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We are a social Scrabble Club with some of the state's top players! Even if you've NEVER played in a club setting before, we can help you! We like to create a welcoming environment for all players. We meet in the Activity Room at Chris Ridge every Wednesday for 5 games starting at around 430pm. It costs $4 to play 4+ games, or $1 per game for 3 or less. Our club director is Larry Rand, If you have

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03/08/2020

BINGO BLOG #133 by Jeff Kastner

Phoenix Scrabble Club 123; Week #23; Meeting of Wed, March 4, 2020.

We celebrated the month of March with a birthday potluck. With the return of 80-degree days to Phoenix we also welcomed back Harry Decker to the “active” list. Harry will be playing at the Club regularly until he moves to Oklahoma in August.

The “Weekly Winner” was me, with 4-1, +465, and 14 bingos. I took “Bingo King” honors, “High Game” (519), and won the “Nightly Play” moolah. Sarah was next with 4-1, + 211, and 10 bingos. Other plus-scorers were: Larry, 3-1, +82, with 6 bingos; and Martin, 3-2, +122, with 5 bingos. Harry earned the “Double-Double” prize, while Karin had the “High Play” (113) and took home the “Low Win” gelt with a 350 game. Bonnie won money for High Game/Bottom Half (471). Satya’s 408 was the “High Loss”.

I’ll have more to say below about all the prize-winning bonus plays. As usual, your challenge is to solve the following quizzes, all based on Wednesday night’s bingos. The solutions are given at the bottom. Feel free to "LIKE" and comment here on Facebook.



Quiz #1: Let’s start the quizzes rolling with an elementary one. Satya bingoed with TORCHES, for which Larry’s report indicated there are 5 anagrams. Since the report didn’t list any of them, how many of the 5 anagrams of TORCHES do you know?

Quiz #2: Bonnie played EXALTER (one that praises, glorifies, or honors), and even drew a challenge! Perhaps the challenger confused it with the phoney “EXULTER”? In any case, can you find the 8-letter bingoes in EXALTER + C, + E and N?

Quiz #3: Harry earned the “Double-Double” prize for his 80-point bingo ARSENAL. These are common tiles so let’s test your knowledge of the 8’s. Can you find all the 8-letter bingos in ARSENAL + D, G, T, and Y?

Quiz #4: I played WANDEROO, an Asian monkey. Which two other 8-letter bingoes also end with the suffix -EROO?

Quiz #5: Sarah played APERIES, acts of aping. Larry’s report didn’t include any hooks, so let me ask you: What are the two front-hooks for APERIES?

I didn’t fail to find the natural FIASCOS, meaning: utter and complete failures or disasters. The singular FIASCO has two other plurals. FIASCOES is the obvious one, but do you know the other?

Quiz #6: Karin had the “High Play” with her 113-point JAVELIN. It’s a verb, meaning: to pierce with a javelin (a light spear). Aside from the -S plural, JAVELIN takes a back-hook -A for JAVELINA. Also known as a PECCARY, this piglike, hoofed animal can be spotted roaming freely around Fountain Hills, Arizona! For your next challenge, if you replace the ‘V’ in JAVELIN with a blank, what is the only other tile that makes a 7-letter bingo with the rack JAELIN + blank?

Quiz #7: I earned the “Nightly Play” money (including last week’s carryover bonus) for making the highest-scoring play containing ‘Y’ (in honor of our late beloved Club member, Yvonne “Bonnie” Redland) with my 73-pointer AROYNTS. It’s an alt. sp. of the more common AROINTS, a verb meaning: drives away or forces someone to leave. Can you uncover all the 8-letter bingoes in AROYNTS + B, D, M, and V?

Quiz #8: Martin played RUGRATS, defined as: children not yet old enough for school. It' even drew a challenge! RUGRATS happens to be the only 7-letter bingo ending with -RATS, but there are several 8’s that end with this suffix. How many can you name?

Quiz #9: Babs bingoed with SURREAL. What is the highest value tile that combines with the 7 letters of SURREAL to make an ‘8’?

Martin played the 8-letter bingo DITZIEST. How many 7-letter bingos can you think of that also end with the suffix -ZIEST?

Quiz #10: Satya bingoed with ENTIRELY, an anagram of LIENTERY (a form of diarrhea). Aside from ENTIRELY what is the only other ‘8’ ending with the suffix -IRELY?

Using the anagram LIENTERY, what is the only other '8' ending with -NTERY?

Quiz #11: Harry played ENAMOUR, an anagram of NEUROMA. Aside from the obvious -S hooks for these words, what is the only other tile that combines with the 7 letters of ENAMOUR to make an 8-letter bingo?

Sarah bingoed with VITAMINS, an anagram of NATIVISM. Aside from the obvious -S plural of NATIVISM, what is the only other tile that combines with the 8 letters of VITAMINS to make a ‘9’?

BVA’s only bingo of the night was RESEEDED, an anagram of DESEEDER. Aside from the obvious -S plural of DESEEDER, what is the only other tile that combines with the 8 letters of RESEEDED to produce a 9-letter bingo?

Quiz #12: Larry bingoed with UPSILON, a Greek letter, which anagrams to PULSION (propulsion). Using the plural UPSILONS, what is the only tile that combines with these 8 letters to produce a 9-letter bingo?

I found TONNEAUX. It’s one of the 2 plurals of TONNEAU, defined as: the rear seating compartment of an automobile. Using its other plural, what is the only tile that combines with the 8 letters of TONNEAUS to make a 9-letter bingo? (Actually, two 9-letter bingos!)

I laid down PHONATES (v., produces speech sounds). It’s an anagram of PHAETONS (light carriages) and STANHOPE (also defined as: a light carriage!). What is the highest value tile that combines with the 8 letters of PHONATES to produce a ‘9’?

Satya played VIOLATED, an anagram of the verb DOVETAIL. Aside from the obvious -S hook for DOVETAIL, what is the only other tile that combines with the 8 letters of VIOLATED to make a 9-letter bingo?

BONUS QUESTIONS: Let’s continue the “mnemonic phonies” theme from my last several blogs. To reiterate, these phony words (or phrases) are useful devices that can help spark one’s memory towards uncovering the actual bingos. For example: “LOINERS” = NEROLIS. Or, “BEANIEST” = BETAINES.
The following 20 words or phrases are “mnemonic phonies,” and this week’s theme is: “Contains the letters ‘M’, ‘A’, and ‘R’ for March!” For example: “CHOIRMAN” = HARMONIC and OMNIARCH (Yes, there are sometimes multiple bingoes possible, so be sure to find all of them!) I will include a 9-letter bingo at the end just for those Experts who find the 7’s and 8’s too easy.



A DIMMER =

A PERT MAN =

A SCAMMER =

ACRID HAM =

ALARM ME =

AM STRONG =

AMERICA + H =

ANSWER ME =

ARM BRACE =

ARMY CHAP =

ARMY PAL =

ARROW HIM =

ASS AMOUR =

AVERT RUM =

BAD MURAL =

BAR IMAM =

BOARS AIM =

BORED MAN =

BRAVE MAC =

AMARETTIS =









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QUIZ SOLUTIONS:

Quiz #1: TORCHES = HECTORS (v., meaning: bullies); ROCHETS (linen vestments; takes a C- front-hook); ROTCHES (seabirds; also takes a C- front-hook); TOCHERS (v., gives a dowry to; it’s the only front-hook for OCHERS); and TROCHES (medicated lozenges).

Quiz #2: EXALTER + C = EXCRETAL, pertaining to EXCRETA (excreted matter); + E = AXLETREE, a type of axle; and + N = EXTERNAL, a noun, meaning: an exterior.

Quiz #3: ARSENAL + D = ADRENALS (endocrine glands); + G = SANGREAL (alt. sp. of SANGRAIL, the legendary cup used by Christ at the Last Supper); + T = ASTERNAL (not connected to the sternum; it’s the hook for STERNAL); and finally, + Y = ANALYSER (alt. sp. of ANALYZER).

Quiz #4: Aside from WANDEROO, the two other 8’s that end with the -EROO are: BUCKEROO (a cowboy; also spelt BUCKAROO and BUCKAYRO) and JACKEROO (an inexperienced ranch hand; also spelt JACKAROO).

Quiz #5: The two front-hooks for APERIES are JAPERIES (mockeries) and NAPERIES (table linens).

The third plural of FIASCO is FIASCHI. It’s a plural of the Italian derived FIASCO variant that means: a wine bottle.

Quiz #6: The rack JAELIN + W = JAWLINE.

Quiz #7: AROYNTS + B = BARYTONS (stringed instruments; the singular BARYTON also takes an -E back hook for BARYTONE, an alt. sp. of BARITONE); + D = TARDYONS (subatomic particles that travel slower than the speed of light; so, “party on, you tardyons!”); + M = STRAMONY (a poisonous w**d); and + V = SOVRANTY (it means: a monarchy, and a SOVRAN is a monarch; these words could draw a challenge cuz they almost look like horrible misspellings of SOVEREIGN and SOVEREIGNTY!).

Quiz #8: Here are all the 8’s ending with the suffix -RATS: APPARATS (political organizations); CONGRATS (congratulations!); MUSHRATS (alt. sp. of MUSKRATS) ; MUSKRATS (aquatic rodents); QUADRATS (in printing, these are pieces of type metal used for filling in spaces); WOODRATS (a North American breed of rats); and finally ZIKURATS (alt. sp. of ZIGGURATS and ZIKKURATS, which are: ancient Babylonian temple towers).

Quiz #9: SURREAL + Q = QUARRELS.

Here’s a list of the eight 7’s ending with the suffix -ZIEST: COZIEST, DOZIEST, FOZIEST, HAZIEST, LAZIEST, MAZIEST, OOZIEST, and SIZIEST.

Quiz #10: The only other ‘8’ ending with -IRELY is SQUIRELY, of or befitting a SQUIRE.

The only other '8' ending with -NTERY is PRINTERY, a place where printing is done.

Quiz #11: ENAMOUR + T = ROUTEMAN, a person who conducts business on an assigned route.

VITAMINS + E = VITAMINES, the alt. sp. of VITAMINS.

RESEEDED + W = DEERWEEDS, bushlike herbs.

Quiz #12: UPSILONS + E = SPINULOSE, covered with minute spines. How fitting that the combining tile for UPSILONS is an ‘E’ since EPSILONS are also Greek letters!

If you guessed PHONATES + C = CENOTAPHS (empty tombs), nice try, but incorrect. The answer is + Y = PANTYHOSE. By the way, neither PANTYHOSE nor its alt. sp. PANTIHOSE, take an -S plural.

VIOLATED + B = BLOVIATED, a verb, meaning: spoke pompously.



ANSWERS TO BONUS QUESTIONS:

A DIMMER = MERMAID

A PERT MAN = PARAMENT

A SCAMMER = MACRAMES

ACRID HAM = CHADARIM, DRACHMAI

ALARM ME = ALMEMAR

AM STRONG = ANGSTROM

AMERICA + H = CHIMAERA

ANSWER ME = MENSWEAR

ARM BRACE = MACABRER

ARMY CHAP = PHARMACY

ARMY PAL = PALMARY, PALMYRA

ARROW HIM = HAIRWORM

ASS AMOUR = MOSASAUR

AVERT RUM = VERATRUM

BAD MURAL = ADUMBRAL

BAR IMAM = MARIMBA

BOARS AIM = AMBROSIA

BORED MAN = BOARDMEN

BRAVE MAC = VAMBRACE

AMARETTIS = METATARSI



Feel free to share your ideas and thoughts in the Comments section below, and I’ll be seeing you next time.

Jeff Kastner

Welcome to our page for the Phoenix Scrabble Club! Do you like Scrabble? Do you like to compete? Join our ranks and play with us!

03/02/2020

BINGO BLOG #132 by Jeff Kastner

Phoenix Scrabble Club 123; Week #22; Meeting of Wed, Feb. 26, 2020.

After a two-week “wellness break” the Club reconvened. We all seemed to be shaking off the rust…everyone, that is, except for Sarah King, who scored a perfect 5-0, +181, and 6 bingos. Gary was next with 3-1, +14, and 3 bingos. His score of 301 earned him the “Low Win” gelt. The only other plus scores were by Satya (3-2, +119, and “Bingo King” with 11) and Larry (3-2, +31, with 6 bingos). Satya also captured the “Double-Double” prize, while his 391 was the “High Loss”. BVA had the “High Game” (528), which earned her the “HG/BH” money. Larry had the “High Play” of 94 points with a phony. My dismal 2-2 score with 8 bingos was nothing to write home about, except I did manage to have the highest spread (+327). Nobody captured the “Nightly Play” prize (contains the letters Y, B, H, in honor of the late Yvonne “Bonnie” Redland), and so it will double in value next week.

I’ll have more to say below about all the prize-winning bonus plays. As usual, your challenge is to solve the following quizzes, all based on Wednesday night’s bingos. The solutions are given at the bottom. Feel free to "LIKE" and comment here on Facebook.



Quiz #1: Babs bingoed with SEIGNIOR, a feudal lord. It takes both -S and -Y hooks. Let’s start things off really easy by asking: How many 7’s can you uncover from within these 8 very common tiles of SEIGNIOR?

Quiz #2: Let’s devote this 4-part quiz question to our “Bingo King”. Satya cleaned out the “Double-Double” pool with his bonus play NEONATES, defined as: newborn children. What is the only 7-letter bingo possible from within the 8 letters of NEONATES?

Satya also played TONALITY, a system of tones. It takes an A- front-hook for ATONALITY, the absence of or disregard for an established musical key for composition. The word ATONAL is derived from it and means: lacking ATONALITY. What is the only bingo in ATONAL plus a blank?

Finally, Satya laid down ANALOGY, one of the two hooks for ANALOG. If you replace the ‘G’ with a blank, what is the only other bingo in ANALOY + blank?

And, if instead, you were to replace the ‘L’ with a blank, what is the only other bingo in ANAOGY + blank?

Quiz #3: Babs played PODESTA, an Italian magistrate. These are common tiles, so let’s test your knowledge of the 8’s. Can you find all the 8-letter bingos in PODESTA + E, H, I, L, N, R, and T?

Quiz #4: I played the natural ATABRINE, a drug to treat malaria. What is the only 7-letter bingo possible from within the 8 tiles of ATABRINE?

Quiz #5: Sarah got away with the famous phony . I can't tell you how many times over the past decades I've seen that phony played (and unchallenged), along with another well-known one: . They are so phoney, in fact, you can’t even play them in Collins games!

So, let me offer some advice. If you have the tiles BE***RS on your rack, look for an L, O, S, T, or V on the board to make a legitimate 8-letter bingo? Your task: Find these five 8-letter bingoes.

For extra credit: What is the only tile that can combine with the tiles of BEANIER to form an acceptable 8-letter bingo?

Quiz #6: With a rack of OVERSEA, Gary found a ‘Y’ on the Triple row and bingoed with OVEREASY (too easy!). If you replace the ‘A’ with a blank (resulting in OVERESY + blank), what is the only other tile that makes another 8-letter bingo? (I expect some very colorful responses to this one!)

Similarly, if you replace the ‘O’ in OVEREASY with a blank (resulting in VEREASY + blank), what is the only other tile that makes a different 8-letter bingo? (I’ll say reluctantly that it’s not very easy!)

Quiz #7: I played BEIGNET, an alt. sp. of BEIGNE, a type of fritter or doughnut. Aside form the obvious -S plural, what is the only other tile that combines with the 7 letters of BEIGNET to produce an 8-letter bingo?

For extra credit, what are the 7-letter bingoes in BEIGNES + W, and BEIGNES + U?

Quiz #8: Without a spot to play his natural WRINGED, Larry spotted a floating ‘S’ on the board and bingoed with REDWINGS. Unlike the NHL hockey team from Detroit (spelled: Red Wings), the Scrabble version is “for the birds”, defined as: European thrushes. Aside from red, which other colors can act as a prefix for -WINGS?

Quiz #9: Gary played ISLETED, the adjectival form of ISLET, a small island. Interestingly, it’s a homophone of EYELETED, one of the two past tenses of the verb EYELET (defined as: to make a small hole). Besides ISLETED, which other 7’s can you think of that also end with the suffix -LETED?

Quiz #10: It was great to see BVA back in action again. She played energetically by laying down TIREDLY. What is the highest value tile that can combine with the 7 letters of TIREDLY to produce an 8-letter bingo?

Babs bingoed with SEDILIA, an anagram of DAILIES and LIAISED. SEDILIA is the plural of SEDILE and SEDILIUM, which both mean: a church seat used by officiating clergy. What is highest point tile that combines with the 7 letters of SEDILIA to make an ‘8’?

Bonnie played TREACLE, defined as: molasses. What is highest point tile that combines with the 7 letters of TREACLE to make an ‘8’?

Quiz #11: Sarah found the nice bingo CURFEWS. I recall reading decades ago that the term CURFEW comes from the French phrase “couvre-feu” which translates to “cover fire”. It originated from a law made by William the Conqueror that all campfires had to be covered by a certain hour to prevent the accidental burning down of wood buildings. Take a “few” moments to think about this one: Aside from CURFEWS, what is the only other word in the Scrabble Dictionary that ends with -FEWS (or even -FEW, for that matter)?

Martin bingoed with SOUARIS, which are tropical trees. Which other 7’s can you think of that also feature the exact same ‘OUA’ vowel pattern?

Quiz #12: I phonied with instead of the valid bingo in these tiles: GANGRELS (meaning: vagabonds). What is the only tile that combines with the 8 letters of GANGRELS to produce a 9-letter bingo?

Larry played CUSTARDS. What is the only tile that combines with the 8 letters of CUSTARDS to produce a 9-letter bingo?

I played PLEBEIAN, an uncommon bingo that means: a commoner. Aside from the obvious -S plural, what is the only tile that combines with the 8 letters of PLEBEIAN to produce a 9-letter bingo?

Sarah played HONORARY which is a noun defined as: an honor society. What is the only tile that combines with the 8 letters of HONORARY to produce a 9-letter bingo?

BONUS QUESTIONS: Let’s continue the “mnemonic phonies” theme from my last several blogs. To reiterate, these phony words (or phrases) are useful devices that can help spark one’s memory towards uncovering the actual bingos. For example: “LOINERS” = NEROLIS. Or, “BEANIEST” = BETAINES.

The following 20 words or phrases are “mnemonic phonies,” and we’ll continue with this month’s theme: Contains both the letters ‘F’ and ‘E’ for February. For example: “FELT HEMS” = THEMSELF. Note that there are sometimes multiple bingoes possible, so be sure to find all of them!



FEED LAMB =

FERN DOC =

FERNAGE =

FEW MISDO =

FIDGIEST =

FIEFIST =

FOUR USES =

FREE HICK =

FREE TORY =

FREEABLE =

FREED TEN =

FREED YOU =

FORELEAD =

FOREPLAN =

FORETORE =

FORT GATE =

FORTAGE =

FORTIMES =

FOUL BREW =

FOUL OMEN =





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QUIZ SOLUTIONS:

Quiz #1: Starting with SEIGNIOR, here are all of the possible 7’s: ERINGOS (alt. sp. of ERYNGOS, defined as: medicinal herbs; ERINGOES and ERYNGOES are also good); IGNORES; IONISER (takes an L- front-hook); IRONIES; IRONISE (takes -D and -S back-hooks; but, like IRONIZE, it does not take an -R hook); NOISIER; ORIGINS; REGIONS; SIGNIOR (an Italian title of courtesy for a man, it takes -S and -Y back-hooks; also spelt: SIGNOR, which takes -A, -E, -I, -S, and -Y back-hooks); SIGNORE (does not take an -S plural; the anagram of the oft-played phoney “signores” is GORINESS); and finally, SIGNORI (one of two plurals of SIGNOR). Did you get the majority of these 11 bingoes?

Quiz #2: From within the 8 letters of NEONATES, the only ‘7’ is NEATENS.

ATONAL + I = ALATION, the state of having wings. You should be aware that it takes an H- front-hook for HALATION, a blurring of light in photographs.

ANALOY + M = ANOMALY.

ANAOGY + G = ANAGOGY, an alt. of ANAGOGE, a spiritual interpretation of words.

Quiz #3: PODESTA + E = ADOPTEES; + H = POTHEADS; + I = DIOPTASE (a mineral); + L = TADPOLES; + N = NOTEPADS; + R = ADOPTERS, PASTORED, and READOPTS (takes a P- front-hook for PREADOPTS); + T = POSTDATE (Does not take an -R back-hook, but the bingo in “postdater” is TETRAPODS).

Quiz #4: ANTBEAR is the only ‘7’ possible. It is defined as an aardvark.

Quiz #5: BE***RS + L = ENABLERS; + O = SEABORNE; + S = BARENESS; + T = ABSENTER (a noun); and + V = VERBENAS (flowering plants).

BEANIER + G = BERGENIA (like VERBENA, it's also a flowering plant).

Quiz #6: The rack OVERESY + D = OVERDYES (v., dyes with too much color).

The rack VEREASY + L = AVERSELY (adv., reluctantly). Did either of my “hints” help you any?

Quiz #7: BEIGNET + L = BEETLING, a verb meaning: jutting out.

BEIGNES + W = BEESWING (a crust that forms on old wines);

BEIGNES + U = BEGUINES (defined as: lively dances; also spelt: BIGUINES))

Quiz #8: There are two other colors that can precede the suffix -WINGS. WHITEWINGS are types of doves, but in the 19th Century WHITEWINGS were street sweepers who wore white uniforms. GREENWINGS are small, short-necked river ducks of Europe and America.

Quiz #9: Three other 7’s also end with the suffix -LETED: DELETED, FILETED (also spelled: FILLETED), and VALETED.

Quiz #10: If you said ‘C’ for DIRECTLY…nice try, but wrong! The combining tile with the highest value is: TIREDLY + V = DEVILTRY (defined as: mischief).

If you found SEDILIA + M = IDEALISM or MILADIES…nice try, but incorrect! The combining tile with the highest value is SEDILIA + F = SALIFIED, verb/past tense, meaning: combined with salt.

If you found TREACLE + K = RETACKLE…nice try but tackle it again! The right answer for the combining tile with the highest value is TREACLE + X = EXCRETAL, an adj. pertaining to EXCRETA (excreted matter).

Quiz #11: Of course, we all know that FEW does not take an -S hook. Aside from CURFEWS, the only other bingo ending in -FEWS is FEVERFEWS, which are perennial herbs. I see bottles of FEVERFEW regularly whenever I browse the vitamin supplement aisle in supermarkets.

There are five other 7’s that feature the same ‘OUA’ vowel pattern as Martin’s SOUARIS bingo: BIVOUAC (v. to make camp), GOUACHE (a method of painting), OUABAIN (a cardiac stimulant), TATOUAY (a South American armadillo), and ZOUAVES (French infantrymen).

Quiz #12: GANGRELS + A = LANGRAGES, defined as: shots formerly used in naval warfare.

CUSTARDS + T = DUSTCARTS (garbage trucks).

PLEBEIAN + G = BELEAPING, meaning: leaping upon.

HONORARY + U = HONOURARY, which unlike HONORARY, is NOT a noun!



ANSWERS TO BONUS QUESTIONS:

FEED LAMB = FLAMBEED

FERN DOC = CORNFED

FERNAGE = FREEGAN

FEW MISDO = WIFEDOMS

FIDGIEST = DIGESTIF

FIEFIST = FIFTIES, IFFIEST, STIFFIE

FOUR USES = RUFOUSES

FREE HICK = KERCHIEF

FREE TORY = FERETORY

FREEABLE = REEFABLE

FREED TEN = DEFERENT

FREED YOU = FOUREYED

FORELEAD = FREELOAD

FOREPLAN = FLAPERON

FORETORE = ROOFTREE

FORT GATE = FROTTAGE

FORTAGE = FAGOTER

FORTIMES = SETIFORM

FOUL BREW = FURBELOW

FOUL OMEN = MONOFUEL





Don’t forget that at our next meeting of Wednesday, March 4 we will have a birthday potluck to celebrate all the March birthdays. Meanwhile, feel free to share your ideas and thoughts in the Comments section below, and I’ll be seeing you very soon.

Jeff Kastner

Welcome to our page for the Phoenix Scrabble Club! Do you like Scrabble? Do you like to compete? Join our ranks and play with us!

02/14/2020

BINGO BLOG BONUS PUZZLE for Feb. 14, 2020

by Jeff Kastner

Happy Valentine’s Day to all my fellow Scrabble clubbers and word lovers! Let me also wish everyone a Happy President’s Day holiday weekend. Since our regular Club meeting of Feb. 12th was cancelled by Larry due to multiple illnesses, I am filling the gap with bonus questions relating to these holiday celebrations. So, whether you are in love, or feeling sick, or just plain lovesick, the quiz questions below should prove to be fun and instructive.

As usual, all the answers are given below. Feel free to comment here on Facebook...and don't forget to show your "LOVE" for this bonus blog!

Quiz #1: Let’s begin simply with everyone’s favorite archer, CUPID. It’s a valid Scrabble word, defined as: a naked, winged representation of the Roman god of love. What is the anagram of CUPID?

Quiz #2: Starting with the word VALENTINE, how many 7- and 8-letter bingos can you find from within its 9 letters?

For extra credit, what is the anagram of VALENTINE?

Quiz #3: “Will you accept this rose?” The bingo ROSETTE is defined as: an ornament resembling a rose. What is the anagram of ROSETTES?

And, what is the anagram of ROSETTED (the adjectival form of ROSETTE)?

Quiz #4: Let’s test your knowledge pertaining to matters of the HEART. It is helpful to know that HEART is defined as a verb, meaning: HEARTEN (v., to give courage).

What is the anagram of HEARTEN?

What is the anagram of HEARTENS?

What is the anagram of HEARTING?

What is the anagram of HEARTIEST?

What is the anagram of HEARTSOME?

Finally, what is the longest Scrabble word ending with HEART?

Quiz #5: What is the longest word beginning with KISS?

Quiz #6: What are the three 8-letter bingos from within the 9 letters of CHOCOLATE?

Quiz #7: TRUELOVE is a Scrabble word meaning: a sweetheart. What is the anagram of TRUELOVE?

Quiz #8: What is the longest word you can think of that ends with AMOUR?

Quiz #9: As I was sipping my CAMERON’S brand coffee this morning, I couldn’t help but notice that CAMERONS anagrams to ROMANCES! Aside from the -S, what are the other hooks (front or back) for ROMANCE?

Quiz #10: What is the only tile that combines with the 7 letters of FLOWERS to produce an 8-letter bingo?

Quiz #11: What is the longest word ending with LOVER?

Quiz #12: What are the two 10-letter bingoes in the phrase “A PRESIDENT”?

BONUS QUESTION:
Speaking of illness, I was surprised to see that CORONAVIRUS is actually a valid Scrabble word. And it even has an anagram that you all have heard of before. So, sink your teeth into this meaty bonus question and try to come up with the anagram for CORONAVIRUS.







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QUIZ SOLUTIONS:

Quiz #1: CUPID = PUDIC, adj., of or pertaining to the pudendum (the external ge***al organs of a woman).

Quiz #2: Starting with the 9 letters of VALENTINE, there is only one 8-letter bingo possible: VENETIAN (a flexible window screen).

There are seven possible 7’s: ELATIVE (noun, also takes an R- front-hook); ENLIVEN; LENIENT (an adj. only, so cannot be pluralized, but note that LENIENT + S = SENTINEL, a verb); LINEATE (adj., marked with lines, takes -D only); NAIVETE (also spelt NAIVETY); VEINLET (similar is VEINULET); and VENTAIL (the adjustable front of a medieval helmet, it takes an A- front-hook).

VALENTINE = LEVANTINE, a cloth of twilled silk.

Quiz #3: ROSETTES = TETROSES. Although it looks like it should be an adjective, TETROSE is a noun, defined as: a sugar whose molecules contain four carbon atoms.

ROSETTED = TETRODES, types of electron tubes.

Quiz #4: HEARTEN = EARTHEN, adj., made of earth.

HEARTENS = HASTENER

HEARTING = EARTHING and INGATHER (v., to gather). FYI, the anagram of INGATHERS is HANGRIEST!

HEARTIEST = EARTHIEST and HESITATER.

HEARTSOME = HORSEMEAT.

The longest Scrabble word ending with HEART is PURPLEHEART, a flowering plant.

Quiz #5: The longest word beginning with KISS is KISSOGRAM. It is a portmanteau of “kissing telegram,” a message delivered along with a kiss. Interestingly, this term can also be spelt “KISSAGRAM,” but that one is only good in Collins. However, there is a legit 9-letter bingo using the letters of “KISSAGRAM,” namely: SKIAGRAMS (pictures made up of shadows or outlines).

Quiz #6: From within the 9 tiles of CHOCOLATE here are the three possible 8’s: CATECHOL (a chemical used in photography), COLOCATE (v., to place two or more housing units in close proximity), and OOTHECAL (pertaining to OOTHECA, an egg case of certain insects). Note that CHOCOLATE takes -S and -Y back-hooks. Plus, the alt. sp. for CHOCOLATEY is CHOCOLATY. They are comparative adjs., and so CHOCOLATIER and CHOCOLATIEST are both good. In fact, CHOCOLATIER is a noun (think W***y Wonka!).

Quiz #7: TRUELOVE = REVOLUTE, adj., rolled back or downward. REVOLUTE is the front-hook for the noun EVOLUTE.

Quiz #8: The longest word ending with AMOUR is BEGLAMOUR. It’s an alt. sp. of BEGLAMOR, to dazzle with glamor.

Quiz #9: The bingo ROMANCE takes a front-hook B- for BROMANCE, a close nonsexual relationship between men. The back-hooks include -D and -R, for ROMANCED and ROMANCER.

Quiz #10: FLOWERS + T = FELWORTS, which happen to be flowering plants!

Quiz #11: The longest word ending with LOVER is SPILLOVER, an anagram of OVERSPILL.

Quiz #12: The tiles A PRESIDENT = PEDANTRIES (ostentatious displays of knowledge) and PEDESTRIAN. Note that PRESIDENT is the front-hook for RESIDENT.

ANSWER TO BONUS QUESTION:
CORONAVIRUS = CARNIVOROUS, pertaining to meat-eating or the predatory instincts of certain wild animals. (Did the little hint I dropped help you any?)

Feel free to share your ideas and thoughts in the Comments section, and I’ll be seeing you next time.

Jeff Kastner

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02/10/2020

BINGO BLOG #131 by Jeff Kastner

Phoenix Scrabble Club 123; Week #19; Meeting of Wed, Feb. 5, 2020.

We celebrated the February birthdays with our monthly potluck. “Weekly Winner” was Gary with a perfect 3-0, +229, and 6 bingos. Next was Martin with 3-1, + 319, and his 3 bingos included a 102-point “Double-Double” prizewinner. I had the only other plus score, with 3-1, +228, and 5 bingos. Satya was “Bingo King” with 9 bonus plays. He also had the “High Game” (473), and his “High Play” (158) cleaned out the “Triple-Triple” pool. Karin took home the “Nightly Play” prize, plus her 358 score earned her the “Low Win” gelt. Sarah had the “HG/BH” (455), while Bonnie had “High Loss” (427). Interestingly, there were no phonies among all the bingoes remaining on the boards that evening.

I’ll have more to say below about all the prize-winning bonus plays. As usual, your challenge is to solve the following quizzes, all based on Wednesday night’s bingos. The solutions are given at the bottom. Feel free to "LIKE" and comment here on Facebook.

Quiz #1: I laid down the high-probability bingo TESTIER. I consider the 8’s stemming from these tiles to be essential knowledge, so let’s see how many you know. Find all the 8’s in TESTIER + A, D, F, G, L, M, N, and P.

Quiz #2: Gary played SILENCE, an anagram of LICENSE and SELENIC. These tiles pop up often, so let’s test your knowledge of the 8’s. Can you find all the 8-letter bingos in SILENCE + A, C, D, E, O, R, S, T, and U?

Quiz #3: Sarah played PROVIDER. Can you find all the 6’s from within the 8 tiles of PROVIDER?

For extra credit, what is the 9-letter anagram of the plural PROVIDERS? (I think most of you are capable of getting this one, so don’t prove me wrong!)

Quiz #4: Satya had the “High Play” and earned a fistful of cash with his “Triple-Triple” CALIBERS for 158 points. How many 7’s can you find from within the 8 letters of CALIBERS?

Quiz #5: With a rack of EGIOUS + blank I “lit up the board” with BOUGIES, which are wax candles. Don’t feel bad if you’re unfamiliar with this word…it was once challenged against me by a 2000+ rated player! My question for you is: Can you “light it up” by uncovering the only other bingo in this same rack of EGIOUS + blank?

I also bingoed with GENEROUS. Can you “dissect” the only 7-letter bingo contained within these 8 tiles?

Quiz #6: Martin played TOLLMAN, defined as a TOLLER, one who collects tolls. Let’s use the plural form TOLLMEN for this quiz. What is the only tile that combines with the 7 letters of TOLLMEN to produce an 8-letter bingo?

Returning to the original bingo TOLLMAN, replace an ‘L’ with a blank. What is the only other tile that can combine with the 6 letters of “TOLMAN” to produce another 7-letter bingo? (In fact, this single letter makes 3 different bingoes, so find all of them.)

Quiz #7: Larry played ZENITHS. Using the singular ZENITH, aside from the -S plural, what is the only other tile that can combine with the 6 letters of ZENITH to make another 7-letter bingo?

Quiz #8: Satya played RAMPANT, an anagram of MANTRAP. Aside from the obvious -S plural (for MANTRAP), what is the only tile that can be added to the 7 letters of RAMPANT to produce an 8-letter bingo?

Quiz #9: Martin won the “Double-Double” prize with his 102-point bingo BONEHEAD (a stupid person). How many other 8’s can you name that also begin with the prefix BONE?

Quiz #10: Now let’s segue from prefix to suffix BONE words. Satya played HAMBONE, a verb meaning: to overact. Aside from the obvious -D and -S back-hooks (making HAMBONED and HAMBONES), which two other tiles combine with the 7 letters of HAMBONE to form 8-letter bingos?

Quiz #11: Bonnie played CHEMIST. Aside from the obvious -S plural, what is the only other tile that can combine with the 7 letters of CHEMIST to produce another 7-letter bingo? (In fact, this single letter makes 4 bingoes, so find all of them!)

For extra credit, the bingo CHEMIST has an alt. sp. with CHYMIST. What is the anagram of CHYMIST?

Quiz #12: Karin wasn’t fooling around when she earned the “Nightly Play” (“Contains the letters F, L, and O”) with FOOLING. There are 5 tiles that combine with FOOLING to produce five 8’s. What are these combining tiles and the resulting 8-letter bingos?

BONUS QUESTIONS: Let’s continue the “mnemonic phonies” theme from my last several blogs. To reiterate, these phony words (or phrases) are useful devices that can help spark one’s memory towards uncovering the actual bingos. For example: “LOINERS” = NEROLIS. Or, “BEANIEST” = BETAINES.
The following 20 words or phrases are “mnemonic phonies.” This week’s theme: Contains both the letters ‘F’ and ‘E’ for February. For example: “FOREMANS” = FORAMENS. Note that sometimes multiple bingoes are possible, so be sure to find all of them!



BEAT LIFE =

BEFARMS =

BEFIRES =

END FUELS =

END FUROR =

ENFLANK =

ENUF LIRA =

FAILS PET =

FAIR OGRE =

FAKE TOUR =

FAME DIES =

FAMINIZE =

FAN COVER =

FAR CURE =

FATAL ICE =

FEAR CITY =

FEAR GAS =

FEAR LOVE =

FECIALLY =

FED FIRES =



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QUIZ SOLUTIONS:

Quiz #1: TESTIER + A = ARIETTES, ITERATES, TEARIEST, TREATIES, TREATISE (all basic bingoes from the “SATIRE” list); + D = TIREDEST; + F = FRISETTE (alt. sp. of FRIZETTE, a frizzed fringe of hair); + G = GRISETTE (a young French working-class girl) and TERGITES (alt. of TERGUMS, the back parts of arthropod segments); + L = RETITLES; + M = EMITTERS (takes an R- front-hook) and TERMITES; + N = INSETTER (takes a P- front-hook), INTEREST, STERNITE, and TRIENTES (plural of TRIENS, a coin of ancient Rome); and finally, + P = PRETTIES (v., makes pretty). Were you able to find the majority of these 17 bingoes?

Quiz #2: SILENCE + A = SALIENCE; + C = LICENCES; + D = DECLINES, LICENSED, and SILENCED; + E = LICENSEE; + O = CINEOLES (alt. of CINEOLS, liquids used as antiseptics); + R = LICENSER, RECLINES, and SILENCER; + S = LICENSES and SILENCES; + T = CENTILES (values of statistical variables); and finally, + U = LEUCINES (amino acids). Were you able to uncover at least half of these 14 bingoes?

You should be aware that the verb LICENSE can also be spelled LICENCE. This produces several alt. spellings for the above bingoes, such as: LICENCED, LICENCEE, and LICENCER (anagram: ENCIRCLE).

Quiz #3: From within the 8 tiles of PROVIDERS here are all ten possible 6’s:

DEVOIR, DOPIER, DORPER, DRIVER, DROVER, PERIOD, PROVED, PROVER, ROPIER, and VOIDER.

PROVIDERS = DISPROVER.

Quiz #4: Here are all ten 7-letter bingoes from within the 8 tiles of CALIBERS: ASCRIBE, BAILERS, CABLERS, CALIBER, CALIBRE (the anagram of CALIBER, it takes -D and -S hooks), CARIBES, CLARIES, ECLAIRS, SCALIER, and SCRIBAL (adj., pertaining to a public clerk or secretary).

Quiz #5: EGIOUS + N = IGNEOUS, pertaining to fire. (Did my “light it up” clue help you any?)

Starting with the 8 tiles of GENEROUS the only 7-letter bingo contained within these 8 tiles is SURGEON. (Did my “dissect” clue give it away?)

Quiz #6: TOLLMEN + Y = MOLTENLY, the adverbial form of MOLTEN, defined as: made liquid by heat.

The tiles “TOLMAN” + E = LOMENTA (one of the 2 plurals of LOMENTUM, a type of plant pod), OMENTAL (adj., relating to OMENTUM, a fold in an abdominal membrane), and TELAMON (a male figure used as a supporting column; its only plural is TELAMONES).

Quiz #7: ZENITH + R = ZITHERN, an alt. of ZITHER, a stringed instrument.

Quiz #8: RAMPANT + E = PARAMENT, an ornamental vestment. It can be pluralized either PARAMENTA or PARAMENTS.

Quiz #9: Aside from BONEHEAD, here are the seven other 8’s that begin with the prefix BONE: BONEBEDS (areas containing dinosaur fossils), BONEFISH (anagram of FISHBONE), BONELESS (anagram of NOBLESSE, meaning: nobility), BONEMEAL (fertilizer or feed made from crushed bone), BONESETS (perennial herbs), BONEYARD (a junkyard), and BONEYEST (an alt. sp. of BONIEST, this is the only one that is not a compound word, and therefore the toughest to find!).

Quiz #10: HAMBONE + I = BOHEMIAN (n., an unconventional person); HAMBONE + R = HORNBEAM (a small tree).

Quiz #11: CHEMIST + A = HEMATICS (blood disease medicines); MASTICHE (defined as: a MASTIC, an aromatic resin); MISTEACH, and TACHISME (an alt. sp. of TACHISM, defined as: action painting).

CHYMIST = TYCHISM, the proposition that chance is operative on the universe.

Quiz #12: FOOLING + D = FLOODING (noun, a filling with fluid to excess); + I = FOLIOING (the verb FOLIO means: to number the pages of); + R = FLOORING (noun); + T = FOOTLING (the verb FOOTLE means: to waste time); and finally, + Z = FOOZLING (the verb FOOZLE means: to bungle).



ANSWERS TO BONUS QUESTIONS:

BEAT LIFE = FLEABITE

BEFARMS = FERBAMS

BEFIRES = FRISBEE

END FUELS = NEEDFULS

END FUROR = FRONDEUR

ENFLANK = FLANKEN

ENUF LIRA = FRAULEIN

FAILS PET = FLEAPITS

FAIR OGRE = FAIRGOER

FAKE TOUR = FREAKOUT

FAME DIES = SEMIDEAF

FAMINIZE = FEMINAZI

FAN COVER = CONFERVA

FAR CURE = FARCEUR

FATAL ICE = CALIFATE

FEAR CITY = FERACITY

FEAR GAS = AGRAFES

FEAR LOVE = OVERLEAF

FECIALLY = FACILELY

FED FIRES = SERIFFED



Feel free to share your ideas and thoughts in the Comments section below, and I’ll be seeing you next time.

Jeff Kastner

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