

 

 

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