Here Comes The Sun
Yes, summer is here, so here comes the SUN. The inspiration for this week’s theme is something that could only be put in the Odds and Ends section, but it is the motif in the A Grade Challenge and the B-C Learning List as well.
A Grade Challenge
D I I N S T U Y
D I L N R S U Y
A C I M N S T U
A E F N R S T U
B E N R R S U Y
B & C Grade Study List
The 12 words to learn today are 7 letter bingos that:
1) Contain the letters SUN.
2) Don’t have another anagram.
3) Are high probability for you to get on your rack.
4) Are not words you would find in common speech.
AENEOUS Of a shining, bronze colour
ARENOUS Very sandy (also ARENOSE)
DOUANES Customhouses (for collecting tax)
EUCAINS Mild anaesthetics (also EUCAINE)
GUNITES A fine grained mix of cement, sand and water
IGNEOUS Describing rocks formed by cooling magma
LENTOUS Thick and adhesive
NOURSLE To foster
NUTRIAS Large South American rodents. (COYPUS)
SOUTANE The cassock of a Roman Catholic priest
UNALIST A person who believes in one supreme god
URINOSE Pertaining to urine
Answers to A Grade Challenge
DISUNITY A lack of unity
SUNDRILY In a miscellaneous manner
TSUNAMIC Like a tidal wave
AFTERSUN Lotion applied to the skin after sunburn
SUNBERRY A dark edible fruit
The words today didn’t just have the letters SUN. Those letters were in sequence within the word
Odds and Ends
Chris Tallman, who was visiting last week, played UNBATHED against me. A nice play, particularly as it scored 106. It wasn’t until much later after I went home that I thought of putting an S in front of it for SUNBATHED. So obvious when you think about it. Not sure if I had an S or not, but it certainly never occurred to me at the time. A little research found these 8 letter words that could be similarly brightened up with an S front hook:
(s)UNBEATEN
(s)UNBLINDS
(s)UNBLOCKS
(s)UNBONNET
(s)UNBRIGHT
(s)UNBURNED
(s)UNCHOKES
(s)UNSTRUCK
(s)UNTANNED
A SUNCHOKE is a type of sunflower
Happy Scrabbling Patrick