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What, if any. are the hooks to 

a) HEAD

b) FACE

c) CHIN

d) LIP

e) EYE

i.e what letters go in front of the words above to make a new word, and what letters go behind. Please note not all words have both back and front hooks.

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HEAD

AHEAD                       HEADS HEADY

FACE

no front                     FACED  FACER FACES FACET

CHIN

no front                     CHINA CHINE CHING CHINK CHINO CHINS

LIP

BLIP CLIP FLIP SLIP         LIPA LIPE LIPO LIPS

EYE

no front                   EYED EYEN EYER EYES

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Published: 02 July 2021

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There are 30 seven letter words you can make with TENNIS and a blank ?

Some are quite obscure.. so well done if you score 15 !

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TENNIS +

A : INANEST, NANITES, STANINE, TANNIES

C : INCENTS

D : DENTINS, INDENTS, INTENDS

E : INTENSE, TENNESI, TENNIES

G : NESTING, SENTING, TENSING

I : INTINES, TINNIES

L : LINNETS

O : INTONES, TENSION

P : PINNETS, SPINNET, TENPINS

R : INTERNS, TINNERS

S : SENNITS, SINNETS

T : INTENTS, TENNIST

U : TUNNIES

V : INVENTS

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Published: 25 June 2021

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Two quizzes this week :

a) what are the 4 letter words which have a K second letter and DON'T start with an S ?  (18 words in total, try to get more than 10)

And a slightly harder quiz :

b) what are the 4 letter words which have a K second letter and START with an S ? (27 words in total, try to get more than 10)

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Quiz A  (not SK)

AKAS  AKED  AKEE  AKES  AKIN

EKED  EKES  EKKA

IKAN   IKAT  IKON

OKAS  OKAY  OKEH  OKES  OKRA  OKTA

UKES

Quiz  B  (SK)

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SKAG  SKAS  SKAT  SKAW  

SKED  SKEE  SKEG  SKEN  SKEO  SKEP  SKER  SKET  SKEW

SKID  SKIM  SKIN  SKIO  SKIP  SKIS  SKIT

SKOG  SKOL

SKRY 

SKUA  SKUG 

SKYF  SKYR

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Below are 15 rack each containing CAT.

Each rack makes one 7 letter word... (none start with CAT or end with CAT...but there is a cat somewhere!)

CAT + AELP 

CAT + CENS 

CAT + DIUV 

CAT + AEKO 

CAT + GNOO 

CAT + AEHU 

CAT + DEOS 

CAT + AFIN

CAT + ORRU 

CAT + IILS 

CAT + ABIX 

CAT + FORY 

CAT + EEHH 

CAT + EEHM 

CAT + NRUY 

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CAT + AELP placate

CAT + CENS accents

CAT + DIUV viaduct

CAT + AEKO oatcake

CAT + GNOO octagon

CAT + AEHU chateau

CAT + DEOS coasted

CAT + AFIN fanatic

CAT + ORRU curator

CAT + IILS italics

CAT + ABIX taxicab

CAT + FORY factory

CAT + EEHH cheetah

CAT + EEHM machete

CAT + NRUY truancy