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