| Author | Message | ||
| Howard Baynes (Zowie)
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What is the connection between the words 'Antics' and 'Ideals'? | ||
| John Faben (Bentarm)
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They're both English words? They both have six letters? They both appear before 'loquacious' in the dictionary? neither of them is a chicken? | ||
| Mosquito (Mosquito)
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Spelt backwards, are they each a word which means "drunk" in a Scandinavian language? | ||
| Tim A. Dowd (Bodo)
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I think "Slaedi" is an archaic form in an obscure dialect only ever spoken by approximately 14.5 people, so I don't know if that counts, really. | ||
| Howard Baynes (Zowie)
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Thanks for your comments .... I like the chicken reference! This is a genuine puzzle .... what I mean by that is you will not feel cheated when the answer is revealed. So .... let's have some ideas. Z | ||
| Steve Wort (Wizardofnz)
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They're both portmanteau words of similar creatures. Ant + Ticks = Antics. Ide + Eels = Ideals. | ||
| Mosquito (Mosquito)
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Each is a plural noun which can be used as an adjective if the "s" is removed? Neither can be found on the shelves of the average supermarket? They are the only two English words which have never been used in a sentence together? | ||
| Howard Baynes (Zowie)
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Steve is the closest so far! Mosquito - sorry they have been used in a phrase before .... "The judge was full of ideals and increased the man's sentence for his antics in court". Ask me some questions. | ||
| Warwick Bassett (Lemon_Martini)
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Have they grown by adding letters? | ||
| Lewis Zeiters (Lzeiters)
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they are both plural... | ||
| Howard Baynes (Zowie)
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Warwick - you are very close .... can you expand on your theory? | ||
| Howard Baynes (Zowie)
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Whoops .... that last message should have been sent to Lemon Martini! Hey guys, I think we are all in different time zones around from the gaps in times when we all make comments. | ||
| Warwick Bassett (Lemon_Martini)
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Well I'm in the UK. Each time you add a new letter,it makes a new word....  | ||
| Howard Baynes (Zowie)
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Solved! Well done LM. I take my hat off to you! It seems there is no term in the dictionary for this format. These two words are the longest (6 letters) that I can find that follow the pattern. Stay safe - Z THIS PUZZLE IS NOW FINISHED. | ||
| Mosquito (Mosquito)
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Obviously you can go longer if you can add to the front or back, e.g. pirates; longer still if you are permitted to add letters in the middle - e.g. startling. Can anyone get longer ones than these? Good puzzle! | ||
| Howard Baynes (Zowie)
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Just to clarify ... .... the following two words appear to follow a unique pattern (starting with the first letter [both 'A' and 'I' are words] a new word can be created by adding each letter in turn to form the 6-letter words). Antics: A An Ant Anti Antic Antics Ideals: I Id Ide Idea Ideal Ideals Any other comments? As this format does not have a dictionary term - does anyone want to suggest what it should be? Z | ||
| Lewis Zeiters (Lzeiters)
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great words to remember when playing Scrabble, for sure...  |
