It is about time we did some work on the letter J. The quiz for this week is to find as many words as you can that use the letters in JEHOSAPHAT. They can be words of whatever length you like, but they must include the letter J. Just in case you were wondering JEHOSAPHAT is not a valid word for scrabble. Jehosaphat (or Jehoshaphat, Jehosephat, and several other ways) was a prominent King of Judah, the son of Asa. There are a number of stories concerning this mostly righteous

Bob Jackson stole a game off me at the weekend which he seemed destined to lose. He was helped by his fine play of EXUVIUM a few turns from the end. After a play like that I thought the theme of this blog should be the letter X So we will start off with a short quiz of 3 bingos including an X ABCLOOX AADIPTX CEILNOX Bingos are rare with an X. The list for this week is a fairly random collection of 15 shorter words using an X. I hope I have chosen some that you do not already

Sorry that my blog is a little late this week. There was a bridge event over the weekend at which my results were so bad I can only put it behind me and pray that the Trans-Tasman this weekend in Dunedin will inspire better memories. This time the quiz will be about hooks. The 3 words in the quiz are from the title. What letters can you hook in front of EDGY, IFFY and UNDY? The answers to the quiz are at the end. In the meantime I will give you a list of hooks at the other en

The opening quiz is all about things to do with the word MULE: What letter or letters can be placed in front of the word MULE? What letter or letters can be placed after the word MULE? What letter or letters can be placed after the M to make a word? M _ U L E What letter or letters can be placed after the L to make a word? M U L _ E While you think about that here are the 7 and 8 letter bingos that are ASS words: HARDASS JACKASS JIVEASS WISEASS SMARTASS TIG