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Re: Word Games
Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 10:47 am
by Pruitt
Ryan wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2019 10:27 amfacetious
It's all I got.
Re: Word Games
Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 10:48 am
by wlu_lax6
Ryan wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2019 10:27 amfacetious
that is one
Re: Word Games
Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 10:57 am
by Ryan
facetiously
Re: Word Games
Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 11:45 am
by wlu_lax6
Ryan wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2019 10:57 amfacetiously
Facetious was the given answer
Re: Word Games
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 5:03 am
by 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 =
Re: Word Games
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 5:47 am
by govmentchedda
- [+] spoiler
- relax
Thorax
Complex
Climax
Syntax
shoebox
Re: Word Games
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 7:13 am
by Pruitt
Oddly, the last one took me the longest.
Re: Word Games
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 8:03 am
by wlu_lax6
Nice job
Re: Word Games
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2019 4:37 am
by 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?
Re: Word Games
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2019 4:51 am
by Ryan
That was a good one.
- [+] spoiler
- ni hao/Hanoi
Re: Word Games
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2019 4:54 am
by wlu_lax6
Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2019 4:51 am
That was a good one.
- [+] spoiler
- ni hao/Hanoi
Too quick.
Re: Word Games
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2019 5:50 am
by Ryan
Too close to Canada - couldn't sleep
Re: Word Games
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2019 6:09 am
by Ryan
I know 90% of the capitals by heart and I still wanted Moshal to be somewhere in the Middle East
Re: Word Games
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2019 6:56 pm
by 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
Re: Word Games
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:21 pm
by EnochRoot
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 6:56 pm
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
Re: Word Games
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2019 10:01 pm
by wlu_lax6
EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:21 pm
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 6:56 pm
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
Re: Word Games
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2019 10:18 pm
by EnochRoot
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 10:01 pm
EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:21 pm
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 6:56 pm
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.
Re: Word Games
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:54 pm
by 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_
Re: Word Games
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:06 pm
by Sabo
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:54 pm
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
Re: Word Games
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:16 pm
by The Sybian
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:54 pm
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_
- [+] spoiler
- Vestige
Prism
Spa
I really liked that one
Re: Word Games
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:17 pm
by The Sybian
Goddamnit, Sabo!
Re: Word Games
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:24 pm
by wlu_lax6
nice job
Re: Word Games
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:39 pm
by Sabo
The Sybian wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:17 pm
Goddamnit, Sabo!
Thanks for the sig!
Re: Word Games
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 11:19 am
by 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?"
Re: Word Games
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 5:26 am
by 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
Re: Word Games
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 5:53 am
by Pruitt
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 23, 2019 5:26 am
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!
- [+] spoiler
- sour-tart
trip-stumble
cause-ideal
crash-boom
light-lamp
Re: Word Games
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 7:53 pm
by 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."
Re: Word Games
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 8:48 pm
by bfj
#1 - should be one million dollars or $1,000,000.
Re: Word Games
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 8:52 pm
by bfj
#4 should be criterion. Criteria is plural.
Re: Word Games
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 8:55 pm
by Johnny Carwash
#2 "borne" instead of "born?"
Re: Word Games
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 8:57 pm
by Sabo
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 7:53 pm
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.
Re: Word Games
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 9:00 pm
by bfj
So $1 million is right? Looks odd to me.
Re: Word Games
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 9:13 pm
by Sabo
bfj wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 9:00 pm
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).
Re: Word Games
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 5:43 am
by 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.
Re: Word Games
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 7:17 am
by 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.
Re: Word Games
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 7:20 am
by govmentchedda
Is #3, "had" and "has"?
Re: Word Games
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 7:26 am
by Johnny Carwash
Another guess at #3 - "Biden" should be "Biden's" as it should be a possessive to align with "her positions."
Re: Word Games
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 7:27 am
by wlu_lax6
Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Wed Aug 28, 2019 7:26 am
Another guess at #3 - "Biden" should be "Biden's" as it should be a possessive to align with "her positions."
There you go
Re: Word Games
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 8:53 am
by Pruitt
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed Aug 28, 2019 7:20 am
Is #3, "had" and "has"?
Can we VAR this one? Seems right to me.
Re: Word Games
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 5:02 am
by 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