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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]