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Below are 36 3 letter words - can you concatenate them into 12 9 letter everyday-ish words ?
e.g if ATE, COL and PER were on the list you could make PERCOLATE.
The letter order in each 3-letter word cannot be changed, and once used a 3-letter word cannot be used twice.
ANA AND ATT
BIO BOO BUT
CHE CON COR
DAS DOG DUR
ESS HIP ISM
ITA KIS MAT
MIC MIL NEW
OYS PER PRO
RAM RED RIA
RIB ROC SAG
SPA TEL TIC
UTE WAS ZIN
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ANA CON DAS
ATT RIB UTE
BOO ZIN ESS
BUT CHE RED
COR DUR OYS
DOG MAT ISM
KIS SAG RAM
MIL ITA RIA
MIC ROC HIP
NEW SPA PER
PRO BIO TIC
WAS TEL AND
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As the grey clouds of November morph into the twinkling lights of December, its quiz time!
What 4 or 5 letter words can you make from the 6 letters NOVDEC ?
There are 21 to find, about half are common place.
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CODEN CONED COVED COVEN
DEVON DOVEN
CODE COED COND CONE COVE
DECO DEVO DOEN DONE DOVE
ECOD
NODE
ONCE OVEN
VEND
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There are 25 4 letter words with a 'V' as a second letter. How many do you know ? About 11-12 are common English words.
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AVAL AVAS AVEL AVER AVES AVID AVIS AVOS AVOW
EVEN EVER EVES EVET EVIL EVOE EVOS
KVAS (well done if you got this one!)
OVAL OVEL OVEN OVER OVUM
UVAE UVAS UVEA
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What is the highest score you can make with these opening racks?
The highest moves all contain the F.
Don’t forget where the double letter square is, and to add 50 points if you find a bonus.
BBCEFHO
AEFLMSY
AEFILRU
FJOQUXZ
AAFIRSS
ADFILRW
AFFGUWX
EFHIRTT
BFJMNUZ
EEFMPRU
The total of all 10 racks is 452
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BBCEFHO - CHEF 24
AEFLMSY - MYSELF 36
AEFILRU - FAILURE 78
FJOQUXZ - FOX 26
AAFIRSS - SAFARIS 78
ADFILRW - DWARF 32
AFFGUWX - GUFFAW 40
EFHIRTT - THRIFT 32
BFJMNUZ - BUMF 22
EEFMPRU - PERFUME 84
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This month’s quiz is a food quiz! Every 7 letter word on the menu below has been capitalised and put into alphabetical order, including the course names. How much food can you solve!
Some of the questions have several answers – we only need the food answer!
You have a 3 course meal to solve : AERRSTT, EEENRST (the answer is the American word for ‘Mains’ not the French/English word for a different course) with DEERSST to finish.
AERRSTT
AIILORV
EEINRRT
AACDOOV
BCHORST
EEENRST
EINNOSV
CCEHIKN
ACDDHOK
IOORSTT
AAEGLNS
Served with
AEIORST
CCGHINO
&
ACHINPS
ACORRST
OPRSSTU
DEERSST
AACELMR
EFFLOUS
BEINORW
BCELMRU
AACENPK
AAGINRT
AAEGTUX
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AERRSTT Starter
AIILORV Ravioli
EEINRRT Terrine
AACDOOV Avocado
BCHORST borscht
EEENRST Entrees
EINNOSV venison
CCEHIKN chicken
ACDDHOK haddock
IOORSTT risotto
AAEGLNS lasagne
Served with
AEIORST roastie
CCGHINO gnocchi
&
ACHINPS spinach
ACORRST carrots
OPRSSTU Sprouts
DEERSST
AACELMR caramel
EFFLOUS souffle
BEINORW brownie
BCELMRU Crumble
AACENPK pancake
AAGINRT granita
AAEGTUX gateaux
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