Big Wig
Last week Julie played the highest scoring 4 letter word against me – JAZY. It has one point more than QUIZ. The only words with a higher theoretical tile value all have a double Z so one of them would have to be a blank which doesn’t count for any points at all unless you have stolen an extra Z from the player next to you. JAZY has nothing to do with jazz. It is actually a wig. Scoring 23 points before you even double or triple anything it is quite a big wig. It can also be spelled JASY or JASEY, but not jazey.
A Grade Challenge
Only 4 anagrams this week. They all contain the letter Y However each of them has 2 answers, so there are 8 words for you to find
A O P S T U Y
A H L L O T Y
B D E O O R Y
A G M N S T Y
B & C Grade Learning List
There are 42 words of 4-6 letters that end in –ZY (not including ones that end –ZZY). You will already know some like LAZY, GLAZY or CRAZY so here are some you might not have known:
BLOWZY Coarse and ruddy-faced
FOZY A prostitute
FRANZY Cross and Peevish
FROUZY Fusty and stuffy
FROWZY Fusty and stuffy
FURZY Abounding in furze
GAUZY Resembling gauze
GAZY Given to gazing
GROSZY All alternative spelling of the Polish currency GROSZ
KARZY A lavatory
KLUTZY Clumsy
MAUZY Foggy or misty
MAZY Full of confusing tunnels and passages
QUEAZY Feeling sick
SCHIZY Affected with schizophrenia
SIZY Pertaining to size
SLEEZY Sordid. A variation of the more normal spelling - SLEAZY
TOUZY Shaggy or unkempt
TOWZY Shaggy or unkempt
VIZY To take a close look at something
A couple there that I didn't know, (FRANZY and SLEEZY) so perhaps A Graders should review that list as well
Answers to A Grade Challenge
AUTOPSY A post-mortem examination PAYOUTS Sums of money that are paid out
LOATHLY Hideous or loathsome TALLYHO To utter a hunting cry
DOOBREY Something whose name has been temporarily forgotten OREBODY A mass of ore in a mine
GYMNAST Someone skilled in physical exercises SYNTAGM A unit of syntax with more than one element
Congratulations if you knew that last one. Particularly if you actually understand what it means!
Happy Scrabbling Patrick
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