13-10-2007, 02:51 PM | #1 |
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fun competition
a word game competition for fun
take the word TORTOISE see how many words you can make these need to be in the English Dictionary you can only use each letter once you can only use a pen and paper no cheating you have a week to enter your word score and words to linda via pm please comp closes Saturday 20th September how to score an 8 letter word scores 8 a 7 letter word scores 7 a 6 letter word scores 6 a 5 letter word scores 5 a 4 letter word scors 4 a 3 letter word scores 3 a 2 letter word scores 2 a 1 letter word scores 1 a complete list of words will be announced after the competition GOOD LUCK EVERYONE |
13-10-2007, 08:00 PM | #2 |
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whats the minimum amount of letters in a word? as in "or" or "i"
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13-10-2007, 08:02 PM | #3 |
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I would guess that seen as you can get 1 point for a 1 letter word then the minimum is 1.
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13-10-2007, 08:06 PM | #4 |
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oh, sorry i didnt see that
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13-10-2007, 09:18 PM | #5 |
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entries are rolling in
please add up your scores for me |
13-10-2007, 09:23 PM | #6 |
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ile enter my list in a few days :P i have 13 so far
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13-10-2007, 09:38 PM | #7 |
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all done and sent to linda score included
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14-10-2007, 02:00 PM | #8 |
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it is great to see so many entries for the word comp
highest score at the moment is 160 see if you can beat this you can allways ammend your list and send me your improved list |
14-10-2007, 03:32 PM | #9 |
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if it can be found in a dictionary then yes it is allowed
and yes words will be checked the top 3 most scores will have all words checked |
14-10-2007, 03:56 PM | #10 |
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oh thats hard
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