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Thu 2 Jan, 2003 10:58 am
OK wordsmyths, here's the 17th instalment, WITH LIMITED CLUES:
I'm looking for a 9-letter English word (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) which matches the following
Clues:
The letters 9, 7, 5, 2 & 1 (in that order) spell a type of BAG.
The letters 4, 6, 3 & 8 (in that order) spell a COLOUR.
Notes:
The correct word (and ALL sub-clue words) are found in Webster's Dictionary - 10th Edition.
Happy sleuthing
Colours: pink, blue, teal, aqua, gray, tint
bag: purse, pouch, clutch, bulge, udder, rosin
colour: ecru, cyan, plum
bag: money, paper, pipes (bag pipes?)
Colour - gold, navy, plum, puce
more colours: grey, tone, lime, lake, mint
OH, Biblio. The colours are all there. Mac, was on the right track in the first place. (I got it. (ouch)
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Yep, but only as it relates to what you might say as the result of the nine-letter word. (Nothing to do with the letters in the words )But I'm turning
Raggedy: my suggestion for other colours was a bit of a RED herring. :wink:
I want to improve and extend this topic a little bit by way of doing some "new topic pruning."
Instead of creating a new 9-letter word game topic each time, starting with Challenge #18, I'll create a new thread entitled, "The Continuous 9-Letter Word Challenge." Challenges 19, 20, 21 etc will all be contained within this new topic.
The Trivia Forum is getting a bit clogged-up now with all of the previous 9-Letter challenges, so I trust you'll agree with my thinking on this one.
The same RULES will apply as before.
Oh, thanks again for the clues!!!
I got it.... I had to work backwards into the bag clue.... that word hadn't shown up on any of my lists.....
Sounds like a great idea, Biblio. That way all the puzzles will be together.
P&L: That word was in my crossword dictionary and the only reason I got the answer so quickly was because I reasoned that Biblio would pick the
word that would be the most obscure.
Hi Raggedyaggie.....
UhOh.... Bib's methodology is becoming apparent!!!
My crossword puzzle dictionaries are at home..... I need to start packing them into my tote bag, so I have them here at the office!!!
I tried to find a crossword puzzle dictionary on-line, but couldn't find one with as many answers as my actual dictionaries.....
I haven't found a Crossword Dictionary on line that lists words for a given subject. My dictionary is 8 years old, but I haven't seen any newer ones in the book store. I work the new York Times Puzzles and with the internet, I haven't needed my Crossword Dictionary until now. Biblio's giving it a good workout.
Biblio wants an answer, but I thought Mac would like to have some more time to solve this one.
I got it. (See bottom of page 1!)
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