03 July 2006

Polygon 3 July
Polygon puzzle
Using the given letters no more than once, make as many words as possible of four 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: 12 words, average; 16, good; 20, very good; 25, excellent.

Source: the Times

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3 Jul 2006 19:25:06

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Maxine

abseil, aisle, base, basil, bias, blasé, ease, easel, else, false, fils, isle, lase, lease, lias, sable, safe, sail, sale, seal, seel, seif, self, slab
feasible is the word using all the letters.
(I think I actually have heard of most of these, except lase and lias -- oh and seel. Fils is French of course, presumably it has a meaning in English too, or maybe it is another "cheat".)

Posted by: Maxine | 03 July 2006 at 19:34

Susan

Sixteen today, Maxine. Not exactly a stellar performance. I missed a few very simple words, which is annoying.

I'm having a terrible time with Debra's logic puzzle today! I've never attempted one of those puzzles before and it's quite intimidating. I wish I had a clue how to fill out the 'worksheet' part of it.

Posted by: Susan | 04 July 2006 at 01:07

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