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Today, the 12th March, is ONE YEAR since we last met face-to-face. Fingers crossed, it won't be too long before we can meet up again.

The quiz, or rather quizzes, are based on ONEYEAR.

Quiz 1 : What are the front and back hooks to ONE and the back hooks to YEAR ? (There are no front hooks to YEAR). There are 18 to find, try to find at least 14.

(ie what 4 letter words end -ONE, and start ONE-  and what words start YEAR-)

Quiz 2 : What 4 letter words can you make from the 7 letters ONEYEAR ? There are 30 words to find, if you think your knowledge of 4s is good,  aim for 22+, if its weaker, try for 10-15)

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Quiz 1 :

BONE    CONE  DONE  FONE   GONE  HONE   LONE   NONE PONE RONE   SONE  TONE  ZONE

ONER    ONES

YEARD   YEARN    YEARS

Quiz 2 :

AEON   AERO  AERY  AYRE

EARN EERY EOAN  ERNE EYEN EYER EYNE EYRA EYRE

NARE  NARY NEAR

OARY  ONER OYER 

REAN   REEN RENO RENY ROAN RONE 

YARE YARN YEAN YEAR YORE 

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Published: 05 March 2021

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Here are ten sets of seven letters, each consisting of only 1-point tiles, that have only one anagram, which is an everyday seven-letter word.  What are those everyday words?

AEENSTT
AEIILNR
AEIINRT
AENNRTT
AIORRTT
EEEIRRT
EEILRSU
EIILSTU
EIINNRT
IOORSTU

And, if you thought that was too easy, here’s are five extra sets, also consisting of only 1-pont tiles that also have only one anagram.  They make less common words, but they are the sorts of combinations of letters that you may well find on your rack.  What are these not quite so everyday words?

AAEILNO
AEEINST
AEILRTT
AEINNTT
EEILORT

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The ten “easy” words:
AEENSTT             NEATEST             tidiest
AEIILNR               AIRLINE               an air transportation system
AEIINRT               INERTIA               the tendency of a body to resist acceleration
AENNRTT            ENTRANT            someone who enters
AIORRTT             TRAITOR             one who betrays another
EEEIRRT              RETIREE              one who has retired
EEILRSU              LEISURE              free time
EIILSTU               UTILISE               to make use of
EIINNRT              TINNIER              making a noise like tin
IOORSTU            RIOTOUS            characterised by rioting

And the five not-so-easy words:
AAEILNO             AEOLIAN             relating to, or acted on by the wind
AEEINST              ETESIAN              a wind that occurs annually in the eastern Mediterranean
AEILRTT               TERTIAL               a flight feather of a bird's wing
AEINNTT             ANTIENT             an ancient person
EEILORT              TROELIE              an Amazonian palm tree

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1. What are the 4 letter words that contain an F and a V ? (4 words)

2. What are the 5 letter words that contain an F and a V ?  (14 words)

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1) FAVA      FAVE     FIVE    VIFF

2)   FAUVE   FAVAS    FAVEL    FAVER    FAVES    FAVOR    FAVUS

      FEVER    FIVER    FIVES    FLAVA     FOVEA   VIFDA      VIFFS 

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To celebrate the Chinese Year of the OX, what are the 3 letter words containing an O and an X ?

There are 15 words to find.

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BOX

COX

DOX

EXO

FOX

GOX

HOX

LOX

NOX

OXO

POX

SOX

VOX

WOX

OXY