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This week's quiz has been supplied by Keith. Thank you Keith - much appreciated.
Below are 17 racks - each containing 2 Cs.
Each rack makes at least one bonus word, some make more - in fact there are 21 bonuses to find.
What are they ?
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What is the highest score you can on one move with the rack
A C D ? G S U
on the board below ?
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The answer is GUiDANCE onto the triple Word Score in the Central row. - Score 39.
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What 4 letter words start with a Z and finish with a vowel.
Some are obscure, but many feature regularly on a Scrabble board.
There are 21 in total, 7-10 are common English or very common Scrabble words, well done if you found over 16.
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ZEDA, ZETA, ZILA, ZOEA, ZONA, ZUPA, ZYGA
ZEZE, ZINE, ZITE, ZONE, ZYME
ZARI, ZATI, ZITI, ZORI
ZERO, ZOBO
ZEBU, ZOBU, ZULU
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… and things that go bump in the night!
It’s that time of year when things are abroad in the twilight – so this week’s quiz is to see what they might be. What are the anagrams of :
GHOST?
and
GHOUL?
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GHOST+N THONGS THONG, to flog with a whip [v]
GHOST+S GHOSTS GHOST, to ghostwrite [v]
GHOST+S GOSHTS GOSHT, (Hindi) in Indian cookery, meat [n]
GHOST+S OUGHTS OUGHT, to owe [v]
GHOST+U SOUGHT SEEK, to go in search of [v]
GHOST+U TOUGHS TOUGH, to endure [v]
GHOST+Y GHOSTY like a ghost [adj GHOSTIER, GHOSTIEST]
GHOUL+C CLOUGH a ravine, also CLEUCH, CLEUGH [n -S]
GHOUL+M MOGHUL (Persian) an important person, also MOGUL, MUGHAL [n -S]
GHOUL+P PLOUGH to turn soil with a farm implement, also PLOW [v -ED, -ING, -S]
GHOUL+S GHOULS a desert demon preying on travellers, also GHOULIE [n]
GHOUL+S LOUGHS LOUGH, (Irish) a lake [n]
GHOUL+S SLOUGH to cast off [v -ED, -ING, -S]
GHOUL+Y OUGHLY to make ugly, also OUGLIE [v OUGHLIED, OUGHLYING, OUGHLIES]
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Below are 12 racks of letters, each contains 2 Ps and each rack makes one bonus word.
How quickly can you find all 12 7letter words ?
ADDELPP
AAIKPPR
EHIPPTW
EOPPRSU
AINPPRS
AELNPPY
AEHIPPR
AAEPPRT
CCEIOPP
EHOPPRT
ACDELPP
AHEPPRS
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ADDELPP - DAPPLED
AAIKPPR - PAPRIKA
EHIPPTW - WHIPPET
EOPPRSU - PURPOSE
AINPPRS - PARSNIP
AELNPPY - PLAYPEN
AEHIPPR - HAPPIER
AAEPPRT - PARAPET
CCEIOPP - COPPICE
EHOPPRT - PROPHET
ACDELPP - CLAPPED
AHEPPRS - PERHAPS
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