Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Tuesday puzzle
Alex Y
Sorry; a little late with this one. We need to get Dan back!
Find the Ordinary English word that contains the following unusual letter sequences. For instance, the sequence KIIN appears in SKIING, while DKA appears in VODKA.
1) XYG
2) OPSOI
3) UPTC
4) NKYA
5) URTSH
6) AKFA
7) NNERM
RDAMO
9) UEBI
10) NDTHR
11) EZVO
12) ALFUN
13) SQUERA
14) AELST
15) XSW
Here's a few of them
Bill Earl
1 oxygen
2 topsoil
5 courtship
6 breakfast
7 innermost
8 cardamom
11 rendezvous
13 masquerade
14 maelstrom
Couple more
Larry Barrett
9 - bluebird
12 - malfunction
Only four to go
Alex Y
You guys are much better with word puzzles than I am! Still to go:
3) UPTC
4) NKYA
10) NDTHR
15) XSW
I had never heard of cardamom.
Another one
Bill Earl
10 - spendthrift
And another
Bill Earl
4 - junkyard
And another
Larry Barrett
10 - spendthrift
Two more
Alex Y
Down to
3) UPTC
and
15) XSW
I'll give two hints in separate posts, so you can keep working without hints if you prefer.
Last two, hints 1
Alex Y
3) UPTC has been in the news too much the last couple of years
15) XSW is not pronounced as it is spelled (at least the preferred pronunciation)
Last two, hints 2
Alex Y
3) UPTC is a legal term
and
15) XSW is a nautical term
Re: Two more
Bill Earl
15 - coxswain
Re: Last
Gary Smyth
3. bankrupt
Re: Last
Larry Barrett
Add cy and you've got it.
Nice job, all!
Not only do I not
Gary Smyth
listen anymore, I don't type well or see either. I have the attention span of a gnat.