Word Games

[Domino]

Try this one:

What is the next word in this sequence:

FOOTER; WIND; MAN; ESTATE; COLUMNIST; ?

Dave

[Courtenay]

SENSE, I would guess, because each of the previous words goes with a number to make a well-known phrase: first footer; second wind; third man; fourth estate; fifth columnist; sixth sense. At least, that makes sense to me...

[Domino]

That's right, Courtenay. Each of the words are preceded by the ordinal numbers in sequence. I think the first and fifth ones probably gave it away.

How about an Incremental Anagram Chain:

You start with one letter, then add a letter to make a two-letter word, then add another letter and re-arrange if necessary to make a three letter word, and so on. For example: A; AT; ART; TEAR; ALTER; RETAIL; RECITAL; PARTICLE. Oh, one snag, I'm going to tell you the final word that you finish with.

Begin with A and end with SPHERICAL. You just have to construct the chain. There may be more than one solution. Any one will do.

And that's all there is to it!

Dave

[Courtenay]

That's right, Courtenay. Each of the words are preceded by the ordinal numbers in sequence. I think the first and fifth ones probably gave it away.

The second and fifth, actually. I'll work on the Incremental Anagram Chain when I'm more awake!!

[Boatbuilder]

That's right, Courtenay. Each of the words are preceded by the ordinal numbers in sequence. I think the first and fifth ones probably gave it away.

How about an Incremental Anagram Chain:

You start with one letter, then add a letter to make a two-letter word, then add another letter and re-arrange if necessary to make a three letter word, and so on. For example: A; AT; ART; TEAR; ALTER; RETAIL; RECITAL; PARTICLE. Oh, one snag, I'm going to tell you the final word that you finish with.

Begin with A and end with SPHERICAL. You just have to construct the chain. There may be more than one solution. Any one will do.

And that's all there is to it!

Dave

Lets try these:


A, AS, HAS, HASP, PHASE, PHRASE, PARCHES, ASPHERIC, SPHERICAL

There were other words that could have been used at several points along the way, such as ASH, SHAPE, SHAPER & SERAPHIC.

[Domino]

Well done, John (BB)! There are several solutions. Another one was:

A; PA; PEA; CAPE; PLACE; CARPEL; REPLICA; SPIRACLE; SPHERICAL.

Now for some Argumentative Anagrams.

Here are six pairs of words. Each pair are anagrams of words that are more or less opposites. For exzample: if one pair was FATS and OWLS, you would soon discover FAST and SLOW. Try these:

(1) DEN, BEING.
(2) SEAT, STEW.
(3) READ, PEACH.
(4) VOLE, THREAD.
(5) SPAT, SERPENT.
(6) SEAM, SAVIOUR.

Here, what kept you?

Dave

[Daisy]

END BEGIN
EAST WEST
DEAR CHEAP
LOVE HATRED
PAST PRESENT
SAME VARIOUS

[Domino]

Congratulations, Ilsa! All correct.

Now try these:

(1) GIRTH; GROWN
(2) SHOUT; THORN
(3) REGAL; MINUET
(4) TACIT; RECALL
(5) REGIONS; SECTION
(6) ASPIRED; UNLISTED

Dave

[Boatbuilder]

RIGHT - WRONG
SOUTH - NORTH
LARGE - MINUTE
ATTIC - CELLAR
IGNORES - NOTICES
PRAISED - INSULTED

[Domino]

Correct, John (BB).

What phrase does this represent?

C TO BE OR NOT TO BE C

Dave

[Daisy]

Well that certainly is the question!

[Domino]

Was that your answer or a comment? Either way you're close.

[Daisy]

It was just a comment!

[Boatbuilder]

This is just an observation regarding the TWENTYNINE puzzle of a couple of weeks back.

I posted this on my own forum and have just given the answer. However, it was only whilst typing in the answer that I realised that because of the font style used in my forum, which also runs on phpBB software, the capital 'I' is not the same as on here but has the tiny horizontal lines at the top and bottom, so strictly speaking the answer depends on how the 'I' is written as in reality on my own forum there are really 31 straight lines.

[Domino]

Yes, John (BB), but I was careful to check that this forum used Ariel font (i.e. serif-less). Otherwise, I would have had to use the snipping tool to create an image and then paste it in via an image host.

I've noticed that if I type something into Word, and deliberately leave long gaps between the letters, copying them directly into this site will automatically close them.

Is it only the I that adds the serifs on your site? If it used the Times New Roman font, it would add lots of serifs.
Of course, It is useful to differentiate between I and 1 and l.

Dave