AA Toxic

This blog was inspired by a rack that came up in a game last week – AABENRT. More about that later, but first see if you can solve these anagrams which all have the letters AAB.

A Grade Challenge

A     A     B     D     E     I     R

A     A     B     N     O     S     T

A     A     B     D     I     N     R

A     A     B     E     R     T     U

A     A     B     N     O     R     S

B and C Grade Study List

Mike Currie inspired this week’s blog by playing ratbane. It was a word that was successfully challenged off the board. He had the word ANTBEAR – the great anteater – but his word was close. It just needed to be spelled with an S – RATSBANE

Words that end in BANE refer to plants that are toxic to various animals. Mostly the animals are listed in the singular, there are just two that need to be pluralised. They are all spelled one specific way. None of them can be spelled both ways

BUGBANE

COWBANE

DOGBANE

FLEABANE

FLYBANE

HENBANE

RATSBANE

WOLFSBANE

There are a few words that end in those 4 letters, but are nothing to do with being toxic:

CUBANE is a type of hydrocarbon

MIRBANE and MYRBANE are something to do with perfumes

URBANE is refined or elegant

INURBANE is not urbane

All of them take an S except the last two. URBANE can be extended to URBANER and URBANEST but there are no extensions to INURBANE

The word BANE can also be used as a verb meaning to kill with a poison. So the words BANED and BANING are both good

Answers to A Grade Challenge

BRAAIED – (South African) Grilled meat over open coals

SABATON – A foot covering as part of a suit of armour

BANDARI – (Hindi) A monkey or a cheeky girl

ABATURE – A trail through a wood beaten down by a stag

RABONAS – Unconventional methods of kicking a soccer ball

When performing a RABONA you plant one leg to the side of the ball and bring the other leg around behind to kick the ball. Sounds too difficult for me!