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for 7, but not very "rewarding" QUARTER - STARVES 11 points
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Let's keep The Statman's round (55) above open until he closes it, of course, but to keep the thread moving, I'll post simultaneously...
Round 56
What is the greatest number of words you can find satisfying the following?
(a) every word must start with the same letter
(b) every word must end with T
(c) every word must have a different letter immediately before the T
(d) the words must all be English, not having to start with a capital letter, and in a recognised dictionary.
For example, I might bid 4 if the longest list I could find were
COAT, CARROT, CHART, CAST
PS You may not use any of these words for your own list."If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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A bid of 13
Root
Rabbit
Rat
Rout
Rivet
Respect
Revert
Rest
Result
Rent
Receipt
Right
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13 is very good (can be bettered thoughOriginally Posted by MoniqueA bid of 13
Root
Rabbit
Rat
Rout
Rivet
Respect
Revert
Rest
Result
Rent
Receipt
Right
Raft
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"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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bid! of 14:
tent
test
tilt
that
tract
tenet
taft
tight
transmit
tarot
tempt
tart
trout
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What does taft mean?Originally Posted by snookersfun"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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tuft better?Comment
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Yes, so a 13 from Monique and a 14 from snookersfun. Can anyone do better?Originally Posted by snookersfun"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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gimme a dictionary, I don't know that many wordsOriginally Posted by davis_greatest
ZIPPIE FOR CHAIRMANComment
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just throw in some 'd's. If only Dott would count. Still 14...
drat
debt
detect
diet
daft
delight
debit
dealt
dent
depot
disrupt
desert
detest
dott
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Won't allow Dott!Originally Posted by snookersfunjust throw in some 'd's. If only Dott would count. Still 14...
drat
debt
detect
diet
daft
delight
debit
dealt
dent
depot
disrupt
desert
detest
dott
debut There is at least one other D though, if you want to go for 15!
"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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dreamt
15!
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Yes, 15! Anyone with any advance? (I'm not sure whether higher is possible. I only had a quick think and had 15 too.)Originally Posted by snookersfundreamt 15!"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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No I can't advance on that; been thinking about it for a while (well, 7 months in fact!)
How about this.
What do the following pairs of words have in common?
View and wife
File and fly
Dummy and medium
Wolf and vowel
Latch and chalet
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One is an anagram of the plural of the other but missing the s? If that makes sense
eg wife = wive (s)
dummy = dummie (s) etc"The five S’s of sports training are: Stamina, Speed, Strength, Skill and Spirit;
but the greatest of these is Spirit." Ken DohertyComment
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