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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