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Curing Consonantipation Trivia Quiz

These words are great for dealing with a rack loaded with consonants. They are OK for any English language Scrabble tournament, including American tournaments. Words are in capitals, the same as they are on the Scrabble board.

A multiple-choice quiz by patricck. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
patricck

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
320,540

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
457

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Question 1 of 10

1. There is one 5 letter word allowed in Scrabble that has 5 different letters, none of which is a vowel. Not even a Y, which can sometimes be like a vowel. That word is CRWTH, and it can be extended with an S to make the 6 letter word CRWTHS. What exactly is a CRWTH? Hint

A Welsh musical instrument

An Aboriginal hunting spear

A Scottish farmhouse

A Turkish opium pipe

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Question 2 of 10

2. Picking up too many of one letter at Scrabble can really give you an awkward problem. If you have too many of the letter R you can combine 3 of them with another consonant to make a 4 letter word which you might say if you were feeling cold. What is that word?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. The letters H, P and T and the letters H, N and T go together to make words that are legal at Scrabble. What are they? Hint

HNT and PHT

NTH and PHT

NTH and PTH

HNT and PTH

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Question 4 of 10

4. The 4 letters F F P and T are a very unlikely looking combination, but they can be arranged to make a legal word for Scrabble. It is a word that is used when you blow air between your lips to indicate that something disappeared or ended suddenly. What is that word?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. There are some words with lots of consonants that can help your Scrabble game. One of them is an aromatic resin that is used in perfume and incense. As in the story of the three wise men arrived with gifts of Gold, Frankincense and.... What is the correct spelling of that third gift? Hint

MYRHR

MHYRR

MYRRH

MYHRR

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Question 6 of 10

6. Some five letter words have no normal vowels, but a Y can be used in the middle as a substitute vowel. Common examples would be CRYPT, PSYCH and TRYST, but there are also words like GHYLL and GLYPH. What exactly is a GLYPH? Hint

A secondary chamber in a cave

An insignia of military rank

An ornamental groove

A druidic temple

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Question 7 of 10

7. If you have too many consonants at Scrabble the best play is sometimes to score nothing on that turn while exchanging some tiles. How many tiles is the most that you can exchange on one turn? Hint

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Question 8 of 10

8. An S can be a valuable tile at Scrabble, but too many can be a bad thing. If you get all consonants with 3 or even 4 of the letter S, try to play off at least 2 of them. One interesting word that might help is XYSTS. What is the meaning of this strange looking word? Hint

Specialised surgical instruments

Covered areas for athletic training.

Thin crusts between 2 sedimentary layers

Roman coins

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Question 9 of 10

9. At Scrabble you can sometimes deal with a rack of 7 consonants by playing 6 of them around 1 vowel on the board. Here are some examples. KLATSCH, SCHTICK, SCHMUCK, TWELFTH and PSCHENT. The last one, PSCHENT, is an interesting word. It is a crown worn by ancient kings from which country? Hint

France

England

Egypt

Germany

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Question 10 of 10

10. It is possible to have a rack of 7 consonants at Scrabble without even a Y, but still be able to place all your tiles on the board to get a bonus score. If you had B,C,H,R,S,S,T. This is no good if it is the first play of the game, but if instead your opponent went first and put an O on the board for you to play through, you could then use all your tiles to make a word meaning beetroot soups. What is that word?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: A Welsh musical instrument

CRWTHS were archaic stringed instruments, that originated in Wales, but were once popular throughout Europe. This is not the only useful word of Welsh origin to remember when you have no vowels. Another similar word would be CWM which is a basin on a mountain.

Answer: BRRR

You are allowed to play both BRR and BRRR, but that is all. BRRRR would not be allowed and you cannot add the letter S to either word.

3. The letters H, P and T and the letters H, N and T go together to make words that are legal at Scrabble. What are they?

Answer: NTH and PHT

NTH can be used when you know the number you want is a big number but you don't know exactly what it is. An example would be "I have told you to tidy your room for the nth time". PHT is a sound you make to express annoyance.

Answer: PFFT

Another way of spelling this is PHPHT, which is useful if you have those letters, but it is quite rare to have a rack with a double P and also a double H.

Answer: MYRRH

That ending of RRH just doesn't look right somehow. There is only one other word that ends the same way. CATARRH is a mucous membrane inflammation.

Answer: An ornamental groove

If you have a second Y then words such as DRYLY, FLYBY, SHYLY, SLYLY, STYMY, THYMY and WRYLY are also possible.

7. If you have too many consonants at Scrabble the best play is sometimes to score nothing on that turn while exchanging some tiles. How many tiles is the most that you can exchange on one turn?

Answer: 7

You can change any number of tiles that you wish. Even the best players sometimes exchange tiles more than once in a game if the letters they pick up are too awkward to score well. They would rather not have to of course, because it means that they miss a turn, but sometimes it is better to completely transform your rack and score nothing rather than play off 1 or 2 tiles.

Although a small score is better than zero, it probably won't compensate for the fact that you are likely to be dealing with much of the same rubbish on the next turn as well.

Answer: Covered areas for athletic training.

A XYST, XYSTOS or XYSTUS was a covered area for athletic training in ancient Greece. The plurals are XYSTS and XYSTI. Some other words with no vowels that will let you play more than one S are: PSST, TSKS, CYSTS, SYLPHS, SYNCS, SYNCHS, SYNTHS and SYPHS.

Answer: Egypt

The pschent was a crown with two animal emblems, a vulture and a cobra poised ready to strike. Some examples replaced the vulture with a second cobra. The pschent is also known as a sekhemti, Curiously, although PSCHENT can be used in a game of Scrabble the word SEKHEMTI would be disallowed if it was challenged.

Answer: BORSCHTS

Be sure to let me know if you ever get the opportunity to do this. It would make a great story.

Source: Author patricck

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