Wordplay

Details: Written by HG; Category: Wordplay; Published: 25 November 2023; Hits: 311

What to do with 2 blanks ?

Try to make them into a 7 letter word. Think about the other 5 tiles -what is missing to make a good rack? An S ? A vowel ? A consonant ? Mentally turn one of the blanks into one of these ‘missing letters’ and then continue again to allocate the second blank.

Here are two questions :

1. 1. What bonuses can you make with BLANK and two blanks ?

There are 8 words to find – try to find at least 5.

2. 2. What are the 9 anagrams of NOVEM and two blanks ?

This is harder, most are NOT in common parlance, but most are ‘definable’ if you saw them in a book. Try to find at least 4

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Quiz answers :

BLANK?? –

BLACKEN BLANKED BLANKIE BLANKER BLANKET BALKING BLANKLY LAMBKIN

NOVEM??

OVERMAN ENMOVED VENOMED UNMOVED ENVENOM OVERMEN VENOMER ENMOVES EMOVING

Details: Written by HG; Category: Wordplay; Published: 27 October 2023; Hits: 397

There are 20 4 letter words that have 3 letters the same, and one different fourth letter. What are those 20 words ?

e.g One of the words contains 3 Bs – but what is the other letter ?

For the 20 words you will require the following letters as the triplicate :

B, E, F H, L, M, R, S, T and Z.

To get to the 20 answers, you will need to create multiple words with some of the triplicate letters. Extra hint…four of the 20 words contain 4 consonants!

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A -

B BIBB

C -

D -

E EPEE, EEEW

F FAFF, FUFF

G -

H SHHH

I -

J -

K -

L LALL, LILL, LOLL, LULL

M HMMM, MUMM

N -

O -

P -

Q -

R BRRR

S SASS, SESS, SISS, SOSS, SUSS

T TATT

U -

V -

W -

X -

Y -

Z ZIZZ, ZZZS

Details: Written by HG; Category: Wordplay; Published: 25 August 2023; Hits: 489

Sometimes you see a bonus on your rack – realise it won’t play, so you move on. But there may be another playable anagram. The following racks all make two 7 letter anagrams, and in many cases can be ‘connected’ by a simple sentence. (Sometimes easily, sometimes outrageously). Thinking of the sentence will help you remember the second word.

For example :

ADEEISS In former times if you had a ******* you went to the ******* to recover.

ADEGRTY Disco-dancers ******* on the dance floor to the Bee Gees song ‘*******’.

Why not solve these anagrams… and make your own memorable sentence? PS It doesn’t matter if you don’t the exact meaning of a word, if you think you can imagine a meaning, that’s good enough!

ADEEISS

ADEGRTY

DEIOSTU

AEINSTU

EFILORT

ADEILST

BDEGINO

GHINPSU

AEILNOT

AEILQTU

ABEIRRT

INOOPSS

KIMNOOS

EORSSTY

CEFIRTY

CEINRST

AOPRRST

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ADEEISS : DISEASE SEASIDE

ADEGRTY : GYRATED TRAGEDY

DEIOSTU : OUTSIDE TEDIOUS

AEINSTU : AUNTIES SINUATE

EFILORT : LOFTIER TREFOIL

ADEILST : DETAILS DILATES

BDEGINO : BINGOED BOINGED

GHINPSU : GUNSHIP PUSHING

AEILNOT : ELATION TOENAIL

AEILQTU : LIQUATE TEQUILA

ABEIRRT : ARBITER RAREBIT

INOOPSS : POISONS POISSON

KIMNOOS : KIMONOS MONOSKI

EORSSTY : OYSTERS STOREYS

CEFIRTY : CERTIFY RECTIFY

CEINRST : CISTERN CRETINS

AOPRRST : PARROTS RAPTORS

Details: Written by HG; Category: Wordplay; Published: 28 July 2023; Hits: 506

There are 25 3 letter words ending in C - how many do you know ?

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ARC

BAC

DOC

HIC HOC

LAC

MAC MIC MOC MYC

ORC

PAC PEC PIC

REC ROC RUC

SAC SEC SIC SOC

TEC TIC TOC

VAC

Details: Written by HG; Category: Wordplay; Published: 23 June 2023; Hits: 525

What 3 letter words can you make from the letters in HOLIDAY ?

There are 30 in all – about half are ‘everyday’ words.

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ADO AHI AID AIL

DAH DAL DAY DOH DOL DOY

HAD HAO HAY HID HOA HOD HOI HOY

LAD LAH LAY LID LOD LOY

ODA OIL OLD

YAD YAH YOD

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2 blanks !

4 letter words, 3 letters the same!

2 word Anagrams

Three letter words ending in C

Quiz : HOLIDAY