V - Very Basic
This should be a good blog for an intermediate level player. Perhaps it is a little too easy for an expert, but check it out anyway. There is always a nugget you can glean somewhere.
When balancing your rack to try to keep good letters it is very common to look to dump a V and a couple of vowels. So it is very common to play a 3 letter word made up of two vowels and a V. You really should know all about those words.
So the quiz this week shouldn’t be too difficult. List all 13 words that are 3 letters made up of two vowels and the letter V.
Hmmmm…. 13, it would be unlucky if you couldn’t find them all!
Just see if you can write down the answers before you move on to the list in today's blog
OK, here are the answers, plus additional information on meanings and hooks:
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AVA An aromatic plant of the pepper family
Front Hooks: FAVA - JAVA - KAVA - LAVA - TAVA
Back Hooks: AVAL - AVAS
Unusual continuations: KAVAL - FLAVA - TAVAH
AVE A salutation
Front Hooks: CAVE - EAVE - FAVE - GAVE - HAVE - LAVE
NAVE - PAVE - RAVE - SAVE - WAVE
Back Hooks: AVEL - AVER - AVES
Unusual continuations: AGAVE - CHAVE - AWAVE
VAE A bay or creek in Orkney or Shetland. Also spelled VOE
Front Hooks: UVAE
Back Hooks: VAES
VIA A Roman road
Front Hooks: There are no front hooks
Back Hooks: VIAE - VIAL - VIAS
AVO A monetary unit of Macau
Front Hooks: There are no front hooks
Back Hooks: AVOS - AVOW
OVA Female reproductive cells
Front Hooks: NOVA
Back Hooks: OVAL (The only one that doesn’t take an S)
UVA A grape, or grapelike berry
Front Hooks: There are no front hooks
Back Hooks: UVAE - UVAS
VAU The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Front Hooks: There are no front hooks
Back Hooks: VAUS - VAUT
Unusual continuations: VAUTE
EVE Evening
Front Hooks: LEVE - MEVE - NEVE - YEVE
Back Hooks: EVEN - EVER - EVES - EVET
Unusual continuations: CLEVE - NEVEL - YEVEN
VEE The letter V
Front Hooks: There are no front hooks
Back Hooks: VEEP - VEER - VEES
VIE To contend in rivalry
Front Hooks: There are no front hooks
Back Hooks: VIED - VIER - VIES - VIEW
Unusual continuations: IVIED - IVIES - VIEWY
EVO Australian slang for the evening
Front Hooks: DEVO - LEVO
Back Hooks: EVOE - EVOS
VOE A bay or creek in Orkney or Shetland. Also spelled VAE
Front Hooks: EVOE
Back Hooks: VOES
Happy Scrabbling
Patrick