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Anagrams. Less To More Common. Quiz

All of these clues are uncommon bonus words which can be used in Scrabble but they all contain a more common word. All you have to do is rearrange the letter to find the word. The words used in this quiz come from Collins OSW.

A multiple-choice quiz by cal79. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
cal79

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
218,835

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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656

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is a more common anagram of STUDWAS?

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Question 2 of 10

2. NHANDUS has one anagram what is it?

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Question 3 of 10

3. What word can you make from CATIONS?

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4. What word do you get from CREMSIN?

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5. APTOTES contains which other seven-letter Scrabble word?

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6. Find another word from NOCENTS?

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7. What other word can you make from BILTONG?

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Question 8 of 10

8. You can get an unimportant word from VITRAIL? (That is a clue)

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Question 9 of 10

9. What word can you make from SPAINGS?

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Question 10 of 10

10. SNASTES makes another seven-letter word, what is it?

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is a more common anagram of STUDWAS?

Answer: SAWDUST

The maximum SAWDUST can score as an opening word is eighty points. Compound words like sawdust can be very useful in Scrabble. Other examples are mindset and suitcase.

2. NHANDUS has one anagram what is it?

Answer: UNHANDS

NHANDUS can score eighty points as an opening word in Scrabble. Here is a useful one. The word SKATING has three anagrams, STAKING, TAKINGS and TASKING.

3. What word can you make from CATIONS?

Answer: ACTIONS

Put an LO on the front of CATIONS and you get LOCATIONS. ACTIONS contains some good letters to add to to make an eight letter word. For example add an "N" and you can make CONTAINS and SANCTION.

4. What word do you get from CREMSIN?

Answer: MINCERS

The word ENTRAPS contains six anagrams, PANTERS, PARENTS, PASTERN, TREPANS, ARPENTS and PERSANT.

5. APTOTES contains which other seven-letter Scrabble word?

Answer: TEAPOTS

Add an "O" to TEAPOTS and rearrange the letters and you get the word POTATOES.

6. Find another word from NOCENTS?

Answer: CONSENT

The word PLASTER has four anagrams, PLATERS, PSALTER, STAPLER and PALTERS.

7. What other word can you make from BILTONG?

Answer: BOLTING

Add a "T" and rearrange slightly and you can get BLOTTING or BOTTLING which could be useful to know if you have the letters for BOLTING and there is a spare T on the board.

8. You can get an unimportant word from VITRAIL? (That is a clue)

Answer: TRIVIAL

RATTLES is another useful combination of letters it has four anagrams, STARLET, STARTLE, SLATTER and TATLERS.

9. What word can you make from SPAINGS?

Answer: PASSING

PASSING is something you may have to do in Scrabble if you have bad letters. CRONIES has six anagrams, COINERS, RECOINS, CRINOSE, ORCEINS, ORCINES and SERICON.

10. SNASTES makes another seven-letter word, what is it?

Answer: ASSENTS

ASSENTS is a useful Scrabble word if you have too many S's. CLAIMED has five anagrams, DECIMAL, MEDICAL, DECLAIM, MALICED and CAMELID.

Source: Author cal79

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