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Quiz about Scrabble Anagrams More of the Sevens

Scrabble Anagrams- More of the Sevens Quiz

Yet another in the series. All answers have seven letters, and are anagrams of each other. There is NO punctuation involved, and the starting letter of each answer will be provided. Good Luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by ozzz2002. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
ozzz2002

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
287,060

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1809

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Top 5% quiz!

Question 1 of 10

1. There are many written publications about Scrabble, and many more websites. Google 'Scrabble word lists' and you can generate and personalise your own study lists.

Your challenge is to find this pair of seven-letter words- 'Cloth hemming mysteries'.

Answer: (Starting letters S E)

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Question 2 of 10

2. I watched a tournament game where the winner only scored 65 points, against the loser's score of 47! Only three words were on the board, but neither player was able to hook onto any of them.

Can you solve this one?- 'SE Asian primate lingers'.

Answer: (Starting letters T T)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Players use some weird and wonderful methods of memorising words. One method is to use 'alphagrams'. The letters in a word are arranged in alphabetical order, thus, 'stamped' or 'dampest' becomes 'adempst'. The theory is that you can instantly visualise if there is a bingo in your rack.

Next question is- 'Unusual gemstones'.

Answer: (Starting letters S G)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Another useful hint is to look for letter combinations. Whilst a single 'C' may not be helpful, it does combine nicely with 'H' and 'K'. 'ER' is a very powerful union- it can make 'build' into 'builder', but can be rearranged into 'rebuild'. 'ED/DE' is equally flexible.

One of the aforementioned letter pairs is used in this next question- 'Apply a coating to an office tool'.

Answer: (Starting letter P S)

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Question 5 of 10

5. To celebrate the game's 50th anniversary in 1998, two teams from the British Army and Navy played on a huge board in Wembley Stadium. Each tile was about six feet square and required two people to lift them.

This one is tough, because both words start with the same letter. 'More fashionable NO3'.

Answer: (Starting letters N N)

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Question 6 of 10

6. The 'Q'. Some short 'Q-no U' words that are very handy are 'QI', a Chinese life-force, 'WAQF', an endowment in Muslim law, 'QOPH', a Hebrew letter, and 'QADI', a Muslim judge.

There are no 'Q's in either of these answers- 'Land measure tutor'.

Answer: (Starting letters H T)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Alphabetically, what are the first and last words allowed in your dictionary? This will vary from country to country, but under the Collins word list, the extremes are 'AA', a Hawaiian word meaning 'volcanic lava' and 'ZZZS', an onomatopoeic word for sleep.

Try this one- 'Large feline released from prison'.

Answer: (Starting letters L P)

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Question 8 of 10

8. I know you are all clamouring for a triple-header, so here it is!

'Stabs exact cooking directions'

Answer: (Starting letters P P R)

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Question 9 of 10

9. 'Otarine' is statistically the most common bingo rack, and is the adjectival form of 'otary', a seal with ears. So what do you call a seal without ears? It doesn't matter, as it won't be able to hear you! (Insert 'groan' here ____).

Next up is- 'Unauthorised ticket seller packages.'

Answer: (Starting letters S P)

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Question 10 of 10

10. There are only 30 tiles (out of 100 total) that are worth more than one point, so it stands to reason that most bingos will only have one or two higher-value letters.

This question has six single point tiles. 'Concert newspaper item'.

Answer: (Starting letters R A)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. There are many written publications about Scrabble, and many more websites. Google 'Scrabble word lists' and you can generate and personalise your own study lists. Your challenge is to find this pair of seven-letter words- 'Cloth hemming mysteries'.

Answer: seaming enigmas

Examples of lists that you may generate are- all end-hooks for 2-letter words, 7-letter words that contain 5 vowels, all words that end in '-ship'. etc.

2. I watched a tournament game where the winner only scored 65 points, against the loser's score of 47! Only three words were on the board, but neither player was able to hook onto any of them. Can you solve this one?- 'SE Asian primate lingers'.

Answer: tarsier tarries

If there are six consecutive non-scoring turns, the game is over. Each player subtracts the value of their rack from their score to determine the result.

Theoretically, it would be possible to win a game with a negative score- if Player A played a phony, Player B passed, because one of his letters would have allowed the opponent to bingo, Player A passed, Player B passed (or exchanged tiles), then each player played a phony, the result would be a win for whoever has the lowest point value on their rack.

I have never seen this happen, and I doubt whether it ever has, but it is an interesting exercise!

Answer: strange garnets

Many of the top players use this method, but there are many other systems used. Some use flashcards, some use mnemonics, some use audio tapes, etc, etc.

4. Another useful hint is to look for letter combinations. Whilst a single 'C' may not be helpful, it does combine nicely with 'H' and 'K'. 'ER' is a very powerful union- it can make 'build' into 'builder', but can be rearranged into 'rebuild'. 'ED/DE' is equally flexible. One of the aforementioned letter pairs is used in this next question- 'Apply a coating to an office tool'.

Answer: plaster stapler

'UP', 'UN', 'LY', even 'OU' pairs are all useful. Of course, the one pairing that gets a special mention is 'QU'. There are quite a few 'U-less' Q-words, but the vast majority still require them as a pigeon-pair.

5. To celebrate the game's 50th anniversary in 1998, two teams from the British Army and Navy played on a huge board in Wembley Stadium. Each tile was about six feet square and required two people to lift them. This one is tough, because both words start with the same letter. 'More fashionable NO3'.

Answer: nattier nitrate

There are four other anagrams using those letters. They are 'intreat', 'iterant', 'tartine', a French snack, and 'tertian' which means 'occurring every third day'.

For the record, the swabbies won a very tight game.

6. The 'Q'. Some short 'Q-no U' words that are very handy are 'QI', a Chinese life-force, 'WAQF', an endowment in Muslim law, 'QOPH', a Hebrew letter, and 'QADI', a Muslim judge. There are no 'Q's in either of these answers- 'Land measure tutor'.

Answer: hectare teacher

'QWERTY', as in the keyboard layout, is also allowable, as are such ludicrous words as 'QUAYD', past participle of 'QUAIL', 'QUANGO', an acronym for 'QUasi-Autonomous NonGovernmental Organisation', and 'QINDARKA', an Albanian coin.

7. Alphabetically, what are the first and last words allowed in your dictionary? This will vary from country to country, but under the Collins word list, the extremes are 'AA', a Hawaiian word meaning 'volcanic lava' and 'ZZZS', an onomatopoeic word for sleep. Try this one- 'Large feline released from prison'.

Answer: leopard paroled

'ZZZS' would rarely be seen on a Scrabble board, because it requires both blanks, and, unless it is is deep in the endgame, the value of the word would be hard to justify.

'Preload' was the only other answer.

8. I know you are all clamouring for a triple-header, so here it is! 'Stabs exact cooking directions'

Answer: pierces precise recipes

'Piecers' are people that repair broken threads on a weaving loom. I could not figure out a way of adding it into my question. Aren't you glad of that?

9. 'Otarine' is statistically the most common bingo rack, and is the adjectival form of 'otary', a seal with ears. So what do you call a seal without ears? It doesn't matter, as it won't be able to hear you! (Insert 'groan' here ____). Next up is- 'Unauthorised ticket seller packages.'

Answer: scalper parcels

My apologies for that one, but I love bad puns.

There are five other anagrams, among them are 'carpels', parts of flower petals, 'clasper' and 'reclasp'.

10. There are only 30 tiles (out of 100 total) that are worth more than one point, so it stands to reason that most bingos will only have one or two higher-value letters. This question has six single point tiles. 'Concert newspaper item'.

Answer: recital article

Of the more than 70 'satire + 1 letter' words, the highest value seventh letter is the K (arkites- passengers in arks, of course! and karites, African trees). 'Q', 'J', 'Z' and 'X' do not mix at all with this stem.

Hopefully you enjoyed my quiz, and feel free to have a crack at my other 'Scrabble Anagram' quizzes.

Source: Author ozzz2002

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