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Of the 32 countries that have, or are, taking place in this year’s World Cup, 3 of them have not been part of any puzzle question or answer. These three are URUGUAY, EGYPT and AUSTRALIA.
Today’s quizzes are :
a) What are the 3 letter words you can make from URUGUAY ? You can use as many (or none!) of the Us.
b) What are the 3 letter words you can make from EGYPT ?
There are 26 in total. About 9-10 are everyday words.
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URUGUAY yields :
GAR, RAG, GAU. GAY, YAG
ARY, RAY, RYA, YAR. AYU
GUR, RUG. GUY, YUG, RYU
EGYPT yields :
PEG, GET, TEG, GEY, PET
PYE, YEP, TYE, YET, GYP
TYG
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An easier quiz this time… and a test of three letter words !
Here are the 32 teams taking part in the World Cup in Russia.
Many of them FINISH with a valid three letter word (some of them finish with the same 3 letter word!)
How many do you know ?
As an extra test look at both words in the countries with two words giving a total of 35 words to check.
RUSSIA EGYPT URUGUAY PORTUGAL
SPAIN MOROCCO IRAN FRANCE
PERU DENMARK ICELAND CROATIA
NIGERIA BRAZIL SERBIA GERMANY
MEXICO SWEDEN BELGIUM PANAMA
TUNISIA ENGLAND POLAND SENEGAL
COLOMBIA JAPAN SAUDI ARABIA
AUSTRALIA ARGENTINA SWITZERLAND
COSTA RICA SOUTH KOREA
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GAL – Portugal, Senegal
AIN – Spain
RAN – Iran
ARK – Denmark
AND – Iceland, England. Poland, Switzerland
RIA – Nigeria
ANY – Germany
DEN- Sweden
AMA - Panama
PAN - Japan
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What are the ten 8 letter words you can make with SENEGAL and a blank ?
What are the two 8 letter words you can make with CROATIA and a blank ?
There are 4 everyday words, so anything above 4 is good!
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SENEGAL + F = FENAGLES
SENEGAL + I = ENSILAGE, LINEAGES
SENEGAL + M = MELANGES
SENEGAL + O = GASOLENE
SENEGAL + R = ENLARGES, GENERALS, GLEANERS
SENEGAL + U = EUGLENAS
SENEGAL + V = EVANGELS
CROATIA + M = AROMATIC
CROATIA + N = RAINCOAT
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Several of the World Cup Teams can be anagrammed to make valid Scrabble words.
These countries are :
SPAIN
IRAN
PERU
ARGENTINA
ICELAND
SERBIA
SWEDEN
ENGLAND
Between them they make 18 valid Scrabble words, although 6 are 'everyday' words. Kudos if you solve ARGENTINA !
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SPAIN : NIPAS, PAINS, PIANS, PINAS, SPINA (also remember SPAIN is a valid word too!)
IRAN : AIRN, RAIN, RANI
PERU : PUER, PURE
ICELAND : INLACED
ARGENTINA : TANAGRINE
SERBIA : BRAISE, ERBIAS, RABIES
SWEDEN : ENDEWS, NEWSED
ENGLAND : ENDLANG
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There are 32 teams taking part in the World Cup in Russia starting today.
Some of the country names are valid in Scrabble. But which ones? Choose from :
RUSSIA EGYPT URUGUAY PORTUGAL
SPAIN MOROCCO IRAN FRANCE
PERU DENMARK ICELAND CROATIA
NIGERIA BRAZIL SERBIA GERMANY
MEXICO SWEDEN BELGIUM PANAMA
TUNISIA ENGLAND POLAND SENEGAL
COLOMBIA JAPAN
The remaining countries are either at least 9 letters long or contain two words so are excluded from the quiz:
SAUDI ARABIA
AUSTRALIA
ARGENTINA
SWITZERLAND
COSTA RICA
SOUTH KOREA
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The valid country names are :
RUSSIA
SPAIN
MOROCCO
BRAZIL
PANAMA
JAPAN
Well done if you got all 6.
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