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Quiz about Scrabble Anagrams VERY Obscure

Scrabble Anagrams- VERY Obscure Quiz

I have had quite a few people get perfect scores on my previous Scrabble Anagrams quizzes, so I came up with a Chamber of Horrors to slow them down a bit. All answers have seven letters, and are anagrams of each other- hints will be given.

A multiple-choice quiz by ozzz2002. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
ozzz2002

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
290,931

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1057

Question 1 of 10

1. Every word in my quiz is playable in the game of Scrabble, but most would not have been used in a conversation anywhere in the world in the last ten years! For each clue I will give a definition and the starting letters. Simply type both words, separated by a space.

Can you solve- 'Farm buildings with open fronts' and 'glassy transparent substances that occur in degenerative skin conditions'.

Answer: (Starting letters L H. Both words are plurals.)

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Question 2 of 10

2. An archaic version of the word 'astonished' and a Scottish word for a farm will stump you, or will it?

Answer: (Starting letters A O)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Unit of strength of a magnetic field and a Scottish word meaning 'coated with resin'.

Answer: (Starting letters O R)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Savoury snacks made from chicken liver, water chestnut and bacon plus an Indian English word meaning 'young maidens'.

Answer: (Starting letters R K. Both words are plurals.)

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Question 5 of 10

5. An immature xylem cell, and a type of rocket fuel.

Answer: (Starting letters X L.)

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Question 6 of 10

6. A type of B6 vitamin, also known as pyridoxine hydrochloride, and an archaic word meaning 'held another person closely'.

Answer: (Starting letters A I)

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Question 7 of 10

7. An adjective relating to the branch of logic concerned with ethics and obligations, and a word describing a comb-shaped scale of a fish. The second word starts with an unusual combination of two consonants.

Answer: (Starting letters D C)

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Question 8 of 10

8. A demure or proper ant.

Answer: (Starting letters P P)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Rushes of blood to the head, affecting vision, especially suffered by stunt pilots, and candle snuffers.

Answer: (Starting letters R D. Both anwers are plurals.)

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Question 10 of 10

10. The obligatory triple header.
A person who never laughs (opposite of 'cachinnator'), a Spenserian adverb meaning 'everywhere', and a room for stowing goods, as in a ship.

Answer: (Starting letters A A L)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Every word in my quiz is playable in the game of Scrabble, but most would not have been used in a conversation anywhere in the world in the last ten years! For each clue I will give a definition and the starting letters. Simply type both words, separated by a space. Can you solve- 'Farm buildings with open fronts' and 'glassy transparent substances that occur in degenerative skin conditions'.

Answer: linhays hyalins

'Linhay' seems to derive from the Old English 'hlinian', meaning to lean, and 'hay', meaning 'enclosed space'. 'Hyalin' (or 'hyaline') comes from the Greek for 'glass', or 'glassy'.

2. An archaic version of the word 'astonished' and a Scottish word for a farm will stump you, or will it?

Answer: astoned onstead

'Astoned' dates back to Chaucer, and is the basis for the present-day 'astounded' as well as 'astonished'. 'Onstead' is thought to be a corruption of 'homestead'.

'Donates' is the only other possibility.

3. Unit of strength of a magnetic field and a Scottish word meaning 'coated with resin'.

Answer: oersted roseted

The oersted is named for Danish scientist Hans Christian Orsted who, in 1820, discovered a link between electric current and magnetism.

Toredos are types of worms that eat wooden ships, but everyone knows that, so I did not include it as an option.

4. Savoury snacks made from chicken liver, water chestnut and bacon plus an Indian English word meaning 'young maidens'.

Answer: rumakis kumaris

Rumaki is a Hawaiian appetiser, and a kumari is also a Nepalese title, awarded to a young girl, as a representation of a Buddhist goddess.

5. An immature xylem cell, and a type of rocket fuel.

Answer: xylogen loxygen

A xylogen is a woody cell that is in the process of maturing, and loxygen is more commonly known as 'lox', or 'liquid oxygen'.

6. A type of B6 vitamin, also known as pyridoxine hydrochloride, and an archaic word meaning 'held another person closely'.

Answer: adermin inarmed

The proper scientific designation is '3-Hydroxy-4,5-di(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylpyridine' and the chemical formula is C8H11NO3. This information is provided for all our budding chemists who want to build their own vitamins!

Answer: deontic ctenoid

The starting 'c' is silent, and the root is Latin. The more commonplace anagram is 'noticed'.

8. A demure or proper ant.

Answer: primsie pismire

'Primsie' comes from the Scottish and means 'prim', and 'pismire' comes from the more vulgar term for urine, because that is what a squashed ant smells like!

9. Rushes of blood to the head, affecting vision, especially suffered by stunt pilots, and candle snuffers.

Answer: redouts douters

A redout is similar to a blackout, but is characterised by reddening of vision. Douters look like a pair of scissors with large flat blades.

There are a few easier anagrams that I chose not to use, because they do not fit into the 'really, really obscure words' category. 'Detours', 'dourest', 'rousted' are just TOO easy, and 'outreds' (becomes redder than), is just plain silly.

10. The obligatory triple header. A person who never laughs (opposite of 'cachinnator'), a Spenserian adverb meaning 'everywhere', and a room for stowing goods, as in a ship.

Answer: Agelast algates lastage

I would be very 'astoned' if anyone scores 10/10 with this quiz. I have played it myself, and only scored 2!

Source: Author ozzz2002

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