Word Games

[Pruitt]

facetious

It's all I got.

[wlu_lax6]

facetious

that is one

[Ryan]

facetiously

[wlu_lax6]

facetiously

Facetious was the given answer

[wlu_lax6]

In each of the cases below, scramble the letters and then add an X at the end to make a new word.

Example: coven + x = convex

1) real + x =
2) torah + x =
3) compel + x =
4) claim + x =
5) nasty + x =
6) hoboes + x =

[govmentchedda]

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relax
Thorax
Complex
Climax
Syntax
shoebox

[Pruitt]

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relax
Thorax
Complex
Climax
Syntax
shoebox

Oddly, the last one took me the longest.

[wlu_lax6]

Nice job

[wlu_lax6]

Think of a common greeting in another country. You can rearrange its letters to get the capital of a country that neighbors the country where this greeting is commonly spoken. What greeting is it?

[Ryan]

That was a good one.

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ni hao/Hanoi

[wlu_lax6]

That was a good one.

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ni hao/Hanoi

Too quick.

[Ryan]

Too close to Canada - couldn't sleep

[Ryan]

I know 90% of the capitals by heart and I still wanted Moshal to be somewhere in the Middle East

[wlu_lax6]

There are many four–letter words that can be formed by combining two U.S. state abbreviations. For example: Journey on horseback = RIDE, which is RI (Rhode Island) + DE (Delaware). See if you can figure these out:

1. Single sheet of glass
2. Large number of
3. Mount Vesuvius output
4. Diamond in the rough
5. Lacking moisture
6. Walk through water

[EnochRoot]

There are many four–letter words that can be formed by combining two U.S. state abbreviations. For example: Journey on horseback = RIDE, which is RI (Rhode Island) + DE (Delaware). See if you can figure these out:

1. Single sheet of glass
2. Large number of
3. Mount Vesuvius output
4. Diamond in the rough
5. Lacking moisture
6. Walk through water

1 PANE
2 MANY
3 LAVA
4 COAL
5 ARID
6 WADE

BOOM

[wlu_lax6]

There are many four–letter words that can be formed by combining two U.S. state abbreviations. For example: Journey on horseback = RIDE, which is RI (Rhode Island) + DE (Delaware). See if you can figure these out:

1. Single sheet of glass
2. Large number of
3. Mount Vesuvius output
4. Diamond in the rough
5. Lacking moisture
6. Walk through water

1 PANE
2 MANY
3 LAVA
4 COAL
5 ARID
6 WADE

BOOM

Nice job

[EnochRoot]

There are many four–letter words that can be formed by combining two U.S. state abbreviations. For example: Journey on horseback = RIDE, which is RI (Rhode Island) + DE (Delaware). See if you can figure these out:

1. Single sheet of glass
2. Large number of
3. Mount Vesuvius output
4. Diamond in the rough
5. Lacking moisture
6. Walk through water

1 PANE
2 MANY
3 LAVA
4 COAL
5 ARID
6 WADE

BOOM

Nice job

My wife assisted with MANY, but the others were right there.

[wlu_lax6]

Take the word "IMPASSIVE." Use the individual letters to complete the three words below. You can use each letter from IMPASSIVE only once.
1. _E_T_G_
2. _R_S_
3. _P_

[Sabo]

Take the word "IMPASSIVE." Use the individual letters to complete the three words below. You can use each letter from IMPASSIVE only once.
1. _E_T_G_
2. _R_S_
3. _P_

VESTIGE
PRISM
SPA

[The Sybian]

Take the word "IMPASSIVE." Use the individual letters to complete the three words below. You can use each letter from IMPASSIVE only once.
1. _E_T_G_
2. _R_S_
3. _P_

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Vestige
Prism
Spa

I really liked that one

[The Sybian]

Goddamnit, Sabo!

[wlu_lax6]

nice job

[Sabo]

Goddamnit, Sabo!

Thanks for the sig!

[Pruitt]

On the flight home last night, I was on an aisle diagonally across from a woman who was playing a word game on her iPad - like boggle, where you get a bunch of letters and have to make words...

It was driving me nuts as she would just throw random combinations out and hope for a match. "NEDO?" "DENO?" "SNEOD?"

[wlu_lax6]

By moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' to create two synonyms: Boat - Ship.

1. Our - Start
2. Strip - Tumble
3. Clause - Idea
4. Cash - Broom
5. Plight - Lam

[Pruitt]

By moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' to create two synonyms: Boat - Ship.

1. Our - Start
2. Strip - Tumble
3. Clause - Idea
4. Cash - Broom
5. Plight - Lam

Nice!

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sour-tart
trip-stumble
cause-ideal
crash-boom
light-lamp

[wlu_lax6]

Going to give you four excerpts from the WSJ. Can you pick out the style or grammar error?
1. "That same year, tensions between Mr. Ford and Mr. Iacocca came to a head. By then, he had an annual salary of $1 million a year."
2. "Much of the expense is born by existing shareholders, with other shareholders sometimes benefiting from a settlement or judgment."
3. "Before her address, Ms. Warren told reporters that she had no plans to attack fellow Democrats, even though she has sought to contrast her positions with Mr. Biden."
4. "Some companies, including American Express, Best Buy and Citigroup, list the metric as a criteria for executive compensation."

[bfj]

#1 - should be one million dollars or $1,000,000.

[bfj]

#4 should be criterion. Criteria is plural.

[Johnny Carwash]

#2 "borne" instead of "born?"

[Sabo]

Going to give you four excerpts from the WSJ. Can you pick out the style or grammar error?
1. "That same year, tensions between Mr. Ford and Mr. Iacocca came to a head. By then, he had an annual salary of $1 million a year."
2. "Much of the expense is born by existing shareholders, with other shareholders sometimes benefiting from a settlement or judgment."
3. "Before her address, Ms. Warren told reporters that she had no plans to attack fellow Democrats, even though she has sought to contrast her positions with Mr. Biden."
4. "Some companies, including American Express, Best Buy and Citigroup, list the metric as a criteria for executive compensation."

1. Instead of "he", it should indicate if it's Ford or Iacocca who had an annual salary of $1 million.

ETA: Actually, it should be "(whoever it is) had an annual salary of $1 million." Adding "a year" to annual salary is redundant.

2. "Born" should be "borne". ETA: What Carwash wrote.

3. "Told reporters" is unnecessary because the story is being written by a reporter. Instead, it should be "Ms. Warren said she had no plans".

4. What bfj wrote.

[bfj]

So $1 million is right? Looks odd to me.

[Sabo]

So $1 million is right? Looks odd to me.

Per the AP Stylebook, that is correct. But the WSJ probably has their own stylebook (most likely used in conjunction with the AP Stylebook).

[Pruitt]

Not much to add, except #3 - is it wrong to write "told reporters"? This indicates that she said this in a public forum as opposed to in a private meeting or in a one on one interview?

And in #1, the second sentence seems awkward and would probably be better as part of the previous sentence.

[wlu_lax6]

#3 is still in play

1. Writing both “annual” and “a year” is redundant.
2. “Borne” not “born.”
3.
4. “Criterion” is the correct singular version of the word.

[govmentchedda]

Is #3, "had" and "has"?

[Johnny Carwash]

Another guess at #3 - "Biden" should be "Biden's" as it should be a possessive to align with "her positions."

[wlu_lax6]

Another guess at #3 - "Biden" should be "Biden's" as it should be a possessive to align with "her positions."

There you go

[Pruitt]

Is #3, "had" and "has"?

Can we VAR this one? Seems right to me.

[wlu_lax6]

You get two definitions below, one for a word that starts with “re” and the second for the remaining word without the “re.”

Example: Exhausting / ceasing employment

Answer: Tiring / Retiring

Ready? Here we go.

Rental contract / let go
Give back / change direction
Give food / hold back
Illegal seizure of power / get back something lost
Nuclear power structure / one who portrays others
Money paid as a penalty / purify