The song says “I only have eyes for you” but sometimes the gods of scrabble mishear that and give you a group of letters where the only vowels are I’s. If you are blessed with the right other letters you still might be able to play a bingo like INHIBIT, but most frequently you will be trying to play off two of your I’s in a shorter word. One word that is frequently used in scrabble games is IWI because it is the only 3 letter word with two I’s. However there is more scope in

There are 10 words on this week’s quiz, all about words that end in the letters BOX. Those 10 words are all 6 letter words that end with BOX. Everybody should be able to think of some of those words, so have a go before you get to the answers. The answers are not at the end this week, they are in the middle of the blog. That is because I am going to cover 5 letter words ending in BOX, then 6 letter words and finally sevens Firstly the 5 letter words: EMBOX To remov

As well as knowing what to do with great letters like RETINA and SATIRE it is important to know how to deal with some common letter groups that don’t have as many options. TAILOR may look as though it might be flexible letters but it doesn’t make bingos with very many letters. There is only: TAILOR + B TAILOR + D TAILOR + J TAILOR + L TAILOR + S (4) TAILOR + Y There are 4 words for you to find using the letter S, but all of the other combos only have one solution. It feels

We are going off planet this week. In other words if you have the letters PLANET and a blank what words of 7 letters can you make. PLANET + A - there are 3 words PLANET + C - there is 1 word PLANET + D - there is 1 word PLANET + G - there is 1 word PLANET + I - there is 1 word PLANET + O - there is 1 word PLANET + R - there are 3 words PLANET + S - there are 2 words PLANET + U - there is 1 word PLANET + X - there is 1 word PLANET + Y -there