Target

• SydneyLibrarian

  1 Apr 05, 09:02

  A puzzle for everyone!
  
  (Taken from the Sydney Morning Herald, 31 Mar 05)
  
  E N L
  A G E
  T Y L
  
  How many words of four letters or more can you make from the letters shown here? In making a word, each letter must be used once only. The word must contain the centre letter and there must be at least one nine-letter word in the list. No plurals or verb forms ending with "s", no words with initial capitals and no words with a hyphen or apostrophe are permitted (e.g. inkjet in inkjet printer). The paper has used words in the main body of Chambers 21st Century Dictionary as our reference source.
  
  Today's Target:
  14 words Good
  21 words Very Good
  28 words Excellent
  
  I will post the answers at the end of the day.
• InnoHippo

  1 Apr 05, 16:02

  anGle .......
• Oyster Omelette

  1 Apr 05, 16:31

  Eagle
  Legal
  Angel
  Angle
  Tangle
  gale
  yage
  engle
  tenge
  lege
  lange
  yage
  tange
  lange
  
  So how? Might be wrong..but feel free to post the answers soon
• SGpork

  1 Apr 05, 16:33

  first word i see is..
  
  angel
  
  
• Gackt247

  1 Apr 05, 16:44

  *crossed-eyed*
• InnoHippo

  1 Apr 05, 17:28

  Originally posted by Gackt247:

  *crossed-eyed*

  x2
• Gackt247

  1 Apr 05, 18:18

  Originally posted by InnoHippo:

  x2

  Where got? u r not crossed-eyed? U r a blind angel..
• Gedanken

  1 Apr 05, 18:25

  Oh great, just what I need when I'm sleep-deprived and hung over.
  
  Ah well, in alphabetical order:
  
  1. Agent
  2. Allege
  3. Angel
  4. Angle
  5. Eagle
  6. Eaglet
  7. Elegant
  8. Elegy
  9. Gael
  10. Gale
  11. Gall
  12. Galley
  13. Gate
  14. Gelly
  15. Gene
  16. Gent
  17. Gentle
  18. Gently
  19. Glean
  20. Glee
  21. Glen
  22. Gnat
  23. Legal
  24. Negate
  25. Tang
  26. Tangle
  27. Tangy
  
  And of course, the nine-letter word is:
  
  28. Elegantly
  
• InnoHippo

  4 Apr 05, 10:45

  Originally posted by Gackt247:

  Where got? u r not crossed-eyed? U r a blind angel..

  sent my eyes for servicing mah
• Rhonda

  4 Apr 05, 11:44

  My word, Ged!!! You aced it!!!
• SydneyLibrarian

  4 Apr 05, 12:14

  The answers (sorry for posting late as I only read the papers when I'm at work )
  
  agent
  allege
  angel
  angle
  eagle
  eaglet
  elegant
  ELEGANTLY (9-letter word)
  elegy
  gale
  gall
  galley
  gate
  gene
  gent
  gentle
  gently
  glean
  glee
  glen
  gnat
  legal
  legate
  negate
  tang
  tangle
  tangy
  yang
• SydneyLibrarian

  4 Apr 05, 12:20

  Ok... one more from today's papers. Same rules apply from the last puzzle.
  
  E M E
  N D C
  P U I
  
  Today's target
  
  16 words Good
  24 V. good
  32 Excellent
  
  I will post the answers tomorrow.
• Oyster Omelette

  4 Apr 05, 15:15

  Medic
  Mend
  Mind
  Mien
  Meed
  Dime
  Deem
  Dine
  Denim
  Demi
  Dice
  Deep
  Pend
  Pied
  Pendice
  Need
  Nide
  Eden
  Iced
  
  Dot dotz..blah
• SydneyLibrarian

  5 Apr 05, 14:25

  Wah... you're quite good at this!
  
  Here's the solutions for yesterday's puzzle:
  
  Avid
  Avoid
  Dative
  Davit
  Diva
  Dive
  Divot
  Dove
  Motivate
  MOTIVATED (9-letter word)
  Motive
  Move
  Moved
  Movie
  Ovate
  Veto
  Vide
  Video
  Vied
  Void
  Vomit
  Vomited
  Vote
  Voted