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Welcome to our last "regular" Puzzle Corner of 2014.
Beginning next weekend, all the enigmas will be holiday themed for the month of December, but they will also be as fun and challenging as always.
Meanwhile...
COMMON BONDS
The items within each subset have something in common.
Do you know what it is?
01. {John Wayne, Walt Disney, Tom Cruise, Wayne Gretzky}
02. {Morocco, France, Spain} and yes, we know they're all countries.
TRIVIA TIME
What is the difference between a gaggle and a skein when discussing geese?
We'll reveal all next weekend.
But for now, let's open up THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the November 22, 2014 Puzzle Corner.
Everyone knows that the Mayflower was the first ship to ever land at Plymouth Rock. But what was the name of the second ship to successfully make the voyage? Fortune.
THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you make out of the letters in the word THANKSGIVING?
A, aging, ah, akin, an, angst, as, at
gag(s), gains, giant(s), gas, gat(s) <old 1930s slang for guns>, gig(s), gin(s), gist, git(s) <Hillbilly slang for scram/get>, giving
hag(s), haggis <a Scottish delicacy>, hang(s), has, hat(s), having, hi <short form of "hello">, hiking, hint(s), hit(s)
I, ink(s), in(s), inn(s), is, it, its
kin, king(s), kit(s), knight(s), knit(s)
nag(s), nigh, night(s)
sag, saint, sank, sat, saving, shag <a type of carpeting>, sight, sighting, sign, signing, sink, sinking, sin, shin, shining, sit, skin, skit, snag, snit, stag, staging, stain, staining, stank, sting, stinging, stink, stinking
tag(s), tan(s), tank(s), than, thank(s), thin(s), thing(s), think(s), this, tin(s)
vain, vat(s), visit, Viking(s) (AND) vista.
Other words besides the 118 above might be possible.
But IV (the medical term) didn't count because it's an abbreviation.
The Roman numerals II and IV are debatable, but the cuss word for human waste was not listed since this is a family oriented E-zine.
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