20 June 2006

Polygon 20 June
Polygon puzzle
Using the given letters no more than once, make as many words as possible of three or more letters, always including the central letter. Capitalised words, plurals, conjugated verbs (past tense etc), adverbs ending in LY, comparatives and superlatives are disallowed.

How you rate: 13 words, average; 17, good; 21, very good; 26, excellent.

Source: the Times

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20 Jun 2006 18:42:06

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Maxine

aboard, abroad, arvo, bar, bard, bardo, boar, board, bora, bra, brad, bravo, bro, broad, dobra, drab, oar, orb, rad, rav, road, rob, rod, varda, vardo
Bravado is the word using all the letters.

Posted by: Maxine | 20 June 2006 at 18:43

Susan

I'm getting worse at this game! Only 16 this time. I missed bravado too!

Posted by: Susan | 20 June 2006 at 21:01

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