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24 September 2009

More license plate game: Three letters! Name the word! That sort of thing.→[More:]The challenge is to come up with a standard English word that contains the given letters in order (not necessarily consecutively). For instance, 'spiderweb' would be a good solution for 'pwb'. These can all be done without resorting to proper names; there are common, familiar solutions for all of them, but I think some of them are pretty hard!

1. dkf
2. fgw
3. gpf
4. gzh
5. kbx
6. koz
7. ocj
8. pyq
9. qcc
10. tkw
11. tqk
12. ttq
13. uej
14. uiu
15. vqh
16. wuo

post by: Wolfdog at: 12:40 | 31 comments

1. dkf = handkerchief

posted by deborah 24 September | 13:22

14. uiu = curious

posted by deborah 24 September | 13:23

gzh = gazpacho

posted by LoriFLA 24 September | 13:26

5. kbx = kickboxing (which I did last night)

posted by rmless2 24 September | 14:58

7. ocj = lockjaw

posted by rmless2 24 September | 15:09

Ooh, I like kickboxing! It's not the one I was thinking of, but it actually seems like it should have been the more obvious answer, in hindsight. Hm.

posted by Wolfdog 24 September | 15:23

*Al Gore voice*

Was your original #5 word "lockbox"?

*/Al Gore voice*

posted by ufez 24 September | 18:34

Also, 15: vqh = vanquish

posted by ufez 24 September | 18:35

I was thinking jukebox. It seems some sort of 'box' compound is unavoidable.

posted by Wolfdog 24 September | 18:35

1. dkf
4. gzh
5. kbx
7. ocj
14. uiu
15. vqh

2. fgw
3. gpf
6. koz
8. pyq
9. qcc
10. tkw
11. tqk
12. ttq
13. uej
16. wuo

posted by Wolfdog 24 September | 18:40

3. grapefruit

posted by box 24 September | 18:44

13. bluejay

posted by oreonax 24 September | 19:01

10. anticlockwise

posted by Eideteker 24 September | 19:07

2. afterglow

posted by Eideteker 24 September | 19:09

8. does paycheque count?

posted by oreonax 24 September | 19:10

12. ttq = etiquette (which I'll freely admit I had to look up to get the proper spelling)

posted by ufez 24 September | 19:15

oh, and damn it. Nevermind. bft = brainfart.

posted by ufez 24 September | 19:16

I'm surprised you picked the British option for #10, Eideteker.

Paycheque works for #8, though there is a solution for that one with a spelling that everyone will agree on.

etiquette, unfortunately, I won't buy, since I require t-t-q in that order (as you appear to have realized). That's going to be a hard one, I think, though it's a thoroughly familiar and common word.

posted by Wolfdog 24 September | 19:18

No etiquette, no tourniquet.

posted by box 24 September | 19:34

11. earthquake

posted by box 24 September | 19:35

9. quiescence

posted by box 24 September | 19:37

(By the way, Wolfdog, I love these--thank you.)

posted by box 24 September | 19:38

1. dkf
2. fgw
3. gpf
4. gzh
5. kbx
7. ocj
9. qcc
10. tkw
11. tqk
13. uej
14. uiu
15. vqh

6. koz
8. pyq (alternate solution?)
12. ttq
16. wuo

You guys are killing these!

posted by Wolfdog 24 September | 19:45

8. pythonesque

posted by Eideteker 24 September | 19:56

6. kilohertz

posted by box 24 September | 20:49

12) statuesque

posted by idiopath 24 September | 20:56

8) physique

posted by idiopath 24 September | 20:57

pyq: pyroquinone

posted by Kronos_to_Earth 24 September | 23:24

...and then there was a long silence, whereupon the game was declared over.

posted by Wolfdog 25 September | 11:29

Did anybody ever get wuo?

posted by box 25 September | 13:24

I got 'wuo', but only by cheating. (I did a few searches on m-w.com.) Wanna know it?

posted by not_on_display 06 October | 15:27

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