DM168 ‘Holiday‘ Quiz 

1. Gariep Dam.
2. Paralympics.
3. 10c.
4. To escape wildfires.
5. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.
6. Frederik X.
7.  Madonna.
8. Malaria.
9. Prince William.
10. To attend the Earthshot annual awards ceremony.
11.  Genadendal.
12. Karowe mine, Botswana.
13. Oscar Pistorius.
14. Japan.
15. Ivory Coast.
16. Icon of the Seas.
17. Claudia Sheinbaum.
18. Most stage wins (35).
19. Eddy Merckx.
20. Government of National Unity.
21. Norway.
22. Possession and domestic cultivation of cannabis.
23. Tatjana Smith.
24. Swimming.
25. National Arts Festival, Makhanda.
26. UK.
27. India.
28. Spain.
29. UK and Ireland.
30. Mark Knopfler.
31. South Africa.
32. The launching of East Africa’s first electric rail line.
33. 823.
34. Harry Brook.
35. 317.
36.  Chang’e 6
37. Emirates Team New Zealand.
38. Ingos Britannia.
39. Baltimore.
40. Iran.
41. Ebrahim Raisi.
42. A huge ancient city.
43. Sweden.
44. Mamelodi Sundowns.
45. Seven.
46. Cape Town Spurs.
47. Magesi FC.
48. Billie Eilish.
49. Jacob Zuma.
50. Compassberg.
51. West Indies.
52. Falcon.
53. Odysseus.
54. France, Serbia and Hungary.
55. Alexei Navalny.
56. Indonesia.
57. Carlos Alcaraz.
58.  21.
59. Switzerland.
60. Julian Assange.
61. Wikileaks.
62. Ukraine.
63. Nicolas Maduro.
64. Iran.
65. Ronwen Williams of Mamelodi Sundowns.
66. Tshegofatso Mabasa of Moroka Swallows and Orlando Pirates.
67. D-Day.
68. Knysna.
69. Bassirou Diomaye Faye.
70. Senegal.
71. 44.
72. Gerda Steyn.
73. Keir Starmer.
74. SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn.
75. Jimmy Carter.
76. Malaysia.
77. The 16th annual BRICS summit.
78. Italy.
79. Germany and UK.
80. Erling Haaland of Manchester City with 27 goals.
81. Driverless vehicles “Robotaxi” and “Robovan”
82. Afghanistan.
83. USA.
84. China.
85. GB.
86. Sweden.
87. Devi Sankaree Govender.
88. Africa.
89. Celine Dion and Lady Gaga.
90. South Africa.
91. 2019.
92. Eben Etzebeth.
93. China.
94. Mark Rutte.
95. Prime Minister of the Netherlands.
96. Platinum.
97. Finland.
98. Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
99. Milk tart.
100. Desperation pie.

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9 letter words

corrugate

7 letter words

acroter; courage; courter; creator; curator; outrace; reactor

6 letter words

acuter; carrot; carter; cougar; crater; curare; curate; curter; grocer; rector; tracer; trocar; turaco

5 letter words

actor; acute; cager; carer; caret; cargo; carte; cater; corer; court; crate; crore; cruet; curer; curet; cuter; eruct; grace; guaco; ocrea; racer; react; recta; recto; recur; recut; trace; truce

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ceuta; Croat; Greco; Turco

4 letter words

acre; actg; cage; care; cart; cate; cero; cert; coat; core; corr; cote; crag; cure; curt; cute; ecru; orca; race; rect; tace; taco

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Carr; Cato; Ceto; Cora; Ecua; Roca; ROTC

9 letter words

puttering

8 letter words

erupting; reputing; uttering

7 letter words

gittern; guttier; petting; putting; retting; rutting; trueing; turgent; turgite

6 letter words

gunter; gutter; pignut; repugn; truing; urgent

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Turing

5 letter words

genip; genit; getup; gripe; grunt; purge; reign; ruing; tiger; tinge; unpeg; unrig

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Niger; Puget; Regin; Tigre

4 letter words

engr; gent; genu; girt; gite; grep; grin; grip; grit; grue; peng; ping; prig; pung; ring; rung; ting; trig; trug; urge

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Guin; Inge; Pegu; Regt

9 letter words

algorisms

8 letter words

algorism; girasols; solarism

8 letter words that may be proper nouns

Milagros

7 letter words

girasol; orgasms; sailors

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Argolis; Marisol

6 letter words

gorals; grails; largos; molars; morals; morass; orgasm; sailor

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Gloria; Maoris; Orissa

5 letter words

algor; amirs; argil; argol; arils; arsis; girls; giros; glair; goral; grail; grams; grass; gross; lairs; largo; liars; liras; loris; marls; molar; moral; orals; ragis; rails; rials; roams; roils; saris; saros; simar; soars; solar

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Argos; Maori; Margo; Mario; Maris; Maros; Moira; Ramos

4 letter words

airs; amir; aril; arms; gars; girl; giro; gram; grim; lair; lari; liar; lira; marg; marl; mars; mora; oars; oral; orig; ragi; rags; rail; rams; rial; rigs; rims; roam; roil
sari; sirs; soar; sora; sori

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Amor; Argo; Arlo; Asir; ASSR; Gris; Gros; Igor; IRAs; Irma; Isar; Lars; Lora; Lori; Mari; Mira; Miro; Mors; Msgr; Omar; Riga; Rios; Roma; Rosa; Ross; SARS

9 letter words

winterise

8 letter words

wineries

7 letter words

entries; newsier; twiners; western; wieners; wienies; winiest; winters

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Steiner; Teniers

6 letter words

enters; entire; insert; inters; newest; renews; resent; resewn; seiner; seniti; serine; sinter; strewn; tenser; tinier; trines; twiner; twines; wiener; wienie; winier; winter; wisent

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Eisner; Ernest; Sterne

5 letter words

enter; inert; inset; instr; inter; intis; newer; newts; nisei; nitre; reins; renes; renew; rents; resin; rinse; risen; seine; sente; serin; sinew; siren; sneer; stein; stern; swine; teens; tense; terns; tines; treen; trine; tween; twine; twins; weens; wines; wisen; wrens

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ernie; Ernst; Erwin; Irene; Irwin; Steen; Stine; Terni

4 letter words

erne; init; inst; inti; intr; nest; nets; news; newt; nisi; nits; rein; rent; seen; sene; sent; sewn; sine; snit; teen; tens; tern; tine; tins; twin; ween; wens; went; wine; wins; wren

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Erin; Ines; INRI; Rene; Reni; Wien

DM168 ‘Sports Review 2024‘ Quiz 

1. Rafael Nadal
2. True
3. Simone Biles
4. Armand Duplantis
5. Spain
6. b) Eritrea
7. Rebecca Cheptegei
8. b) 57
9. Rachael Gunn aka Raygun
10. 57th

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9 letter words

tentacled

8 letter words

dancette; lanceted; talented; tentacle

7 letter words

dentate; enacted; nettled

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Cadette

6 letter words

anteed; attend; cadent; canted; cantle; catted; cattle; cental; cetane; decant; decent; delate; dental; detect; detent; elated; lancet; lateen; latent; latten; netted; nettle; talent; telnet; tenace; tented

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Attlee

5 letter words

acted; anted; cadet; cleat; dealt; delta; eaten; eclat; elate; elect; enact; enate; lated; latte; tacet; tenet

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Dante

4 letter words

ante; attn; cant; cate; celt; cent; date; dent; etna; late; lect; leet; lent; natl; neat; nett; tace; tact; tael; talc; tale; teal; teat; teed; teen; tend; tent

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Aten; Catt; Etta; Leta; Lett; Nate; Tate

DM168 ‘Digital Nomads‘ Quiz 

1. True
2. Chiang Mai
3. The remote work visa
4. c) For up to three years
5. True
6. Barbados
7. b) Mexico City
8. True
9. a) 1997
10. c) More than 35 million individuals

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9 letter words

pinewoods

8 letter words

pinewood; poisoned

8 letter words that may be proper nouns

Poseidon

7 letter words

snooped; spinode; spooned; swooned; swooped; woodies

6 letter words

disown; endows; isopod; nodose; noised; nowise; onside; opined; opines; poised; poison; ponied; ponies; snowed; wooden

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Dowson; Edison

5 letter words

dipso; dopes; dowie; downs; dowse; eidos; endow; eosin; nodes; noise; noose; nosed; odeon; opens; opine; owned; peons; pions; poise; ponds; pones; poods; pooed; poons; posed; snood; snoop; sonde; sowed; spoon; swoon; swoop; winos; woods; wooed; woops

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Dione; Edson; Epson; Espoo; Nepos; Owens; Posen; Sidon; Spode; Woden

4 letter words

does; done; dons; dope; dose; down; enow; eons; epos; ions; node; nodi; nods; noes; nope; nose; odes; ones; oops; oped; open; opes; owed; owes; owns; peon; peso; pion; piso; pods; pond; pone; pons; pood; poon; poos; pose; snow; sone; soon; sown; swop; wino; woes; wood; woos; wops

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Deon; Dino; Dion; Edos; Enos; iPod; Odin; Odis; Oise; Owen; Sion

DM168 ‘SA Fine Arts‘ Quiz 

1. Ayanda Mabulu
2. The Spear
3. Irma Stern
4. Esther Mahlangu
5. Johannesburg Art Gallery
6. Walter Meyer
7. Photography
8. William Kentridge
9. Chinese Girl
10. Fook Island

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9 letter words

garnished

8 letter words

adhering; headings; hearings; shearing

8 letter words that may be proper nouns

Sheridan

7 letter words

dashing; dishrag; garnish; gnashed; hagride; handier; hangers; hardens; heading; hearing; hegiras; herding; hernias; hinders; nearish; rehangs; shadier; shading; sharing

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Harding

6 letter words

ashier; ashing; danish; dasher; garish; gashed; geisha; haired; hanged; hanger; harden; haring; hegira; hernia; hiders; hinder; hinged; hinges; neighs; nigher; radish; rehang; sandhi; shared; shined; shiner; shrine; sighed; sigher

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Gandhi; Gienah; Hardin; Shinar

5 letter words

ashed; ashen; gerah; gnash; hades; hairs; hands; hangs; hards; hared; hares; heads; heard; hears; heirs; herds; hider; hides; hinds; hinge; hings; hired; hires; neigh; rheas; shade; shard; share; shear; shend; sherd; shied; shier; shine; shire; shred

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Asher; Dinah; Hagen; Hanse; Hasid; Henri; Hines; Rhine; Shane; Shang; Shari; Sheri; Singh

4 letter words

dahs; dash; dish; gash; hade; hags; hair; hand; hang; hard; hare; head; hear; heir; hens; herd; hern; hers; hide; hied; hies; hind; hing; hins; hire; nigh; rash; rehi; resh; rhea; shad; shag; shed; shin; sigh; sinh

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ashe; Gish; Haig; Hans; Hera; Nash; Shan; Shea; Shia

DM168 ‘Johannesburg‘ Quiz 

1. Sophiatown
2. The Carlton Centre
3. b) 10 million
4. Sir Herbert Baker
5. Gold Reef City
6. a) 1886
7. South Western Townships
8. Rivonia
9. b) 2000
10. City Deep

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Try to reach a target of 118 words where each word is at least four letters in length and includes the letter in the middle of the grid. Plurals ending in “s” are allowed. Aim to find at least one nine-letter word.

9 letter words

promisees; reimposes

8 letter words

imposers; premises; promisee; promises; reimpose; semipros

7 letter words

empires; empress; emprise; imposer; imposes; impress; premies; premise; premiss; pressie; promise; reposes; semipro; simpers; spireme

6 letter words

episser; poises; porism; posers; posies; possie; premie; primes; prises; prisms; repose; simper; sperms; spires; spores; spreesmpire; eposes; espies; impers; impose; mopers; mopier;

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Persis

5 letter words

imper; moper; mopes; peers; peris; perms; pesos; piers; poems; poise; pomes; pores; poser; poses; posse; prese; press; pries; prime; primo; prise; prism; proem; proms; prose; romps; ropes; seeps; speos; sperm; spier; spies; spire; spore; spree

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Epsom; Ieper; Speer; Spiro

4 letter words

epos; imps; mope; mops; opes; peer; pees; pere; peri; perm; peso; pier; pies; piso; piss; poem; pome; poms; pore; pose; poss; prem; pres; prim; prom; pros; psis; reps; resp; ripe; rips; romp; rope; seep; simp; sips; sops

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Epis; MIPS; Pori

DM168 ‘Elon Musk‘ Quiz 

1. Pretoria Boys High
2. Zip2
3. Tesla, Inc.
4. To make space travel more affordable and eventually colonize Mars.
5. 12 years old
6. 12
7. The Hyperloop
8. Starlink
9. Tucker Carlson’s online show
10. His transgender child, Xavier, now known as Vivian Jenna Wilson

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9 letter words

headlocks

8 letter words

shackled

7 letter words

clashed; hackles; loaches; shacked; shackle; shoaled; shocked; slacked; solaced

6 letter words

aldose; cashed; chalks; chased; chelas; chokes; cloaks; closed; coshed; decals; dholes; haceks; haloes; laches; lashed; sacked; scaled; shlock; slaked; soaked; socked; solace

5 letter words

aches; aloes; ashed; asked; cakes; cased; chads; chaos; chase; chose; clash; clods; close; coals; codas; codes; coeds; cokes; colas; colds; coles; daces; dahls; dales; deals; decks; docks; doles; echos; hacks; hades; hakes; hales; halos; heads; heals; hocks; hokes; holds; holes; hosed; kohls; kolas; laces; lacks; lades; lakes; lakhs; lased; leads; leaks; leash; loads; locks; lodes; scald; scale; scold; selah; shack; shade; shake; shako; shale; shoal; shock; shoed; skald; skoal; slack; slake; socle; soled

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Delos; Hosea; Kelso; Sahel; Sheol; Soche

4 letter words

aces; ales; also; cads; case; cash; cask; clos; cods; cols; cosh; dahs; daks; dash; desc; desk; docs; does; dols; dose; dosh; elks; hods; hoes; hols; hose; keas; lads; lase; lash; leas; leks; lose; oaks; odes; okas; oles; sack; sake; sale; scad; seal; sech; shad; shed; shod; shoe; skol; sled; sloe; soak; sock; soda; soke; sola; sold; sole

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Asch; Ashe; DECs; Edos; Elsa; Hals; Keos; Laos; Leos; Lesa; OHSA; OSHA; Sade; Salk; Shea; Shoa

DM168 ‘Quirky Trump Facts‘ Quiz 

1. Home Alone 2
2. True
3. A fake cover of Time magazine featuring him.
4. The Apprentice
5. True
6. “You’re fired!”
7. A Diet Coke
8. a) Bone spurs in his heels
9. You Can’t Always Get What You Want by The Rolling Stones
10. Greenland

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Try to reach a target of 85 words where each word is at least four letters in length and includes the letter in the middle of the grid. Aim to find at least one nine-letter word.

9 letter words

emplaning

8 letter words

empaling

7 letter words

aneling; impanel; leaning; leaping; lineman; maniple; meaning; melanin; palming; pealing; planing

6 letter words

alpine; enigma; gamine; genial; impale; laming; linage; lingam; magpie; malign; megilp; menial; mingle; naming; paling; pineal

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ealing; Gilman; Melian; Nepali; Ningal

5 letter words

agile; algin; alien; align; amine; anile; anime; aping; email; engin; gamin; genip; gimel; image; impel; inane; ingle; lapin; ligan; limen; linen; penni; pinna; plain

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Aline; Angie; Annie; Lenin; Maine; Milan; Milne; Minna; Nigel; Paige; Paine; Piman; PMing

4 letter words

amie; anil; anim; gain; gimp; glia; glim; ilea; lain; lien; lime; limn; limp; line; ling; linn; magi; mail; main; mien; mile; mina; mine; nail; nine; nipa; pail; pain; pein; pile; pine; ping

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Agni; Amin; Elia; Emil; Gail; Gila; Gina; Inge; Liam; Lima; Lina; Mali; Mani; Ming; Minn; Neil; Nile; Nina; Pali; Pima

DM168 ‘US Politics‘ Quiz 

1. a) 1872
2. Theodore Roosevelt
3. It banned alcohol, leading to the Prohibition era
4. Grover Cleveland
5. c) William Howard Taft
6. The Republican Party
7. Lyndon B Johnson
8. California
9. They lost the popular vote but won the presidency
10. c) exhaustion

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Try to reach a target of 114 words where each word is at least four letters in length and includes the letter in the middle of the grid. Aim to find at least one nine-letter word.

9 letter words

carangids; cardigans

8 letter words

arcading; carangid; cardigan

7 letter words

acarids; agarics; arnicas; ascarid; canards; carding; carinas; radians; sacring; sangria; sarangi; scaring

6 letter words

acarid; agaric; arcing; arnica; arsing; cairns; canard; carina; caring; cigars; crania; daring; dinars; drains; gradin; grains; grands; grinds; nadirs; nairas; racing; radian; rancid; rasing

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Adrian; Agadir; Asgard; Cardin; Garcia; Nagari; NASCAR; Sandra

5 letter words

acari; acrid; agric; arias; caird; cairn; cards; cigar; crags; daric; darns; dinar; drags; drain; girds; grads; grain; grand; grans; grids; grind; grins; nadir; naira; narcs; nards; naris; ragas; ragis; raids; rains; ranis; rinds; rings; sacra; saran; scrag

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Adars; Arian; Arica; Caria; Craig; Darin; Dirac; Garda; Indra; Randi; Sidra

4 letter words

agar; airs; arcs; aria; arid; card; cars; crag; darg; darn; drag; gars; gird; grad; gran; grid; grin; incr; narc; nard; rads; raga; ragi; rags; raid; rain; rand; rang; rani; rids; rigs; rind; ring; sard; sari; scar

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Adar; Agra; Arad; Aras; Ards; Asir; Cara; Drin; Gard; Gris; Iran; IRAs; Isar; Nair; Nara; Riga; RISC; Saar; Sadr; Sara

DM168 ‘Siya and Rachel Kolisi‘ Quiz 

1. True
2. Four years – in 2016.
3. Taking a helicopter ride over Cape Town.
4. The bridesmaids all wore black while Rachel wore a white wedding dress.
5. Top Billing
6. Two – a son named Nicholas and a daughter named Keziah.
7. False, it was before they were married
8. Marketing and events coordinator.
9. For a viral post on social media in which she accused a woman of sexting Siya.
10. Food security, gender-based violence, and sport and education.

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General Knowledge Crossword

9 letter words

beechnuts

8 letter words

beechnut

7 letter words

benches; bunches; butches; butenes; chutnee; enthuse; subteen; tenches

7 letter words that may be

Bethune; Beuthen; Steuben

6 letter words

behest; bustee; butene; chutes; etches; stench; thebes; thence; tusche

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Bunche; USENET; Usenet

5 letter words

beech; beets; bench; bents; beset; beths; cense; cents; chest; chute; cubes; ensue; hence; scene; scent; scute; sente; sheen; sheet; techs; teens; tench; tense; thebe; thees; these; tubes; tunes; unset

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Benet; Benue; Bethe; Cebus; Cetus; Shute; Steen

4 letter words

been; bees; beet; bens; bent; best; beth; bets; cent; cube; cues; cute; echt; etch; hens; hent; hest; hues; nebs; nest; nets; neut; sech; sect; seen; sene; sent; suet; tech; teen; tees; tens; thee; then; tube; tune

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Bute; Cebu; Chen; Eben; Este; Esth; Hebe; Neth; Seth; Tues; Utes

DM168 ‘News‘ Quiz 

1. Tito Mboweni and Pravin Ghordan
2. Total
3. The new Public Procurement Act.
4. Mandisa Maya
5. Faf de Klerk
6. Provincial rugby unions
7. Helen Zille predicted that no political party will garner over 50% of the electoral vote in the future.
8. Biniam Girmay is targeting an Olympic podium after his historic success in the Tour de France.
9. Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse is urging Gayton McKenzie to ditch the “skop en donder” attitude and instead support artists in a more positive manner..
10. President Mokgweetsi Masisi,

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9 letter words

derivable

8 letter words

drivable

7 letter words

beadier; bedevil; bedrail; brailed; deliver; relived; reviled

7 letter words that may be

Ardebil; Valerie

6 letter words

abider; adverb; aedile; airbed; bailed; bailee; bailer; balder; beadle; beaver; belied; birled; blared; braved; bridle; dealer; dearie; delver; derail; derive; drivel; edible; evader; eviler; leader; leaved; leaver; levied; levier; lieder; railed; reaved; redial; relaid; relied; relive; reveal; revile; varied; veiled; verbal; verbid; viable

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Elvira

5 letter words

abele; abide; abler; aerie; aider; ailed; aired; alder; alive; ardeb; ariel; baled; baler; barde; bared; beard; bedel; belie; bevel; bield; blade; blare; blear; bleed; brave; bread; brede; breed; breve; bride; debar; delve; deriv; devil; diver; drive; eared; eider; elder; elide; elver; evade; ideal; idler; irade; laved; laver; leave; lever; liber; lived; liver; livre; raved; ravel; reave; rebel; rebid; reive; revel; riled; rived; velar; viler

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Adele; Adler; Albee; Beira; Berle; Breda; Debra; Delia; Earle; Elvia; Erbil; Reade; Reval; Vader; Verde; Verdi

4 letter words

abed; able; aide; alee; aver; bade; bael; bale; bare; bead; bear; beer; bide; bier; bile; bled; brae; bred; bree; brei; brie; dale; dare; deal; dear; deer; deil; dele; deli; derv; dire; dive; dree; earl; eave; eide; elev; ever; evil; idea; idle; ilea; lade; lave; lead; leer; leva; lied; lire; live; rale; rave; read; real; rede; reed; reel; ride; riel; rile; rive; vale; veal; veer; veil; vela; veld; verb; vibe; vide; vied; vile; vire

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Abel; Bede; Bela; Biel; Dave; Devi; Eire; Elba; Elbe; Elea; Elia; Elva; Erie; Labe; Lear; Leda; Levi; Reba; Reid; Reva; Veda; Vera

DM168 ‘One Year Since 7 October‘ Quiz 

1. b) 42,000
2. the Nova Music Festival
3. The 1948 Genocide Convention
4. Dr Naledi Pandor
5. True
6. c) At least 128
7. c) Pomegranate tree
8. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
9. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer
10. True

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9 letter words

embrangle

8 letter words

bargemen

7 letter words

enabler; enlarge; gambler; gambrel; general; germane; gleaner; gleeman; mangler; melange

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Bergman; Marlene

6 letter words

ambler; angler; bagmen; baleen; banger; bangle; barmen; beagle; bemean; bename; blamer; branle; bregma; enable; enamel; engram; enrage; galere; gamble; garble; geneal; genera; german; glebae; graben; leaner; legman; manege; manger; mangle; marble; meagre; meaner; menage; ramble; regale; regnal; rename

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Arleen; Arlene; Belgae; Bengal; Erlang; Grable; Langer

5 letter words

abele; abler; agree; amber; amble; ameer; anele; angel; anger; angle; bagel; baler; barge; began; belga; blame; blare; blear; bream; eager; eagle; eagre; enema; gable; gamer; glare; gleam; glean; gnarl; lager; lamer; large; learn; leman; mange; marge; namer; neral; ramen; ranee; range; realm; regal; renal

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Abner; Albee; Alger; Amgen; Arlen; Arneb; Earle; Elena; Elgar; Galen; Larne; Mabel; Mable; Marne; Megan; Melba; Nemea

4 letter words

able; agee; alee; amen; bael; bale; balm; bane; bang; bare; barm; barn; beam; bean; bear; bema; blag; brae; brag; bran; earl; earn; elan; gale; gamb; game; garb; gean; gear; glam; grab; gram; gran; lamb; lame; lane; lang; lean; mage; male; mane; mare; marg; marl; meal; mean; mega; name; near; rage; rale; rang; real; ream

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Abel; Amer; Angl; Arne; Bela; Eban; Elam; Elba; Elea; Elma; Erma; Erna; Gael; Gena; Gera; Labe; Lear; Lena; Neal; Reba; Rena

DM168 ‘Strange Animal Trafficking Facts‘ Quiz 

1. Boa constrictors
2. Tropical fish
3. True
4. Johannesburg International
5. Extract their venom for use in traditional medicine.
6. a) A prosthetic leg
7. b) He was acting nervous
8. They moved
9. b) she boasted about it
10. The pangolin

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9 letter words

feelingly

7 letter words

feeling; felling; fleeing; yelling

6 letter words

feline; finely; flying

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Finley; Nellie

5 letter words

elegy; elfin; felly; filly; fling; ingle; liege; lying; nelly

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ellen; Ellie; Ellyn; Enlil; Ilene; Nigel

4 letter words

feel; fell; file; fill; flee; fley; gill; glee; glen; gley; inly; lief; lien; life; lily; line; ling; liny; yell

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Genl; Leif; Lely; Lyle; Neil; Nell; Nile

DM168 ‘South African Cultures‘ Quiz 

1. Kota
2. Ubuntu
3. The Gandhi Walk.
4. a) Kwela
5. The Rieldans
6. Cape Minstrel Carnival or Kaapse Klopse
7. Dr Esther Mahlangu
8. Koesister
9. Koeksister
10. Shebeen

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9 letter words

ransacked

8 letter words that may be proper nouns

Cardenas

7 letter words

arcades; askance; canards; cankers; dancers; darkens; ransack; snacked

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Saracen

6 letter words

arecas; arenas; ascend; cadres; caesar; caners; casern; cedars; crakes; cranes; cranks; creaks; dances; drakes; kneads; sacked; sacker; sacred; sander; scared; screak; snaked; snared

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Andres; Karens; NASCAR; Sandra

5 letter words

acres; araks; areas; arsed; asked; asker; cakes; canes; cards; cares; carks; carse; cased; daces; dares; darns; deans; dears; decks; earns; narcs; nards; nares; narks; nears; necks; nerds; races; racks; rakes; ranks; rased; reads; rends; sacra; saker; saner; saran; scare; scend; sedan; skean; snack; snake; snare; snark; sneak; sneck

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Adars; Akans; Andes; Cesar; Danes; Sanka; Sedna; Snead

4 letter words

aces; anas; arcs; ares; arks; arse; cads; cans; cars; casa; case; cask; daks; dens; desc; desk; ears; ends; eras; keas; kens; rads; rase; reds; sack; sake; sand; sane; sank; sard; scad; scan; scar; sear; send; sera

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Adas; Aras; Ards; DECs; Kans; NASA; Rask; Saar; Sade; Sadr; Sana; Sara; Sean

DM168 ‘Invasive Species‘ Quiz 

1. Domestic cat
2. Burmese python
3. Nile perch
4. North America
5. European rabbit
6. Asian carp
7. Africa
8. European starling
9. Goat
10. Eucalyptus

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9 letter words

condolent

8 letter words

connoted

7 letter words

condole; condone; connote; contend

6 letter words

cloned; colone; conned; cooled; docent; looted; neocon; noodle; ocelot; tendon; tooled

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Denton; London; Toledo

5 letter words

cento; clone; codon; colon; condo; coned; contd; conte; conto; cooed; dolce; donne; lento; loden; nonce; nonet; noted; odeon; olden; tenno; tenon; toned; tonne

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Cleon; Colet; Eldon; Elton; Nolde

4 letter words

clod; clot; code; coed; cold; cole; colt; cone; conn; cont; cool; coon; coot; cote; deco; dole; dolt; done; dote; ecol; econ; enol; leno; loco; lode; lone; loon; loot; neon; node; noel; nolo; none; noon; note; olde; oleo; once; onto; toed; told; tole; tone; tool

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ceto; Cleo; Colo; Deon; Donn; Eton; Leon; Leto; Lond; OECD; Olen

DM168 ‘Harris and Trump‘ Quiz 

1. True
2. 60
3. Stanford
4. Momala
5. d) all of them
6. True
7. 78
8. Five
9. Rocket Man
10. That they’re stealing and eating pets like cats and dogs.

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9 letter words

portholes; potholers

8 letter words

porthole; posthole; potholer; potholes

7 letter words

loopers; poorest; pothers; pothole; spooler; strophe

6 letter words

hooper; looper; orlops; petrol; photos; polers; posher; poster; pother; presto; proles; splore; topers; troops; tropes

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Thorpe

5 letter words

ephor; estop; helps; hoops; hopes; loops; loper; lopes; orlop; pelts; pesto; photo; phots; plots; poets; poler; poles; poohs; pools; pores; ports; poser; prole; prose; ropes; shlep; slept; sloop; slope; sopor; spelt; spool; spoor; spore; sport; stoop; stope; strep; strop; thorp; toper; topes; troop; trope

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Espoo; Perls; Perot; Perth; Poole; Porte; Porto

4 letter words

epos; help; herp; holp; hoop; hope; hops; hosp; lept; loop; lope; lops; oops; opes; opts; pelt; pert; peso; pest; pets; phot; plot; poet; pole; polo; pols; pooh; pool; poor; poos; pore; port; pose; posh; post; pots; pres; pret; pros; reps; rept; resp; rope; sept; shop; shpt; slop; soph; spot; step; stop; tope; tops

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Opel; Perl; Prot

DM168 ‘Strange Name Place‘ Quiz 

1. Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein, which translates directly to “Two Buffalos Shot Totally Dead with One Shot Fountain”. It’s a farm in North West and the place name of 44 characters is the longest in South Africa and possibly the fourth longest in the world.
2. True
3. New Zealand
4. b) Norway
5. b) Scotland
6. Indiana
7. Wales
8. Colorado
9. a) Dorset
10. Riemvasmaak

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9 letter words

pestholes

8 letter words

heelpost; pesthole

7 letter words

hostels; pestles; poetess; poshest; topless

6 letter words

helots; hostel; hotels; pestle; posset; ptoses; setose; sheets; sleets; sloths; steels; steeps; steles; stoles; theses; tholes; topees; toshes

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Lhotse

5 letter words

estop; ethos; helot; hosts; hotel; lethe; pelts; pesto; pests; phots; plots; poets; posts; septs; sheet; shote; shots; sleet; slept; sloth; slots; spelt; spots; steel; steep; steps; stole; stope; stops; thees; theol; these; thole; those; topee; topes

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Estes; Ethel; Holst; Osset; TESOL; Thess

4 letter words

hest; holt; host; hots; leet; lept; lest; lets; lost; loth; lots; opts; pelt; pest; pets; phot; plot; poet; post; pots; psst; sept; sets; shot; shpt; slot; sots; spot; step; stop; tees; thee; toes; tole; tope; tops; tosh; toss

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Este; Esth; Leto; Pete; Seth; STOL; TESL; Tess

DM168 ‘Spring‘ Quiz 

1. Florida
2. Persephone
3. Winter (and death and disease)
4. Passover
5. The tulip
6. The spring or vernal equinox
7. Japan
8. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
9. The blooming of wildflowers
10. “I wonder where the birdies is”

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9 letter words

denudates

8 letter words

denudate; unseated

7 letter words

daunted; deadens; deadest; denudes; dudeens; sauteed; sedated; standee; undated

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Sudeten

6 letter words

anteed; daunts; deaden; dedans; dented; denude; dudeen; duende; dusted; endued; endues; ensued; etudes; nested; nudest; sadden; sanded; sauted; seated; sedate; sudden; sundae; teased; tended; tensed; undead

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Daudet; Dundee

5 letter words

adust; aedes; anted; dated; dates; daunt; deans; deeds; dense; dents; duads; dudes; duets; dunes; eased; ended; endue; etude; needs; nudes; sated; sedan; stand; stead; steed; suede; tends; tuned

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Andes; Auden; Danes; Dante; Deane; Deena; Duane; Edens; Sedna; Snead; Sudan; Sunda

4 letter words

adds; dads; date; dead; dean; deed; dene; dens; dent; duad; dude; duds; dues; duet; dune; duns; dunt; dust; ends; need; nude; sand; seed; send; stud; sudd; sued; tads; teds; teed; tend; used

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Aden; Aude; Dane; Danu; DDTs; Dena; Deus; Deut; Duna; Duse; Edda; Eden; Edna; Sade; USDA

DM168 ‘Pop Music‘ Quiz 

1. ZENDAYA- she starred in Disney’s kid’s show Shake It Up
2. Hugh Masekela – His song “Grazing in the Grass” reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968. This made him the first South African artist to top the chart
3. Michael Jackson, with his iconic album Thriller estimated to have sold around 70 million copies
4. Tiffany
5. c) BONO
6. Jamiroquai
7. Please Please Me
8. Madonna
9. Tim McGraw
10. Rolling in the Deep

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9 letter words

boogerman; boomerang

 8 letter words that may be proper nouns

Gaborone

7 letter words

embargo; megaron; moorage; oregano

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Bergamo; Bergman; Marengo

6 letter words

bagmen; banger; barmen; bemoan; booger; boomer; bregma; engram; gamone; german; goober; graben; manger; moaner; monger; morgen; onager; orange

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Borneo; Genaro; Monera; Monroe; Morean; Moreno; Oberon; Oregon

5 letter words

aeron; agone; amber; anger; barge; beano; began; boner; borne; bream; gamer; genoa; genro; gnome; goner; mange; marge; namer; negro; ombre; omega; ramen; range; romeo

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Abner; Amgen; Arneb; Boone; Goren; Marne; Megan; Moore; Norge: Onega

4 letter words

aeon; aero; amen; bane; bare; beam; bean; bear; bema; berg; berm; bone; bore; brae; earn; ebon; engr; ergo; game; gean; gear; geom; germ; goer; gone; gore; mage; mane; mare; mean; mega; more; name; near; oboe; ogre; omen; omer; rage; ream; robe

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Amer; Arne; Beng; Bern; Boer; Eban; Ebro; Erma; Erna; Gena; Gera; MEGO; Nebo; Nebr; Nero; Nome; Oreg; Oren; Oreo; Reba; Rena; Reno; Roeg; Rome

DM168 ‘Kidnapping‘ Quiz 

1. False. It was his son, Frank Sinatra Junior.
2. The Great Depression
3. John Paul Getty III
4. The Symbionese Liberation Army.
5. It wanted every person with need from Los Angeles to Santa Rosa to receive food worth $70.
6. Stockholm Syndrome
7. a) Turkey
8. The abduction of a child by a parent.
9. Callie and Monique Strydom
10. Nigeria

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9 letter words

eulogists

 8 letter words

eulogist; lousiest

7 letter words

egoists; gluiest; gutless; logiest; lotuses; solutes; stogies; tousles; ugliest

6 letter words

egoist; guests; guises; gusset; gussie; islets; legist; louses; ousels; siglos; solute; stiles; stogie; stoles; suites; tissue; tousle; tussle

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Iseult; Louise; Lugosi

5 letter words

etuis; gelts; gesso; gilts; gites; gloss; glues; gluts; guess; guest; guise; gules; gusto; gusts; ileus; isles; islet; issue; istle; lists; loess; loges; loses; lotus; louis; louse; louts; luges; lusts; lutes; ogles; ousel; ousts; silos; silts; sites; situs; slits; sloes; slogs; slots; slues; slugs; sluts; soils; soles; solus; souls; souse; sties; stile; stole; suite; suits; tiles; toils; tolus

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Geist; Giles; Gosse; Osset; Seoul; Sligo; Solis; Soult; Susie; TESOL

4 letter words

egos; gels; gest; gets; gist; gits; goes; gust; guts; isle; legs; leis; less; lest; lets; lies; list; logs; lose; loss; lost; lots; lues; lugs; lust; oils; oles; oses; oust; outs; sets; silo; silt; site; sits; situ; slit; sloe; slog; slot; slue; slug; slut; soil; sole; soli; sols; sots; soul; sous; stge; sues; suet; suit; ties; toes; togs; toss; tugs; uses

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Elis; Leos; Lois; Luis; Oise; Otis; Ouse; STOL; SUSE; TESL; Tess; Tues; Utes

DM168 ‘Weird & Wonderful Facts‘ Quiz 

1. True
2. The wombat
3. Hummingbird
4. a) 2.7km, between the Scottish islands of Westray and Papa Westray
5. Fredric J Baur of Cincinnati, who designed the Pringles potato chip packaging system. He died on 4 May 2008 at the age of 89.
6. True
7. Bat
8. b) A coffee pot. It allowed researchers to see whether the pot was full without them having to leave their desks.
9. The Empire State Building
10. Blue whale

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9 letter words

forestays

 8 letter words

forestay

7 letter words

fatsoes; forests; fosters; oysters; stayers; storeys; strafes

6 letter words

afters; assert; assort; asters; estray; faster; fatsos; fayest; feasts; forays; forest; fortes; fossae; foster; foyers; frosts; frosty; orates; oyster; roasts; safest; safety; satyrs; serosa; softer; sorest; stares; stayer; stores; storey; strafe; strays; tasers; tosser; tyroes; yeasts

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Sayers; Troyes

5 letter words

arose; arses; artsy; asset; aster; essay; eyras; fares; farts; fasts; fates; fatso; fears; feast; feats; fests; fores; forts; fossa; frats; frays; frets; frost; oases; oasts; rafts; rases; rates; resat; rests; roast; roses; rotas; safer; safes; saros; sates; satyr; sayer; sears; seats; serfs; soars; sofar; sofas; softa; softy; sores; sorta; sorts; stare; stars; stays; store; story; stray; stroy; styes; tares; taros; taser; tasse; tears; toeas; torse; trass; trays; treas; tress; treys; troys; tsars; tyres; tyros; years; yeast

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Afros; Assyr; Astor; Ayers; Easts; Fosse; Oates; Osset; Sarto; SEATO; Tasso; Tessa; Yates; Yeats

4 letter words

ares; arse; arts; asst; astr; ayes; ears; east; easy; eats; efts; eras; erst; etas; eyas; fast; fats; fays; fess; fest; foes; oafs; oars; oast; oats; ores; orts; oses; rase; rats; rays; refs; rest; rets; roes; rose; rosy; rots; ryas; safe; sate; says; sear; seas; seat; sera; serf; sets; soar; sofa; soft; sora; sore; sort; sots; soya; star; stay; ster; stoa; stye; syst; tars; tass; teas; toes; tors; toss; toys; tres; tsar; yeas; yest

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

ASSR; Eros; Ossa; Rosa; Ross; SARS; SASE; Sosa; Srta; Taos; Tess; Yser

DM168 ‘Olympics Fun Facts‘ Quiz 

1. Olympia, Greece
2. 1976 Montreal Games.
3. Russia, for Sochi 2014.
4. True
5. There is no age limit.
6. Nursing mothers can bring their infants to a special nursery in the village to breastfeed them.
7. She snuck out of the Olympic Village without permission to sample the Parisian nightlife with her boyfriend.
8. Tokyo 2020, because of Covid-19 restrictions.
9. True.
10. False

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9 letter words

breakages

 8 letter words

breakage

7 letter words

beakers

6 letter words

agrees; bakers; barges; beaker; brakes; breaks; eagres; grease

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Graeae; Kagera

5 letter words

abase; agree; akees; araks; areas; asker; baker; bakes; bares; barge; barks; baser; beaks; bears; braes; brags; brake; break; eager; eagre; erase; garbs; gears; grabs; ragas; rages; rakes; sabra; sabre; sager; saker; saree; sarge

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Akbar; Arabs; Basra; Braga; Gabar

4 letter words

abas; agar; agee; ages; akee; arak; arbs; area; ares; arks; arse; baas; bags; bake; bare; bark; bars; base; bask; beak; bear; brae; brag; bras; ears; ease; eras; gabs; garb; gars; gear; grab; keas; raga; rage; rags; rake; rase; saga; sage; sake; sear; sera

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Agra; Arab; Aras; Gaea; Gera; Kara; Rask; Reba; Saab; Saar; Saba; Sara; Sega

DM168 ‘Olympics‘ Quiz 

1. They carried the flag at the opening ceremony.
2. 1900
3. Cool Runnings
4. Muhammad Ali
5. Russia and Belarus
6. London, in 1908, 1948 and 2012
7. As the first Olympic athlete to fail a drug test, in his case for alcohol.
8. In 2016 in Rio
9. Kristin Otto
10. Waging war

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9 letter words

headliner

 8 letter words

hardline; headline

7 letter words

aliened; delaine; handier; headier; herniae; hernial; inhaled; inhaler; inhered; redline; relined

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Adeline; Earline; Helaine; Ireland

6 letter words

aedile; aldrin; aniler; dearie; denari; denial; denier; derail; hailed; hailer; haired; halide; herein; hernia; hinder; inhale; inhere; larine; lieder; lierne; linear; nailed; nailer; nereid; railed; rained; redial; reined; relaid; relied; reline; rhinal

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Aeneid; Aileen; Aldine; Andrei; Arline; Dairen; Daniel; Darien; Delian; Denali; Derain; Edirne; Elaine; Hardin; Leiden

5 letter words

aerie; aider; ailed; aired; alien; anile; ariel; dinar; diner; drain; eider; elide; hider; hired; ideal; idler; irade; laird; liard; lined; liner; nadir; riled

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Aline; Arlin; Darin; Delhi; Delia; Diane; Dinah; Ernie; Heine; Henri; Hilda; Ilene; Indra; Indre; Irene; Ladin; Linda; Randi; Rhine

4 letter words

aide; anil; arid; aril; deil; deli; dial; dine; dire; eide; hail; hair; heir; hide; hied; hila; hind; hire; idea; idle; ilea; laid; lain; lair; lari; liar; lied; lien; line; lira; lire; nail; nide; raid; rail; rain; rani; rehi; rein; rial; ride; riel; rile; rind

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Dali; Dian; Dina; Drin; Eire; Elia; Enid; Erie; Erin; Iran; Lina; Lind; Nair; Neil; Nile; Reid; Reni

DM168 ‘Opening of Parliament‘ Quiz 

1. To enable more people to follow the ceremony on television
2. Tony Blair
3. True
4. Nelson Mandela Day
5. Cape Town City Hall
6. Thabo Mbeki, Kgalema Motlanthe and Jacob Zuma
7. True
8. b) Seventh
9. An MP
10. Explosives

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9 letter words

banderole; bandoleer

 8 letter words

banderol; leeboard; oleander

8 letter words that may be proper nouns

Denebola; Oberland

7 letter words

bandore; blander; blender; blonder; broaden; earlobe; enabled; enabler; enrobed; learned

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Bardeen; Darlene; Eleanor; Leander; Leonard

6 letter words

aerobe; albedo; aneled; balder; baleen; bander; beadle; beaned; bender; blared; blende; blonde; bolder; boreal; branle; darnel; dealer; doable; earned; elodea; enable; endear; enrobe; lander; leaden; leader; leaned; leaner; lender; loader; loaned; loaner; neared; nobler; ordeal; redone; reload; rondel

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Arleen; Arlene; Bedloe; Borden; Brenda; Debora; Delano; Deleon; Doreen; Elanor; Elnora; Laredo; Lenard; Lenora; Lenore; Lorena; Lorene

5 letter words

abele; abler; abode; adobe; adore; aeron; alder; alone; anele; anode; anole; ardeb; baled; baler; barde; bared; beano; beard; bedel; blade; blare; blear; bleed; blend; boned; boner; bored; borne; bread; brede; breed; debar; denar; donee; drone; eared; eland; elder; enrol; erode; laden; learn; leone; lobed; loden; loner; neral; noble; oared; olden; older; oread; ranee; rebel; redan; renal; robed; roble; ronde

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Abner; Adele; Adler; Albee; Alden; Andre; Arden; Arlen; Arneb; Baden; Berle; Berne; Breda; Daren; Deane; Debra; Deena; Deneb; Earle; Ebola; Eldon; Elena; Larne; Leona; Loren; Nader; Nelda; Nobel; Nolde; Oneal; Reade; Redon

4 letter words

abed; able; aeon; aero; alee; aloe; bade; bael; bale; bane; bare; bead; bean; bear; been; beer; bend; bled; bode; bole; bone; bore; brae; bred; bree; dale; dare; deal; dean; dear; deer; dele; dene; doer; dole; done; dree; earl; earn; ebon; elan; enol; erne; lade; lane; lead; lean; leer; lend; leno; lobe; lode; lone; lore; near; need; nerd; node; noel; odea; olde; orle; rale; read; real; rede; redo; reed; reel; rend; robe; rode; role

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Abel; Aden; Arne; Bede; Bela; Bern; Boer; Dane; Dena; Deon; Dore; Eban; Eben; Ebro; Eden; Edna; Elba; Elbe; Elea; Erna; Labe; Lear; Leda; Lena; Leon; Loeb; Neal;Nebo; Nebr; Nero; Oder; Olen; Orel; Oren; Reba; Rena; Rene; Reno

DM168 ‘Wimbledon‘ Quiz 

1. True
2. Novak Djokovic
3. True
4. Rufus, the hawk
5. Martina Navratilova, nine
6. True
7. True
8. Andrew Cotter, yes
9. Arthur Ashe and Billie-Jean King
10. Sir Andy Murray

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9 letter words

nonverbal

 8 letter words

bannerol

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Bornean; Lavonne; Lebanon

6 letter words

banner; boreal; branle; lanner; loaner; nerval; novena; verbal; vernal

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Elanor; Elnora; Lavern; Lenora; Lorena; Verona

5 letter words

abler; above; aeron; alone; anole; baler; baron; beano; blare; blear; brave; bravo; laver; learn; lobar; loran; navel; neral; novae; ravel; raven; renal; velar; venal; volar

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Abner; Arlen; Arneb; Bevan; Ebola; Evora; Larne; Leann; Leona; Lonna; Lorna; Nerva; Nolan; Oneal; Orval; Reval; Ronal; Verna

4 letter words

able; aeon; aero; aloe; anon; arvo; aver; bael; bale; bane; bare; barn; bean; bear; boar; bola; bora; brae; bran; earl; earn; elan; lane; lave; lean; leva; loan; nave; near; nova; oral; oval; rale; rave; real; roan; vale; vane; veal; vela; vena

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Abel; Anne; Arlo; Arne; Arno; Aron; Avon; Bela; Bona; Eban; Elba; Elva; Erna; Evan; Labe; Lear; Lena; Lora; Neal; Neva; Nola; Nona; Nora; Olav; Oran; Reba; Rena; Reva; Rona; Vera

DM168 ‘Animal film stars‘ Quiz 

1. False, it was 48.
2. Cujo.
3. 101 Dalmations.
4. Mufasa: The Lion King.
5. Men in Black
6. Richard Parker
7. He’s an orca (killer whale) whose life is threatened because the owners of the theme park where he is held captive are going to have him killed.
8. Black Beauty
9. My Octopus Teacher.
10. True

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9 letter words

townscape

 8 letter words

capstone; opencast

8 letter words that may be proper nouns

Capetown

7 letter words

capotes; cowpats; cowpeas; octanes; snowcap; toecaps; weapons

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Cowpens

6 letter words

atones; canoes; cantos; capons; capote; costae; cowpat; cowpea; oceans; octane; pantos; ponces; pontes; toecap; weapon

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Capone; Coates; Octans; Townes; Watson; Weston

5 letter words

aeons; ascot; atone; canoe; canso; canto; capon; capos; cento; coast; coats; cones; conte; copes; copse; coset; costa; cotes; estop; notes; oaten; ocean; octan; onset; opens; paeon; panto; peons; pesto; poets; ponce; pones; scone; scope; steno; stone; stope; tacos; toeas; tones; topes; towns

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Acton; Aesop; Aneto; Aston; Copts; Cowes; Eaton; Epcot; Epson; Nepos; Oates; Oscan; Owens; Pasto; Paton; Pecos; Posen; Saone; SEATO; Seton; Stowe; Tosca; Wotan

4 letter words

aeon; atop; capo; coat; cone; cons; cont; cope; cops; cost; cote; cots; cows; econ; enow; eons; epos; naos; noes; nope; nose; note; nowt; oast; oats; once; ones; open; opes; opts; owes; owns; peon; peso; poet; pone; pons; pose; post; pots; scop; scot; scow; snot; snow; soap; sone; sown; spot; stoa; stop; stow; swop; swot; taco; toea; toes; tone; tons; tope; tops; town; tows; twos; woes; wont; wops

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Apoc; Aton; Cato; Ceto; Copt; Enos; Eton; NATO; OPEC; Owen; Taos; Waco

DM168 ‘MK VS MK‘ Quiz 

1. Spear of the Nation
2. 16 December
3. It went to the high court, alleging intellectual property theft, but it lost.
4. Mayibuye
5. Nelson Mandela
6. An electrical substation
7. It was the Day of the Vow, a religious holiday important in Afrikaner nationalism.
8. Liliesleaf
9. He is barred from being a member of Parliament because of his criminal conviction.
10. John Hlophe

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9 letter words

cheapness

 8 letter words

cheapens

7 letter words

achenes; apheses; cheapen; encases; enchase; escapes; peaches; peahens; seances

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Pesachs; Sachsen; Senecas

6 letter words

achene; aspens; cashes; ceases; censes; chases; chasse; cheeps; encase; escape; peaces; peahen; pecans; phases; scapes; scenes; seance; shapes; spaces; speech; spence; sphene

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Cesena; Cessna; Pesach; Seneca; Sheena

5 letter words

aches; apses; ashen; ashes; aspen; canes; capes; cases; cease; cense; chape; chase; cheap; cheep; chess; eases; hance; heaps; hence; napes; neaps; paces; panes; passe; peace; peach; peans; pease; pecan; peens; pence; penes; phase; scape; scene; seeps; sense; shape; sheen; sheep; space; specs

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Essen; Hanse; Hesse; Shane

4 letter words

aces; ache; acne; apes; apse; cane; cape; case; cess; each; ease; esse; heap; hens; nape; neap; ness; pace; pane; pase; pean; peas; pecs; peen; pees; pens; sane; seas; sech; secs; seen; seep; sees; sene; sens; shes; spae; spec

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ashe; Caen; Chen; ESPN; Heep; Hess; Pena; SASE; Sean; Shea

DM168 ‘Presidential Inaugurations‘ Quiz 

1. Jimmy Carter, 1977
2. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea
3. Vigdís Finnbogadottir, president of Iceland.
4. Pedro José Domingo Lascuráin who served as the 38th president of Mexico for 45 minutes on 19 February 1913.
5. Bill Clinton’s second term in office in 1997.
6. 44 year old Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal.
7. Ronald Reagan
8. Barrack Obama
9. Thabo Mbeki
10. Charles de Gaulle in 1959

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9 letter words

unbiassed

 8 letter words

unbiased

7 letter words

badness; bandies; niduses; subdean; sunbeds; sundaes

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Beduins; Sabines

6 letter words

anuses; basins; beduin; indues; sabins; sanies; sansei; sedans; sunbed; sundae; undies; unsaid

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Anubis; Danube; Debian; Sabine; Sendai; Sinbad; Sundas; Susian

5 letter words

anise; bands; banes; basin; beans; bends; binds; bines; deans; dines; dunes; indue; nidus; nisus; nudes; sabin; sands; sasin; sedan; sends; sines; sinus; snide; snubs; unbid

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Aisne; Andes; ANSIs; Asben; Auden; Baden; Biden; Bunas; Danes; Denis; Diane; Duane; Ibsen; Indus; Nubia; Sedna; Siena; Snead; Sudan; Sunda; Susan; Udine

4 letter words

anis; anus; assn; band; bane; bani; bans; bean; bend; bens; bind; bine; bins; bund; buns; dean; dens; dine; dins; dune; duns; ends; nabs; nebs; ness; nibs; nide; nubs; nude; sain; sand; sane; sans; send; sens; sine; sins; snub; suns; unis

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Aden; Ainu; ANSI; Beni; Buna; Dane; Danu; Dena; Dian; Dina; Duna; Eban; Edna; Enid; Idun; Ines; ISBN; Niue; Sean; Sian; Sind

DM168 ‘Parliaments Around The World‘ Quiz 

1. Gilda Gilda Sportiello, a member of the lower Chamber of Deputies
2. a) Japan
3. Kenya
4. Turkey
5. In 2017; the EFF
6. 1605
7. Taiwan
8. c) 14
9. China
10. The Rwandan parliament

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9 letter words

overloads

 8 letter words

overload; oversold

7 letter words

aerosol; loaders; ordeals; reloads; roseola

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Dolores

6 letter words

adores; alders; dorsal; drools; droves; lavers; loader; looser; lovers; ordeal; overdo; ravels; reload; resold; rodeos; salver; serval; slaver; soared; solder; solver; velars

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Laredo

5 letter words

adore; alder; arose; arsed; avers; dares; dears; doers; doors; drool; drove; earls; lards; lares; laser; laver; lords; loser; lover; oared; older; orals; oread; overs; rales; rased; raved; ravel; raves; reads; reals; roads; rodeo; roles; roods; roose; roved; roves; saver; servo; solar; velar; versa; verso; volar

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Adler; Arles; Dover; Evora; Orval; Reval; Vader

4 letter words

aero; ares; arse; arvo; aver; dare; dear; derv; doer; door; earl; ears; eras; lard; lord; lore; oars; oral; ordo; ores; orle; over; rads; rale; rase; rave; read; real; redo; reds; revs; road; rode; rods; roes; role; rood; rose; rove; sard; sear; sera; soar; sora; sore; vars

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ards; Arlo; Dora; Dore; DVRs; Eros; Lars; Lear; Lora; Oder; Odra; Orel; Oreo; Reva; Rosa; Sadr; Vera

DM168 ‘Coalition‘ Quiz 

1. The ANC
2. d) All of the above
3. Denmark
4. The Magic Formula..
5. False
6. The Weimar Republic
7. The Monster Raving Loony Party
8. d) EFF
9. Ryan Coetzee
10. C)Nomvula Mokonyane

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9 letter words

detailing

 8 letter words

dilating; diligent

7 letter words

aligned; atingle; dealing; digital; elating; eliding; gelatin; genital; gliadin; glinted; intagli; leading; ligated; lignite; tagline; tailing; tangled; tingled

6 letter words

aiglet; ailing; angled; dangle; delint; denial; dental; dentil; detail; dilate; dingle; entail; genial; idling; inlaid; lading; ligand; ligate; linage; linted; nailed; nilgai; tailed; tangle; tiling; tingle

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Aldine; Daniel; Delian; Denali; Ealing; Gilead; Glenda; Tindal

5 letter words

agile; aglet; ailed; algid; algin; alien; align; angel; angle; anile; dealt; delta; eland; gelid; glade; gland; glean; glide; glint; ideal; ingle; inlet; intel; laden; lated; legit; ligan; lined; tidal; tilde; tiled

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Alden; Aline; Delia; Galen; Gilda; Iliad; Ladin; Latin; Lidia; Linda; Nelda; Nigel

4 letter words

alit; anil; dale; deal; deil; deli; dial; elan; gale; geld; gelt; gild; gilt; glad; glen; glia; idle; ilea; ilia; ital; lade; laid; lain; land; lane; lang; late; lati; lead; lean; lend; lent; lied; lien; line; ling; lint; lite; nail; natl; tael; tail; tale; tali; teal; tile

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Angl; Atli; Dali; Elia; Gael; Gail; Genl; Gila; Leda; Lena; Leta; Lina; Lind; Neal; Neil; Nile

DM168 ‘French Open‘ Quiz 

1. Roland-Garros
2. Clay
3. 14
4. If the deciding set is tied at six-all, the match is decided in a 10-point format. Should the tiebreaker game be tied at 9-all (or any tie hereafter), whoever scores two straight points wins.
5. France’s second-highest achieving female tennis player
6. Iga Swiatek
7. the Prix Orange
8. (2016, 2021, and 2023).
9. Five
10. USA’s Chris Evert

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9 letter words

sheathing

7 letter words

easting; eatings; eighths; gahnite; genista; hashing; hasting; heating; heights; highest; ingesta; nighest; seating; teasing

7 letter words that may be proper noun

Hengist

6 letter words

ageist; agents; ashing; easing; eating; eighth; eights; geisha; giants; hating; height; hinges; ingate; ingest; neighs; nights; sating; signet; thighs; things; tinges

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Gaines; Gienah

5 letter words

aegis; agent; agist; angst; eight; gains; gaits; gates; geans; genit; gents; ghats; giant; gites; gnash; gnats; hangs; highs; hight; hinge; hings; neigh; night; sight; singe; stage; stang; sting; tangs; thegn; thigh; thing; tinge; tings

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Agnes; Angie; Geist; Ghent; Hagen; Shang; Singh

4 letter words

ages; gain; gait; gash; gate; gats; gean; gens; gent; gest; gets; ghat; gins; gist; gite; gits; gnat; hags; hang; high; hing; nags; nigh; sage; sang; shag; shtg; sigh; sign; sing; snag; stag; stge; tags; tang; ting

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Agni; Gath; Gena; Gina; Gish; Haig; Inge; Sega

DM168 ‘Election Talk‘ Quiz 

1. False, it’s not considered a crime in law.
2. True.
3. False, the unemployment rate was 24.7% that year and has increased steadily since then. In addition, there were fewer public service workers in 2019 than in 2014.
4. True
5. True.
6. False, its manifesto says it would expand it.
7. False, it has proposed comprehensive reforms of the scheme.
8. True. The National Health Scheme, to which he was referring, will take years to implement.
9. False, in 2023 it said in a statement on its website that doing so would make this “abnormality normal and socially acceptable”.
10. True.

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9 letter words

collinear; coralline

8 letter words

acrolein; carillon

8 letter words that may be proper nouns

Caroline; Cornelia

7 letter words

aileron; alerion; alienor; carline; clarino; clarion; corneal; ralline

7 letter words that may be proper noun

Conrail; Cornell; Linacre; Loraine

6 letter words

aniler; carnie; clonal; coiner; cornea; cornel; eolian; lancer; larine; lineal; linear; loaner; nailer; niello; oilcan; orcein; recoin

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Alnico; Arline; Carlin; Celina; Collin; Corina; Corine; Elanor; Elinor; Elnora; Enrico; Lenoir; Lenora; Lionel; Lorena; Nicola; Nicole; Racine; Rollin

5 letter words

acorn; aeron; alien; aloin; alone; anile; anole; cairn; caner; canoe; clean; cline; clone; crane; crine; crone; enrol; lance; learn; liner; llano; loner; loran; nacre; neral; nicer; noria; ocean; olein; racon; rance; recon; renal

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Aline; Allen; Arlen; Arlin; Caine; Carne; Cleon; Colin; Creon; Enlil; Larne; Leona; Loren; Lorna; Oneal; Ronal

4 letter words

acne; aeon; anil; cain; cane; cine; cion; clan; coin; cone; corn; earn; econ; elan; encl; enol; icon; incl; incr; iron; lain; lane; lean; leno; lien; line; lino; lion; loan; loin; lone; lorn; nail; narc; near; nice; noel; noil; once; rain; rani; rein; roan

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Arne; Arno; Aron; Caen; Erin; Erna; Inca; Iona; Iran; Lena; Leon; Lina; Nair; Neal; Neil; Nell; Nero; Nile; Nola; Nora; Olen; Olin; Oran; Oren; Orin; Rena; Reni; Reno; Rona

DM168 ‘Political Firsts‘ Quiz 

1. Sri Lanka, 1960
2. Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir of Iceland, in 2009
3. New Zealand
4. Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand
5. Rwanda
6. Prussia
7. The Soviet Union
8. The United States
9. Isabel Perón of Argentina
10. Donald Trump

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9 letter words

hermitian

8 letter words

thiamine

8 letter words that may be proper nouns

Herminia

7 letter words

hairnet; inearth; inertia; inherit; interim; martini; minaret; mintier; raiment; termini; thiamin

6 letter words

airmen; anthem; anther; haemin; hernia; hetman; hinter; inmate; intima; marine; marten; martin; menhir; minter; remain; retain; retina; tahini; thenar; tinier

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Antrim; Arnhem; Herman; Mainer; Tehran; Tirane

5 letter words

ament; amine; anime; antre; imine; inert; inter; matin; meant; miner; mirin; namer; neath; nitre; ramen; riant; thane; thine; tinea; train; trine

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ethan; Henri; Irani; Maine; Manet; Marin; Marne; Rhine; Taine; Terni; Trina

4 letter words

amen; anim; ante; anti; earn; etna; hent; hern; hint; init; inti; intr; main; mane; mean; mien; mina; mine; mini; mint; name; near; neat; rain; rani; rant; rein; rent; tain; tanh; tarn; tern; than; then; thin; tine

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Amin; Arne; Aten; Erin; Erna; INRI; Iran; Mani; Nair; Nate; Neth; Nita; Rena; Reni; Tina; Tran

DM168 ‘Know Your News‘ Quiz 

1. Former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela
2. George
3. Jacob Zuma
4. Hollie Davidson from Scotland
5. Britain’s King Charles
6. Rihanna and Katy Perry; Katy Perry’s mother thought the photo of her daughter was real
7. True
8. Miss USA Noelia Voigt
9. Shell
10. Donald Trump

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9 letter words

flauntier

8 letter words

faultier; filature; flaunter; inflater

8 letter words that may be proper nouns

Fraulein

7 letter words

alunite; failure; fainter; funeral; inflate; latrine; neutral; ratline; refutal; reliant; retinal; taurine; tearful; trenail; uralite; urinate

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Latiner; Laurent; Renault

6 letter words

aniler; antler; auntie; earful; entail; fainer; falter; ferial; ferula; fetial; filter; finale; fluent; fluter; futile; infare; ireful; larine; learnt; lifter; linear; linter; lunate; nailer; nature; neural; rental; retail; retain; retina; runlet; rutile; trifle; triune; unfelt; unreal

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Arline; Efrain; Frauen; Lauren; Laurie; Tirane; Tulane

5 letter words

afire; after; alert; alien; alter; anile; antre;ariel; artel; elfin; feint; feral; feria; fetal; feuar; filer; filet; finer; flare; flier; flite; flute; inert; infer; inlet; intel;inter; inure; irate; later; learn; lifer; liner; litre; neral; nitre; ratel; refit; relit; renal; rifle; taler; tiler; tinea; trine; tuner; ulnae; unite; untie; urine; uteri; utile

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Aleut; Aline; Arlen; Artie; Faure; Larne; Lieut; Taine; Terai; Terni; Uriel

4 letter words

ante; earl; earn; elan; etna; etui; fane; fare; fate; feal; fear; feat; felt; fern; feta; file; fine; fire; flea; flue; frae; fret; fuel; ilea; lane; late; leaf; lean; left; lent; lief; lien; lieu; life; line; lire; lite; lune; lure; lute; near; neat; neut; rale; rate; real; refl; reft; rein; rent; riel; rife; rile; rite; rule; rune; tael; tale; tare; teal; tear; tern; tier; tile; tine; tire; tref; true; tune; urea

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Arne; Aten; Auer; EFTA; Elia; Enif; Erin; Erna; EULA; Eula; Frei; Laue; Lear; Leif; Lena; Leta; Nate; Neal; Neil; Nerf; Nile; Niue; REIT; Rena; Reni; TEFL; Teri

DM168 ‘Workers of the World‘ Quiz 

1. The Communist Manifesto
2. Robert Owen
3. United Arab Emirates
4. Mozambique
5. Europe
6. France and Denmark
7. 1989
8. Zwelinzima Vavi
9. True
10. Switzerland

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9 letter words

pollinise

8 letter words

pillions

7 letter words

Elision; epsilon; isoline; lionise; pillion; pollens

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ellison

6 letter words

Insole; lesion; lilies; niello; oleins; pilose; pinole; pollen; sileni; spinel; spline

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ispell; Lionel; Pelion; Pilsen

5 letter words

lenis; liens; lilos; lines; lions; lisle; loins; lopes; losel; noels; olein; pilei; piles; pills; plies; poles; polis; polls; slope; spell; spiel; spile; spill; spoil

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ellis; Enlil; Ilion; Niles; Ollie; Olsen; Siple; Snell

4 letter words

ells; enol; ills; isle; leis; leno; lens; lien; lies; lilo; line; lino; lion; lips; lisp; loin; lone; lope; lops; lose; noel; noil; oils; oles; pile; pili; pill; pole; poll; pols; sell; sill; silo; slip; sloe; slop; soil; sole; soli

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Elis; Leon; Leos; Lois; LPNs; Neil; Nell; Nile; Nils; Olen; Olin; Opel

DM168 ’30 Years of Democracy‘ Quiz 

1. He invited some of his former prison warders to his presidential inauguration.
2. Jacob Zuma
3. Fifa World Cup in 2010
4. b) 62%
5. a) 46%
6. Former ANC chief whip Tony Yengeni and Jacob Zuma’s financial adviser, Schabir Shaik.
7. 16
8. The Electoral Commission of South Africa
9. #FeesMustFall
10. Marikana

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9 letter words

craftiest; trifectas

8 letter words

citrates; cristate; trifecta

7 letter words

artiest; artiste; astrict; attires; cattier; citrate; fairest; fattier; fatties; fitters; raciest; ratites; stearic; striate; tastier; trisect

6 letter words

artist; attics; attire; caries; crista; facies; ferias; fiacre; fiesta; fitter; fraise; racist; refits; rifest; satire; sifter; sitter; static; steric; strait; strati; striae; strict; strife; titfer; titres; traits; triste

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Stacie; Tracie

5 letter words

afire; afrit; airts; arise; astir; attic; ceria; cites; cries; fairs; farci; fecit; feria; fiats; fires; first; fries; frise; irate; raise; recti; refit; resit; rices; rifts; rites; serai; serif; sitar; stair; stria; tacit; tarsi; tiers; tires; titre; trait; trice; tries; trite

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Aesir; Aires; Aries; Artie; Attis; Erica; Farsi; Siret; Staci; Terai; Traci

4 letter words

airs; airt; asci; cire; cist; cite; crit; fair; fiat; fire; firs; fisc; fist; fits; frit; ices; reis; rice; rife; rift; rise; rite; sari; sati; sift; sire; site; stir; tics; tier; ties; tire; tits

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Acis; Asir; Asti; Eric; Eris; FICA; Frei; Fris; IRAs; Isar; REIT; RISC; Rita; Sita; Taif; Tais; Teri

DM168 ‘Conspiracy Theory‘ Quiz 

1. The 9/11 attacks on New York.
2. b) The royal family.
3. Prince Harry
4. Extra-terrestrial beings.
5. Paul McCartney
6. The condensation trails, or contrails, of aeroplanes.
7. Taylor Swift.
8. So that governments can monitor people’s movements.
9. c) 37%
10. Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado.

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9 letter words

splashing

9 letter words that may be proper nouns

Spanglish

8 letter words

hassling; lashings; plashing; saplings; slashing

7 letter words

lapsing; lashing; palings; planish; sapling; signals; spinals

6 letter words

algins; aligns; haling; lapins; lasing; ligans; paling; palish; phials; plains; signal; slings; snails; spinal; splash

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Salish

5 letter words

algin; align; anils; glans; glass; glias; hails; lapin; ligan; lings; lisps; nails; pails; phial; plain; plans; plash; sails; sisal; slags; slain; slang; slaps; slash; sling; slips; snail

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Silas

4 letter words

ails; alps; anil; gals; glia; hail; hila; lags; lain; lang; laps; lash; lass; ling; lips; lisp; nail; pail; pals; phil; plan; sail; slag; slap; slip

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Angl; Gail; Gila; Hals; Lias; Lina; Lisa; LPNs; Nils; Pali

DM168 ‘High In The Sky‘ Quiz 

1. God
2. a) Baily’s beads
3. Halley
4. Thomas Edison
5. The Heaven’s Gate cult
6. The Vikings
7. A meteorite
8. The Tunguska event
9. True
10. Sir Arthur Eddington

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9 letter words

peachiest

8 letter words

cheapest; pastiche; petechia

7 letter words

achiest; aitches; aseptic; escheat; hepatic; paciest; patches; peaches; pectase; pectise; pitches; spicate; teaches; techies

6 letter words

apices; apiece; aspect; chaise; chaste; cheats; cheeps; escape; etches; ethics; hepcat; itches; pastie; peaces; peseta; pieces; pietas; sachet; scathe; septic; spathe; specie; speech; taches; techie; thecae

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Cathie; Hecate; Hestia; Pesach; Scheat; Stacie

5 letter words

aches; capes; caste; cease; cesta; chape; chase; cheap; cheat; cheep; chest; cites; epact; epics; ethic; haste; hates; heaps; heats; heist; paces; paste; pates; peace; peach; pease; phase; piece; pieta; piste; scape; sepia; septa; setae; shape; sheep; sheet; space; spate; spice; spite; steep; stipe; tache; tapes; teach; tease; techs; theca; thees; these

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Capet; Tepic

4 letter words

aces; ache; apes; apse; cape; case; cate; cite; each; ease; east; eats; echt; epic; etas; etch; hate; heap; heat; hest; hies; ices; pace; pase; pate; peas; peat; pecs; pees; pest; pets; pice; pies; piet; sate; seat; sech; sect; seep; sept; site; spae; spec; step; tace; tape; teas; tech; tees; thee; ties

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ashe; Epis; Este; Esth; Heep; Pete; Seth; Shea; Thea

DM168 ‘Earthquake‘ Quiz 

1. China
2. Japan
3. The Richter Scale
4. Tulbagh
5. An island called Zalzala Koh
6. The epicentre
7. Plate tectonics
8. 1906
9. The Ring of Fire
10. Move to higher ground in case there is a tsunami

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9 letter words

stockaded

8 letter words

stockade

7 letter words

coasted; dockets; stocked

6 letter words

coated; costae; costed; dadoes; docked; docket; octads; oddest; soaked; socked; socket; stoked

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Coates

5 letter words

ascot; coast; coats; codas; coded; codes; coeds; coked; cokes; coset; costa; cotes; dados; docks; dosed; doted; dotes; octad; stock; stoke; tacos; toads; toeas; toked; tokes

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Oates; Odets; SEATO; Tosca

4 letter words

coat; coda; code; cods; coed; coke; cost; cote; cots; dado; dato; deco; dock; docs; does; dose; dost; dote; dots; eddo; keto; oaks; oast; oats; odds; odea; odes; okas; scot; soak; sock; soda; soke; stoa; taco; toad; toea; toed; toes; toke

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Cato; Ceto; Edos; Keos; OECD; OKed; Taos; Todd

DM168 ‘Easter‘ Quiz 

1. Lent
2. The Life of Brian
3. “The Da Vinci Code”
4. Ēostre
5. Norway.
6. Abraham Lincoln
7. Ricky Gervais
8. Easter Island
9. The Philippines
10. William Butler Yeats

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9 letter words

punchiest

7 letter words

inspect; penuchi; pinches; pitches; punches; puniest; sphenic

6 letter words

incept; inputs; instep; pectin; puisne; punish; putsch; septic; spinet; supine; unship; unstep

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Pincus

5 letter words

chips; epics; inept; input; penis; pinch; pines; pints; piste; pitch; piths; punch; punts; setup; situp; snipe; spent; spice; spine; spite; stipe; stupe; upset

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Punic; Putin; Tepic; Tupis

4 letter words

chip; cups; cusp; epic; hips; insp; nips; pecs; pein; pens; pent; pest; pets; phis; pice; pics; pies; piet; pine; pins; pint; pish; pith; pits; puce; puns; punt; push; puts; scup; sept; ship; shpt; snip; spec; spic; spin; spit; spue; spun; step; supt; tips

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Epis; ESPN; Pict; Pius; Pune; Tupi

DM168 ‘Wild Awards Show Moments‘ Quiz 

1. Because Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who has alopecia, which causes hair loss.
2. They shared a raunchy kiss on stage.
3. Donald Trump.
4. Raw meat.
5. La La Land.
6. Christopher Reeve.
7. An albino Burmese python.
8. Kanye West
9. Jimmy Kimmel
10. Leonardo DiCaprio

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9 letter words

armaments

8 letter words

armament

7 letter words

mantras; martens; meatman; smarten

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Antares; Eastman; Smetana

6 letter words

aments; ansate; arenas; astern; mantas; mantra; marten; merman; ratans; seaman; stamen; sterna

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Namtar; Tasman

5 letter words

ament; anear; antes; antre; arena; atman; earns; etnas; manas; manat; manes; manse; manta; means; meant; namer; names; nares; nates; nears; ramen; rants; ratan; rents; saner; saran; snare; stane; stern; tarns; terns; trans

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Aetna; Amman; Ernst; Manet; Marne; Masan; Menam; Mensa; Santa; Satan; Tsana

4 letter words

amen; anas; anat; anta; ante; ants; earn; etna; mana; mane; mans; mean; name; near; neat; nest; nets; rant; rent; sane; sent; tana; tans; tarn; tens; tern

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Anam; Arne; Aten; Erna; Nama; Nara; NASA; Nate; Rena; Sana; Sean; Stan; Tran

DM168 ‘British Royals & The Media‘ Quiz 

1. Prince Harry
2. Queen Elizabeth
3. Catherine, the Princess of Wales
4. Sarah Ferguson, the former Duchess of York
5. True
6. Prince Andrew
7. In 1995 on a ski trip to Switzerland
8. “Thanks”
9. Prince Philip
10. 2019
11. Harry and Megan

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9 letter words

aphorists

8 letter words

aphorist; protasis

7 letter words

aorists; pastors; sophist

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Pissaro; Shapiro

6 letter words

aorist; assort; hoists; horsts; pastor; pathos; patios; patois; pharos; pithos; poisha; posits; potash; prosit; ptosis; ratios; roasts; satori; shoats; shorts; sports; strops; thoria; torahs; tripos

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Artois; Orissa; Pashto; Portia; Rosita; Sophia; Taisho

5 letter words

aport; hoars; hoist; horas; horst; hosta; hosts; iotas; oasis; oasts; oaths; opahs; patio; phots; ports; posit; posts; psoas; ratio; riots; roast; rotas; saros; shoat; shops; short; shots; soaps; soars; sorta; sorts; sport; spots; stops; strop; taros; thorp; tiros; topis; torah; torsi; trios

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Astor; Athos; Hopis; Horsa; Horta; Ophir; Oprah; Ostia; Paros; Pasto; Pohai; Prato; Sarto; Spiro; Tasso; Troia

4 letter words

atop; hoar; hops; hora; hort; hosp; host; hots; iota; oars; oast; oath; oats; opah; opts; orts; phot; piso; port; posh; poss; post; pots; proa; pros; rhos; riot; rota; rots; shop; shot; soap; soar; soph; sops; sora; sori; sort; sots; spot; stoa; stop; taro; tiro; topi; tops; tora; tori; tors; tosh; toss; trio

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Hopi; Ipoh; OHSA; Orth; OSHA; Ossa; Otis; Pori; Prot; RATO; Rios; Rosa; Ross; Roth; Shoa; Sosa; Taos; Thor

DM168 ‘Election Fun Facts and Frauds‘ Quiz 

1. Dead cats and dogs
2. They were hired to intimidate voters
3. 11 million
4. Gir Somnath district in Gujarat, India
5. By sneezing
6. Presidential elections in Liberia in 1927
7. Charles King won by 234,000 to 9,000, but there were only 15,000 eligible voters
8. The Gambia
9. Tuesday
10. US 2020 – political spending totalled $14.4 billion

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9 letter words

parroting; prorating

7 letter words

airport; atropin; parring; parting; porting; prating

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Paoting

6 letter words

opting; paring; parrot; parton; patron; poring; ragtop; raping; raptor; roping; taping; tarpon; toping

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Portia

5 letter words

aping; aport; apron; atrip; gipon; inapt; oping; paint; panto; patin; patio; piano; pinta; pinto; pirog; piton; point; prang; print; prion; prior; prong; tapir

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Paton; Pinot; Prato; Ripon

4 letter words

atop; gorp; grip; nipa; pain; pair; pang; pant; parr; part; ping; pint; pion; pirn; pita; pong; porn; port; prat; prig; proa; prog; pron; rapt; tarp; topi; trap; trip

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Pori; Prot

DM168 ‘Leap Year‘ Quiz 

1. c) 5 hours 48 minutes
2. Julius Caesar
3. Pope Gregory XIII
4. Greece
5. Someone born on February 29
6. b) 1 in 1,461
7. Scotland
8. 1600, because the Gregorian calendar rule is that century years must be divisible by 400 as well as by 4.
9. Leap seconds
10. A newspaper

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9 letter words

railheads

8 letter words

airheads; headsail; salaried

7 letter words

aerials; aliased; dahlias; derails; halides; heralds; radials; redials; shadier

6 letter words

aiders; alders; ashier; ashlar; dalasi; dasher; halers; hiders; ideals; idlers; ladies; lairds; lashed; lasher; radish; raised; relish; sailed; sailer; salade; serial; shared; sharia; sheila; shield; slider

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Alisha; Elisha; Haidas; Israel; Shelia

5 letter words

aides; aisle; alias; areas; arias; arils; arise; arsed; ashed; aside; dahls; dales; dares; deals; dears; delis; dials; dries; earls; hades; hails; hairs; hales; hards; hares; heads; heals; hears; heirs; herds; hides; hires; ideas; idles; lades; lairs; lards; lares; lased; laser; leads; leash; liars; liras; raids; rails; raise; rales; rased; reads; reals; rheas; rials; rides; riels; riles; salad; selah; serai; shade; shale; shard; share; shear; sherd; shied; shier;m shire; shred; sidle; sired; slide

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Adars; Aesir; Aires; Aisha; Alisa; Aries; Arles; Asher; Elias; Elisa; Hasid; Lhasa; Redis; Saadi; Sadie; Sahel; Saida; Sarah; Shari; Sheri; Sidra

4 letter words

aids; ails; airs; alas; ales; ares; arse; dahs; dais; dash; dies; dish; ears; eras; hers; hies; ides; isle; lads; lase; lash; leas; leis; lids; lies; rads; rase; rash; reds; reis; resh; rids; rise; said; sail; sale; sard; sari; seal; sear; sera; shad; shed; side; sild; sire; sled; slid

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Adas; Aras; Ards; Ashe; Asia; Asir; Dias; Elis; Elsa; Eris; Haas; Hals; Hasa; IRAs; Isar; Lars; Lesa; Lias; Lisa; Saar; Sade; Sadi; Sadr; Sara; Shea; Shia

DM168 ‘Shipping News‘ Quiz 

1. True
2. Shipbreaking
3. Bangladesh, India and Pakistan
4. 30-35 years
5. True
6. 7,600
7. The Costa Concordia
8. The Houthi rebel group
9. Drought
10. The Dover Strait

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9 letter words

sagebrush

7 letter words

abusers; brushes; burgess; gushers; surbase

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Arguses

6 letter words

abuser; abuses; argues; assure; augers; barges; basher; bashes; burghs; bursae; bursas; bushes; gashes; gasser; gusher; gushes; hussar; rashes; rehabs; rhesus; rushes; sabres; sarges; sauger; shares; shears; shrubs; shrugs; sugars; surges; usages; ushers

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Asshur; Bruges; Burgas

5 letter words

abuse; arses; ashes; bares; baser; bases; bears; beaus; bergs; braes; brags; brash; brass; brush; burgs; bursa; burse; buses; garbs; gases; gaurs; gauss; gears; grabs; grass; grubs; grues; guars; guess; hares; hears; herbs; rages; rases; rebus; rheas; rubes; ruses; sabre; sager; sages; sarge; sears; shags; share; shear; shrub; shrug; sugar; surah; suras; surge; urges; usage; users; usher

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Argus; Arhus; Asher; Ashur; Assur; Brusa; Busra; HBase; Serbs; Sheba; Ushas

4 letter words

ages; arbs; ares; arse; bags; bars; base; bash; bass; begs; bras; bugs; burs; bush; buss; ears; eras; ergs; gabs; gars; gash; gush; hags; hers; hubs; hues; hugs; rags; rase; rash; resh; rubs; rues; rugs; ruse; rush; sage; sags; sash; sear; seas; sera; shag; shes; subs; suer; sues; sura; sure; surg; user; uses

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ashe; ASSR; Asur; Bess; Esau; Gers; Grus; Hess; Huss; Russ; SARS; SASE; Sega; Serb; Shea; Susa; SUSE; Ursa; USSR

DM168 ‘EFF‘ Quiz 

1. True
2. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
3. Then president Jacob Zuma
4. nine or 10
5. Former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter
6. a) 6
7. b) R5,000 a month
8. Floyd Shivambu, the Deputy President of the EFF
9. Clicks
10. Her fake nails, so they could put a mark on her thumb.

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9 letter words

isosteric

8 letter words

crosstie

7 letter words

corsets; cosiest; eristic; erotics; escorts; rosiest; scoters; sectors; sorites; sorties; stories

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ossetic

6 letter words

cities; corset; cosier; cosies; cosset; crests; crises; crisis; crosse; escort; iciest; irises; osiers; rectos; resist; resits; scores; scoter; sector; sister; sorest; sortie; steric; stoics; stores; tosser

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Cortes; Osiris; Tories

5 letter words

ceros; certs; cites; coirs; cores; corse; coset; costs; cotes; cress; crest; cries; cross; issei; osier; resit; rests; rices; riots; rises; rites; roses; score; sects; sires; sites; sores; sorts; sties; stirs; stoic; store; tiers; tires; tiros; torse; torsi; tress; tries; trios

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Osset; Rosie; Scots; Siret

4 letter words

cess; cist; coss; cost; cots; erst; ices; iris; orcs; ores; orts; oses; reis; rest; rets; rise; rocs; roes; rose; rots; scot; secs; sect; sets; sics; sire; sirs; site; sits; sore; sori; sort; sots; ster; stir; tics; ties; toes; tors; toss; tres

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

CRTs; Eris; Eros; ISIS; Isis; Oise; Otis; Rios; RISC; Ross; SCSI; Tess

DM168 ‘Valentine’s Day‘ Quiz 

1. A love letter made out of colourful beads
2. Cupid
3. Twelfth Night
4. The Netherlands
5. Dove
6. “Sugar is sweet, and so are you.”
7. Amethyst
8. When Harry Met Sally
9. Lupercalia
10. Alabama

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9 letter words

hardiness

8 letter words

danishes; hardness; radishes; shandies

8 letter words that may be proper nouns

Sheridan

7 letter words

dashers; handier; hardens; harness; hernias; hessian; hinders; nearish; shadier; shiners; shrines

6 letter words

ashier; danish; dasher; dashes; dishes; haired; harden; hernia; hiders; hinder; hissed; radish; rashes; sandhi; shades; shards; shared; shares; shears; sherds; shined; shiner; shines; shires; shreds; shrine

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Hardin; Hassid; Shensi; Shinar

5 letter words

ashed; ashen; ashes; hades; hairs; hands; hards; hared; hares; heads; heard; hears; heirs; herds; hider; hides; hinds; hired; hires; rheas; shade; shads; shard; share; shear; sheds; shend; sherd; shied; shier; shies; shine; shins; shire; shred

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Asher; Dinah; Hanse; Hasid; Henri; Hines; Rhine; Shane; Shans; Shari; Sheri; Shias

4 letter words

dahs; dash; dish; hade; hair; hand; hard; hare; head; hear; heir; hens; herd; hern; hers; hide; hied; hies; hind; hins; hire; hiss; rash; rehi; resh; rhea; sash; shad; shed; shes; shin; sinh

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ashe; Hans; Hera; Hess; Nash; Shan; Shea; Shia

DM168 ‘Mining‘ Quiz 

1. Gold
2. Johannesburg.
3. Chromium (Chrome ore).
4. True.
5. The Mogalakwena Mine.
6. 1867.
7. The Cullinan Diamond, the largest gem-quality diamond ever found.
8. Anglo American Platinum Limited (Amplats).
9. Acid Mine Drainage (AMD)
10. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE).

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Try to reach a target of 88 words where each word is at least four letters in length and includes the letter in the middle of the grid. Aim to find at least one nine-letter word.

9 letter words

wrestling

8 letter words

newsgirl; strewing; wresting

7 letter words

slewing; stewing; swinger; swingle; twiners; twinges; welting; westing; wiglets; wingers; winglet; winters

6 letter words

sewing; strewn; swinge; twiner; twines; twinge; twirls; wiglet; winger; winter; wisent; wriest; wrings; writes

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Wigner

5 letter words

lewis; lweis; newts; sinew; strew; swine; swing; swirl; trews; twigs; twine; twins; twirl; weirs; welts; wiles; wilts; wines; wings; wires; wisen; wiser; wrens; wrest; wring; wrist; write; writs

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Erwin; Ewing; Gwent

4 letter words

grew; lwei; news; newt; sewn; slew; stew; swig; twig; twin; weir; welt; wens; went; wert; west; wets; wigs; wile; wilt; wine; wing; wins; wire; wise; wist; wite; wits; wren; writ

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Gwen; Wien

DM168 ‘World Elections‘ Quiz 

1. c) 63
2. The European Union
3. True.
4. Donald Trump’s.
5. India
6. Mexico.
7. 16
8. Australia – you get fined.
9. True
10. America’s. (They send encoded PDFs of their paper ballots, which they received in the mail, to Earth.)

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Try to reach a target of 149 words where each word is at least four letters in length and includes the letter in the middle of the grid. Aim to find at least one nine-letter word.

9 letter words

acceptors

8 letter words

acceptor; ectosarc

7 letter words

capotes; captors; coaster; copters; esparto; seaport; toecaps

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Cecrops

6 letter words

accost; actors; capote; captor; castor; coacts; coarse; copter; corpse; corset; costae; costar; escort; operas; orates; pastor; poster; presto; rectos; scoter; scrota; sector; soccer; toecap; topers; tropes

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Castro; Coates; Cortes; Croats; Pareto

5 letter words

actor; aport; arose; ascot; capos; ceros; coact; coast; coats; coper; copes; copra; copse; cores; corps; corse; cosec; coset; costa; cotes; crops; estop; occas; ocrea; opera; orate; orcas; pesto; poets; pores; ports; poser; prose; recto; roast; ropes; rotas; scope; score; secco; sorta; spore; sport; stope; store; strop; tacos; taros; toeas; toper; topes; torse; trope

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Aesop; Astor; Copts; Croat; Croce; Epcot; Erato; Oates; Oscar; Paros; Pasto; Pecos; Perot; Porte; Prato; Sacco; Sarto; SEATO; Tosca

4 letter words

aero; atop; capo; cero; coat; coca; cope; cops; core; corp; cost; cote; cots; crop; epos; oars; oast; oats; opes; opts; orca; orcs; ores; orts; peso; poet; pore; port; pose; post; pots; proa; proc; pros; rocs; roes; rope; rose; rota; rote; rots; scop; scot; soap; soar; sora; sore; sort; spot; stoa; stop; taco; taro; toea; toes; tope; tops; tora; tore; tors

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Apoc; Cato; Ceto; Copt; Cora; Eros; OPEC; Prot; RATO; Roca; Rosa; ROTC; Taos

DM168 ‘Schools‘ Quiz 

1. Lucknow, India
2. France
3. Prussia
4. Colombia
5. Homework
6. Clean the school
7. China
8. South Korea
9. Massachusetts
10. Grade 9

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9 letter words

harmonist

7 letter words

tarnish

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Mithras; Romansh

6 letter words

hansom; marish; mohair; months; rhinos; shoran; thoria; thorns; torahs

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ashton; Harmon; IMNSHO; Ishtar; Mathis; Mithra; Namhoi; Norths; Othman; Romish; Sharon; Shinar; Shinto; Taisho; Thomas; Trisha

5 letter words

hairs; harms; harts; hints; hoars; hoist; horas; horns; horst; hosta; ihram; marsh; maths; mirth; month; moths; north; oaths; rhino; saith; shirt; shoat; shorn; short; smith; snath; thins; thorn; torah; trash

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Amish; Athos; Hanoi; Hiram; Horsa; Horta; Minho; Rasht; Rhona; Shari; Thais; Tisha

4 letter words

hair; hams; harm; hart; hast; hats; hims; hins; hint; hist; hits; hoar; hons; hora; horn; hort; host; hots; mash; mhos; mosh; moth; nosh; oath; ohms; rash; rath; rhos; sham; shat; shim; shin; shit; shmo; shot; sinh; tahr; tanh; than; thar; thin; this; tosh

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Hans; Homs; IMHO; Isth; Nash; Noah; OHSA; Orth; OSHA; Roth; Shan; Shia; Shoa; Thai; Thor

DM168 ‘International Courts‘ Quiz 

1. 1945
2. The United Nations
3. 15
4. 1993
5. Four: Bosnia against Yugoslavia in 1993. The Gambia against Myanmar in 2019. Ukraine against Russia in 2022, and South Africa against Israel in 2023.
6. The ICC convicts individuals, while the ICJ convicts states.
7. True
8. 34
9. John Dugard SC.
10. It found Yugoslavia guilty.

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9 letter words

asymmetry

7 letter words

mastery; stammer; streamy; yammers

6 letter words

armets; estray; mameys; master; mateys; matres; mayest; smarmy; smarty; smeary; stayer; steamy; stemma; stream; tamers; yammer; yeasty

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ramsey

5 letter words

armet; artsy; aster; eyras; mamey; mares; marts; maser; mater; mates; matey; mayst; meats; meaty; rates; reams; resat; samey; satem; satyr; sayer; seamy; smarm; smart; smear; stare; steam; stray; tamer; tames; tammy; tares; taser; teams; tears; teary; trams; trays; treas; tryma; years; yeast

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ayers; Mamet; Marty; Mayer; Sammy; Yates; Yeats

4 letter words

aery; ares; arms; army; arse; arts; arty; astr; ayes; ears; east; easy; eats; eras; etas; eyas; eyra; mams; mare; mars; mart; mast; mate; mats; meas; meat; mesa; meta; rams; rase; rate; rats; rays; ream; ryas; same; sate; seam; sear; seat; sera; star; stay; tame; tams; tare; tars; team; tear; teas; tram; tray; tsar; yams; yare; year; yeas

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Amer; Ayer; Emma; Erma; Mary; Mays; Myra; Srta