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Language
Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.Language
The point of this puzzle is to come up with the words to fill the blanks that will get you the highest score possible. Each letter is worth a certain amount of points based on its position in the alphabet.
ABCDE= 1 point
FGHIJ= 2 points
KLMNO= 3 points
PQRST= 4 points
UVWXYZ= 5 points
Fill in the blanks to get the maximum score of 314. You are allowed to use letters more than once, though you may not use words more than once. (There are several possible answers.)
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ABCDE= 1 point
FGHIJ= 2 points
KLMNO= 3 points
PQRST= 4 points
UVWXYZ= 5 points
Fill in the blanks to get the maximum score of 314. You are allowed to use letters more than once, though you may not use words more than once. (There are several possible answers.)
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Answer
Hursts-- 23Irrupt-- 23
Groszy (grouty, grumpy, guyots, gypsum)-- 23
Hourly (hummus, humour, hyssop)-- 22
Syrupy-- 28
Crusty (curtsy, cutups, Cyprus)-- 23
Output-- 25
Rumpus-- 25
Erupts (estrus)-- 22
Rousts (rumour, rumply, runout)-- 24
Trusty (tussur)-- 26
Wursts-- 26
Outrow-- 24
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Great teaser and really challenging, horseluver! Good job.
Very clever and tricky. Great job and keep them coming as i enjoyed wrking on this one very much.
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