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Here we go with this years new thread, I hope it works out and that everyone enjoys it.

I've just glanced through the calendar and some look easy, some difficult and others are impossible to reproduce in a forum format, so those we'll have to give a miss or perhaps I can scan them and we can do it that way....

Anyway, here is the first one:

The word below has three useful anagrams. Can you find them?

SOAR
Ello, ello! Wahey, good to see this thread so early Smile

I can only see two ... oars and Rosa ...
sora

a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.

Also called sora rail, Carolina rail.
I too thought that rosa was a word but alas.

But since you got 2 out of 3 I'm going to give a :thumbs: Big Grin

The last word is OSAR

PARALLEL PLAYS

Find a five-letter word from the bottom row of letters that will form five otker words when played parallel to the word FOOTLE

A D I N O R U
Well, you can get Radio out of there... am I on the right track?
are these any good?

drain
nadir
dinar
Where would you put the 5-letter word ?

Remember it's got to make five 2-letter words too Big Grin
sooibrand Wrote:are these any good?

drain
nadir
dinar

:thumbs: as the answer is DRAIN

The five other words ar OD, OR, TA, LI and EN.

Playing the "F"

Rearrange the letters in the words below to make 3 six-letter words when an "F" is added.

S T O R Y

O O H E D

M I N O R
story frosty
oohed hoofed
minor frimon
Hang on a minute, can you rewind a bit, please? :beg:

What does this mean "when played parallel to the word FOOTLE"?

Thx

edited ok,ok, i see it now, no worries Smile