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Written by HG

Category: Wordplay

Published: 24 December 2021

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To celebrate the 12 days of Christmas, here are 12 mini-quizzes. Each quiz is based on a word from the well-known carol.

 

You can undertake a quiz a day, or complete all 12 quizzes in one sitting.. you choose!

The answers are given below..and are well spaced out so you can check one quiz, without seeing the answers to another.

As its Christmas, there are hints to the number of answers, and a reasonable number of answers to achieve.

 

Happy Christmas … and Happy Puzzling !

 

 

1.       What are the anagrams of PEAR ?

(Hint, there are 4 anagrams, try to get at least 3).

 

2.       What 7 seven letter words can you make with TURTLE and a blank ? 

 

(Hint, there are 8 words, 4 in everyday English, 2 others very guessable, and 2 obscure)

  

3.       What are the hooks to HEN ? i.e what 4 letter words end -HEN or start HEN- ? 

 

(Hint, there are 3 front hooks and 3 back hooks…can you get more than the 3 common words?)

  

4.       What are the anagrams of BIRD + a blank ? 

 

(Hint, there are 8 to find, try to find more than 5).

  

5.        What are the hooks to RING ? i.e what 5 letter words end -RING or start RING- ?  

 

(Hint, there are 5 in total, 3 of them in everyday English… can you find the other 2 ?)

  

6.        What are the hooks to LAYING ? i.e what 7 letter words end -LAYING or start LAYING- ? 

 

(Hint, there are 6 in total, 3 of them in everyday English, another 2 are very guessable)

  

7.       What are the anagrams of SWAN ? 

 

(Hint, there are 4, try to get more than 2)

  

8.       What are the anagrams of MAIDENS ? (I know its MAIDS in the song!)  

 

(Hint, there are 4, try to get at least 2)

 

9.       What are the anagrams of : 

 

-          LADIES + D,

-          LADIES + A

-          LADIES + N

-          LADIES + C

-          LADIES + E

(Hint, this is possibly the hardest question. There are 8 answers in total, aim for at least 3)

 

 

10.   What are the anagrams of LORD and a blank ? 

 

(Hint, there are 10 words to find, try to find at least 5)

  

11.   What are the hooks to PIPE ? i.e what 5 letter words end -PIPE or start PIPE- ? 

 

(Hint, there are 4 words, and they are all BACK hooks. 3 are easy.)

  

12.   What are the anagrams of DRUMMER and a blank ? 

 

(Hint, there are 3 words. One is very easy, another an everyday word…if you get the 3^rd... well done it is very obscure!)

 

 

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Q1 PEAR anagrams

      APER   PARE  RAPE  REAP

 

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Q2 TURTLE? Anagrams

      CLUTTER FLUTTER GUTTLER TURTLED TURTLER TURTLES TUTELAR UTTERLY

 

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Q3 HEN hooks

      SHEN  THEN  WHEN          HEND HENS HENT

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Q4 BIRD anagrams

      BIDER BIRDS BRAID BREID BRIDE DRIBS RABID REBID

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Q5 RING hooks

      BRING ERING IRING WRING       RINGS

 

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Q6 LAYING hooks

       ALAYING   CLAYING   FLAYING  PLAYING   SLAYING         LAYINGS

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Q7 SWAN anagrams

      AWNS   SAWN   SNAW  WANS

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Q8 MAIDENS anagrams

      DEMAINS   MEDIANS MEDINAS SIDEMAN

 

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Q9 LADIES anagrams

       D – DAIDLES LADDIES

       A – ALIASED

       N- DENIALS SNAILED

       C-  SCAILED

       E – AEDILES, DEISEAL

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Q10 LORD anagrams

      DOLOR DROIL DROLE DROLL DROOL LOORD LORDS LORDY OLDER WORLD

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Q11 PIPE hooks

       PIPED   PIPER PIPES PIPET

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Q12 DRUMMER anagrams

       DUMMERER   DRUMMERS   MURMURED