Puzzle World 2025

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Below are the puzzle answers organised by date.

21 November 2025

DM168 G20 QUIZ:

1. True

2. c) 21

3. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa

4. China, Argentina, Mexico and Russia

5. Donald Trump

6. True

7. b) 1999

8. True

9. a) The US>

10. South Africa, which has 12 official languages, including sign language

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9-letter words:
rightness;

7-letter words:
hinters; nighest; shiners; shrines;

7-letter words (proper nouns):
Hengist;

6-letter words:
eights; girths; heists; hinges; hinter; neighs; nigher; nights; rights; shiest; shiner; shines; shires; shirts; shrine; sigher; sights; theirs; thesis; things;

6-letter words (proper nouns):
Shensi;

5-letter words:
eight; girth; grith; heirs; heist; hinge; hings; hints; hires; neigh; night; right; shier; shies; shine; shins; shire; shirt; shits; sighs; sight; thegn; their; thine; thing; thins;

5-letter words (proper nouns):
Ghent; Henri; Hines; Resht; Rhine; Sheri; Singh; Thess;

4-letter words:
heir; hens; hent; hern; hers; hest; hies; hing; hins; hint; hire; hiss; hist; hits; nigh; rehi; resh; rhet; shes; shin; shit; shtg; sigh; sinh; then; thin; this;

4-letter words (proper nouns):
Esth; Gish; Hess; Isth; Neth; Seth;

17 October 2025

DM168 DIETS AND FITNESS FADS QUIZ:

1. Grapefruit
2. Zumba
3. Pilates
4. Tapeworms
5. The Baby Food Diet
6. Tim Noakes
7. CrossFit
8. Beyonc
9. Extreme cold
10. A heart attack

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9-letter words:

attorning

8-letter words:

ignorant; notating; rotating; troating

7-letter words:

atoning; orating; rotting

6-letter words:

anoint; attorn; intort; nation; natron; noting; oaring; origan; ration; toning; toting; trigon; triton

6-letter words (proper nouns):

Tongan

5-letter words:

agron; anion; argon; argot; gator; gonna; gotta; groan; groat; groin; ingot; inorg; intro; nitro; noria; orang; organ; ottar; ratio; tango; tanto; tarot; tigon; tonga; troat; trona

5-letter words (proper nouns):

Anton; Ringo; Taino; Tonia; Troia

4-letter words:

agio; agon; anon; giro; goat; grot; into; iota; iron; orig; riot; roan; rota; taro; tiro; toga; tong; tora; tori; torn; tort; trio; tron; trot

4-letter words (proper nouns):

Argo; Arno; Aron; Aton; Gino; Iago; Igor; Iona; NATO; Nona; Nora; Oran; Orin; RATO; Rona; Tito; Toni

10 October 2025

DM168 floral QUIZ::

1. Garden Day
2. True
3. 30 million
4. The Chelsea Flower Show
5. Roses
6. Tulips
7. True
8. Orchids
9. Little Shop of Horrors
10. In 2085, when many of the plants it contains are predicted to be rare or

extinct, and the seeds could be used to reintroduce them to the wild.

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9-letter words:

resenting;

8-letter words:

gentries; integers; intenser; internes; sneering; steering;

7-letter words:

engines; entries; greisen; intense; interns; nesting; regents; resting; stinger; tenners; tensing;

7-letter proper nouns:

Steiner; Teniers;

6-letter words:

egrets; ensign; enters; genets; genies; genres; gentes; greens; greets; ingest; insert; intens; inters; reigns; resent; resign; reties; seeing; seiner; sennet; sennit; serine; signer; signet; singer; sinner; sinter; string; tennis; tenser; tigers; tinges; trines;

6-letter proper nouns:

Eisner; Ernest; Ingres; Nernst; Rennes; Sergei; Sterne;

5-letter words:

egest; ester; geest; genes; gents; girts; gites; grins; grist; grits; inset; instr; nines; reest; reins; renes; rents; reset; resin; resit; rings; rinse; risen; rites; seine; sente; serge; serin; siege; singe; siree; siren; sneer; steer; stein; stern; sting; stree; teens; tense; terns; terse; tiers; tines; tings; tires; trees; tries;

5-letter proper nouns:

Ennis; Ernst; Geist; Regis; Segre; Siret; Steen; Stine;

4-letter words:

ergs; erst; gees; gens; gest; gets; gins; gist; gits; inns; inst; nest; nets; nits; reis; rest; rets; rigs; rise; seen; seer; sene; sent; sere; sign; sine; sing; sire; site; snit; ster; stge; stir; tees; tens; ties; tins; tres;

4-letter proper nouns:

Eris; Erse; Este; Gers; Gris; Ines;

03 October 2025

DM168 BOOKS AND MOVIES QUIZ:

1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2. Blade Runner
3. War and Peace
4. Frankenstein
5. JM Coetzee
6. Sherlock Holmes
7. He survives.
8. An axe
9. In Cold Blood
10. Game of Thrones

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9-letter words:

sidewheel

8-letter words:

wheedles; wheelies

7-letter words:

welshed; wheedle; wheeled; wheelie;

6-letter words:

diesel; elides; heeled; seeled; shewed; shield; slewed; wheels; whiled; whiles; wields; wished;

6-letter proper nouns:

Wiesel;

5-letter words:

delis; elide; heeds; heels; hewed; hides; idles; lewis; lweis; sewed; shied; sidle; slide; swede; weeds; welds; welsh; wheel; while; whsle; wides; wield; wiled; wiles; wised;

5-letter proper nouns:

Delhi; Edsel; Elise; Elsie; Leeds; Lewes; Wilde;

4-letter words:

deil; dele; deli; dews; dies; eels; eide; else; ewes; heed; heel; held; hews; hide; hied; hies; ides; idle; isle; lees; leis; lewd; lied; lies; lwei; seed; seel; shed; shew; side; sled; slew; weds; weed; wees; weld; whee; wide; wile; wise;

4-letter proper nouns:

Elis; IEEE; Swed;

26 September 2025

DM168 SA food QUIZ:

1.Sunday

2.1609

3.Mozambique

4.Nelson Mandela

5.The Cape Malay version is a deep-fried doughnut also dipped in syrup, but covered in coconut.

6.Fermentation

7.b) About 80kg

8.It is the Balls family crest

9.Pigweed

10.Slap chips

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9-letter words

dreamlike

8-letter words

remedial

7-letter words

emailed; emerald; leakier; limeade; mealier

Proper nouns (7-letter):

Daimler; Kildare; Marilee

6-letter words

aedile; darkle; dealer; derail; dermal; larked; leader; leaked; leaker; lieder; mailed; mailer; mealie; medial; medlar; milder; milked; milker; railed; redial; relaid; relied

Proper nouns (6-letter):

Delmar; Delmer; Imelda

5-letter words

ailed; alder; alike; ariel; elder; elemi; elide; email; ideal; idler; laird; laker; lamed; lamer; liard; liked; liker; limed; medal; merle; miler; realm; riled

Proper nouns (5-letter):

Adele; Adler; Delia; Earle; Elmer; Emile; Rilke

4-letter words

alee; aril; dale; deal; deil; dele; deli; dial; earl; elem; idle; ilea; kail; kale; kali; keel; lade; laid; lair; lake; lame; lard; lari; lark; lead; leak; leek; leer; liar; lied; like; lime; lira; lire; mail; male; marl; meal; meld; mild; mile; milk; rail; rale; real; reel; rial; riel; rile

Proper nouns (4-letter):

Dali; Elam; Elea; Elia; Elma; Emil; Karl; Kiel; Klee; Lear; Leda; Liam; Lima; Mali

19 September 2025

DM168 FAMOUS ASSASSINATIONS AND ATTEMPTS QUIZ:

1. Abraham Lincoln

1. b) Oliver Stone

1. Queen Victoria

1. True

1. Pope John Paul II

1. Archduke Franz Ferdinand

1. Mark David Chapman

1. Monica Selez

1. c) Charles Manson

1. US President Donald Trump

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9-letter words:

devilment;

7-letter words:

evident; livened;

6-letter words:

delint; dement; dentil; endive; envied; levied; limned; linted; melted; milden; milted; minted; veiled; veined; vented;

Proper nouns (6-letter):

Leiden; Mendel;

5-letter words:

delve; demit; denim; devil; elide; emend; limed; lined; lived; meted; mined; tilde; tiled; timed; tined; veldt;

Proper nouns (5-letter):

Devin; Emden; Medit; Teide;

4-letter words:

deem; deil; dele; deli; deme; dene; dent; diet; dime; dine; dint; dive; edit; eide; idem; idle; lend; lied; meed; meld; mend; mild; mind; need; nide; teed; tend; tide; tied; veld; vend; vide; vied;

Proper nouns (4-letter):

Devi; Diem; Eden; Enid; Lind; Mede;

12 September 2025

DM168 Moon QUIZ:

1. False, that’s a solar eclipse.

1. True

1. b) 2.5 years

1. The umbra

1. Full moon

1. Togo and Benin.

1. A jaguar.

1. Bad Moon Rising

1. Shakespeare

1. The Harvest Moon

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9-letter words

charities

8-letter words

chariest; christie; hieratic; rachitis

7-letter words

achiest; aitches; archest; cashier; chaster; cithers; eristic; itchier; raciest; richest; satiric; stearic

Proper nouns (7-letter):

Christa; Christi; Rhaetic

6-letter words

achier; arches; archit; cahier; carets; caries; cartes; caster; caters; chairs; chaise; charts; chaser; chaste; cheats; cither; cities; crates; crista; eschar; ethics; iatric; iciest; ischia; itches; rachis; racist; reacts; recast; riches; sachet; scathe; search; starch; steric; taches; thrice; traces

Proper nouns (6-letter):

Archie; Cather; Cathie; Christ; Richie; Scheat; Sirach; Stacie; Thrace; Tracie; Tricia

5-letter words

aches; acres; aitch; archt; cares; caret; carse; carte; carts; caste; cater; ceria; certs; cesta; chair; chare; chars; chart; chase; chats; cheat; chert; chest; chits; cites; crash; crate; crest; cries; ethic; icier; races; reach; react; recta; recti; retch; rices; scare; stich; tache; teach; techs; theca; trace; trice

Proper nouns (5-letter):

ASCII; Cesar; Chari; Cheri; Chiai; Chita; Chris; Erica; Erich; Reich; Staci; Traci

4-letter words

aces; ache; acre; acts; arch; arcs; asci; care; cars; cart; case; cash; cast; cate; cats; cert; char; chat; chis; chit; cire; cist; cite; crit; each; echt; etch; ices; itch; race; rect; rice; rich; scar; scat; sech; sect; tace; tach; tech; tics

Proper nouns (4-letter):

Acis; ACTH; Asch; Cath; Cher; CRTs; Eric; ICSH; RISC

05 September 2025

DM168 CARTOON QUIZ:

1. Popeye
2. Madam & Eve
3. The Far Side
4. Tintin
5. The Pulitzer Prize
6. Muhammad
7. Jacob Zuma
8. Archie
9. Peanuts
10. Garfield

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9-letter words

recondite

8-letter words

centroid; doctrine; erection; neoteric; oriented

7-letter words

centred; codeine; credent; ctenoid; encoder; encored; enteric; enticed; enticer; noticed

Proper nouns:

Citroen; Oriente

6-letter words

centre; cinder; citron; codein; coined; coiner; corned; cornet; cretin; decent; decern; denier; denote; docent; encode; encore; entice; entire; ironed; nereid; noetic; norite; notice; orcein; orient; recent; recoin; redone; reined; rented; rident; rodent; tender; tenrec; tinder; tonier

Proper nouns:

Corine; Doreen; Edenic; Edirne; Enrico; Indore; Nordic

5-letter words

cento; coned; contd; conte; contr; crine; crone; diner; donee; drone; enter; inced; inert; inter; intro; nicer; niece; nitre; nitro; noted; ontic; recon; ronde; tenor; tined; toned; toner; tonic; treen; trend; trine

Proper nouns:

Creon; Dione; Ernie; Indre; Irene; Redon; Rodin; Terni

4-letter words

cent; cine; cion; coin; cone; cont; corn; dene; dent; dine; dint; done; econ; erne; icon; incr; into; intr; iron; need; nerd; nice; nide; node; nodi; note; once; ordn; rein; rend; rent; rind; teen; tend; tern; tine; tone; torn; tron

Proper nouns:

Deon; Dino; Dion; Drin; Eden; Enid; Erin; Eton; Nero; Odin; Oren; Orin; Rene; Reni; Reno; Toni

29 August 2025

DM168 ‘Women’s Rugby’ Quiz

1.The United States

2.True

3.c) 21

4.Mary Zulu

5.True

6.False. The first men’s World Cup was in 1987; the women’s was in 1991

7.a) 2006

8.New Zealand

9.England

10.True

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9-letter words:

floodgate;

8-letter words:

gatefold;

7-letter words:

floated; flotage; footage; footled; gloated;

6-letter words:

dotage; foaled; foetal; fooled; footed; footle; galoot; goaled; golfed; goofed; legato; loafed; lofted; looted; togaed; tooled;

6-letter words (proper nouns):

Adolfo; Toledo;

5-letter words:

afoot; aloft; aloof; defog; float; flood; gloat; lodge; loofa; ogled; togae;

5-letter words (proper nouns):

Adolf; Godel; Godot; Golda; Goode; TOEFL;

4-letter words:

aloe; alto; dago; dato; doge; dole; dolt; dote; fado; floe; flog; foal; fold; food; fool; foot; gaol; geod; geol; goad; goal; goat; gold; golf; good; goof; load; loaf; lode; loft; loge; logo; loot; lota; odea; ogle; olde; oleo; toad; toea; toed; toga; tola; told; tole; tool;

4-letter words (proper nouns):

Aldo; Lego; Leto; Olaf; Olga; Togo;

22 August 2025

DM168 ‘Taylor Swift’ Quiz

1.To pick praying mantis pods off the trees before they were sold

2.LeAnn Rimes

3.Her ninth-grade talent show

4.James Taylor

5.14

6.The Life of a Showgirl

7.2023

8.53%

9.Beatlemania

10.Vinyl records

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9-letter words:

foretaste;

7-letter words:

roseate; rosette; rotates; toaster;

7-letter words (proper nouns):

Rosetta;

6-letter words:

aerose; forest; fortes; foster; orates; ottars; otters; rotate; softer; stator; stereo; tarots; tortes; troats;

6-letter words (proper nouns):

Faeroe;

5-letter words:

afore; arose; fatso; fores; forte; forts; frost; orate; ottar; otter; roast; rotas; sofar; softa; sorta; stoat; store; taros; tarot; toast; toeas; torse; torte; torts; toter; totes; troat; trots;

5-letter words (proper nouns):

Afros; Astor; Erato; Faroe; Oates; Sarto; SEATO;

4-letter words:

aero; faro; foes; fora; fore; fort; froe; oafs; oars; oast; oats; ores; orts; roes; rose; rota; rote; rots; soar; sofa; soft; sora; sore; sort; stoa; taro; toea; toes; toft; tora; tore; tors; tort; tost; tote; tots; trot;

4-letter words (proper nouns):

Afro; Eros; Osee; RATO; Rosa; Taos;

15 August 2025

DM168 ‘Birding’ Quiz

1. a) 11

2. Official recognition (a bill passed by Congress) as the country’s national bird.

3. The Eagle has landed.

4. African grey (or Congo) parrot

5.The Kakapo.

6. They are all among the top 10 rarest birds in the world.

7. It’s the most common bird in the world.

8. The white bellbird

9. Peregrine falcon

10. True

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9-letter words:

pulmonate;

7-letter words:

ampoule; plumate; putamen; telamon;

6-letter words:

amount; ampoul; ampule; amulet; lament; loment; lumpen; mantel; mantle; melton; mental; molten; outman; plenum; pneuma; potman; potmen; tampon;

6-letter words (proper nouns):

Lamont; Malone; Manuel; Maputo; Multan; Noumea; Putnam;

5-letter words:

ament; ample; ampul; leman; lemon; lumen; maple; meant; melon; metal; monte; motel; moult; mount; notum; oleum; plume; tempo; ulema; unmet;

5-letter words (proper nouns):

Manet; Monet;

4-letter words:

alum; amen; atom; lame; lamp; loam; lump; male; malt; mane; mate; maul; maun; meal; mean; meat; melt; menu; meou; meta; moan; moat; mola; mole; mope; mote; moue; mule; muon; mute; name; noma; omen; palm; plum; poem; pome; puma; tame; tamp; team; temp; tome;

4-letter words (proper nouns):

Amon; Elam; Elma; Elmo; Lome; Moet; Mona; Mont; Nome; Oman;

8 August 2025

DM168 ‘Pollution’ Quiz

1. Hexavalent chromium

2. Discarded fast fashion items from the West

3. Afroz Shah

4. c) 25,800?

5. Sten Gustaf Thulin

6. Bottled water

7. Jo Stogel brought this idea to Greyton

8. a) 9%

9. True

10. True

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9-letter words:

goldsmith

7-letter words:

doltish

6-letter words:

dhotis; diglot; holism; holist; modish; oldish; stolid

5-letter words:

dhoti; dolts; ghost; gismo; gloms; golds; goths; hoist; holds; idols; lidos; limos; litho; milos; misdo; moils; moist; moths; omits; sloth; smolt; solid; stdio; thiol; toils

5-letter proper nouns:

Holst; Sligo

4-letter words:

dogs; doit; dols; dolt; dosh; dost; doth; dots; glom; gods; gold; gosh; goth; hods; hogs; hold; holm; hols; holt; host; hots; idol; lido; limo; logs; lost; loth; loti; lots; mhos; milo; miso; mods; moil; mols; mosh; most; moth; mots; ohms; oils; olid; omit; shmo; shod; shot; silo; slog; slot; smog; soil; sold; soli; togs; toil; told; toms; tosh

4-letter proper nouns:

DMSO; Homs; IMHO; Lodi; Lois; Mold; Odis; Otis; STOL

1 August 2025

DM168 ‘Books’ Quiz

1. The audiobook
2. Guinness World Records
3. The Covid-19 lockdown
4. A steady rise in physical book sales, especially among younger readers
5. Forrest Gump
6. The Booker Prize
7. Trevor Noah
8. Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James
9. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
10. Harry Potter by JK Rowling

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9 letter words

autotypes

8 letter words

autotype

7 letter words

autopsy; outstay; payouts; teapots; upstate

6 letter words

aptest; astute; payout; statue; teapot; toasty

5 letter words

autos; outta; paste; pasty; pates; patsy; patty; pause; peaty; saute; septa; soapy; spate; sputa; state; stoat; stupa; tapes; taste; tasty; taupe; teats; testa; toast; toeas; yeast

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Aesop; Asyut; Oates; Pasto; SEATO; Yates; Yeats

4 letter words

apes; apse; atop; atty; auto; ayes; east; easy; eats; etas; eyas; oast; oats; pase; past; pate; pats; pays; payt; peas; peat; pyas; sate; seat; soap; soya; spae; spat; spay; stat; stay; stoa; tape; taps; tats; taus; taut; teas; teat; toea; upas; yaps; yeas

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Apus; Attu; Aust; Esau; Etta; Taos; Tate

25 July 2025

DM168 ‘Social media’ Quiz

1. True
2. Facebook
3. a) 3.07 billion users
4. Afghanistan
5. Its Chinese ownership raising fears of national security breaches.
6. Meta
7. Emma Sadleir
8. False, it’s younger than 16 years.
9. Italy
10. Women in the 16-24 group.

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9 letter words

emigrated

8 letter words

diameter; emigrate; migrated

7 letter words

demerit; dimeter; emerita; emirate; meatier; mediate; merited; migrate; ragtime; readmit

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Maigret

6 letter words

admire; dreamt; emigre; gamete; gamier; grimed; imaged; imaret; maigre; matier; meagre; merged; metage; metier; midget; mirage; mitred; reamed; regime; remade; teamed; termed

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Margie; Merida

5 letter words

admit; aimed; ameer; amide; armed; armet; demit; derma; dimer; dream; gamed; gamer; grime; image; marge; mated; mater; media; merge; merit; meted; meter; metre; midge; mired; mitre; ramie; remit; rimed; tamed; tamer; timed; timer

5 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Aimee; Madge; Marie; Marti; Meade; Medea; Medit; Meier; Mitra; Tarim

4 letter words

amid; amie; amir; dame; deem; deme; diam; dime; dram; emir; emit; game; germ; gram; grim; idem; item; made; mage; magi; maid; mare; marg; mart; mate; mead; meat; meed; meet; mega; mere; meta; mete; mire; mite; mtge; ream; rime; tame; team; teem; term; time; tram; trim

4 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Amer; Diem; Edam; Erma; GMAT; Irma; Mari; Mede; Meir; Mira; Tami

18 July 2025

DM168 ‘Superman’ Quiz

1. Superman killed the bad guy – he had never killed anyone before.
2. False, it’s a Kryptonian symbol.
3. True
4. $20-million
5. Truth, justice and hope.
6. 18 April 1938
7. False, it sold for $6-million
8. That it’s an immigrant story and people perceive that as political even though Superman is an immigrant.
9. His name is Krypto and his powers are the same as Superman’s – superhuman strength, speed and senses.
10. The Daily Planet

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9 letter words

backswept; sweptback

7 letter words

packets

6 letter words

aspect; packet

5 letter words

capes; epact; paces; packs; pacts; paste; pates; peaks; pebas; pecks; scape; septa; space; spake; spate; speak; speck; swept; tapes

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Capek; Capet; Pabst

4 letter words

acpt; apes; apse; baps; cape; caps; capt; kept; pace; pack; pact; pase; past; pate; pats; paws; peak; peas; peat; peba; peck; pecs; pest; pets; pews; sept; skep; spae; spat; spec; spew; step; swap; tape; taps; tbsp; wasp; wept

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

SPCA

11 July 2025

DM168 ‘ Food’ Quiz

1. Wolf spiders
2. Heart-opening ceremonies
3. Nutmeg
4. Cyanide
5. Peanut butter
6. Forcing rhubarb
7. John Pemberton
8. Central European Time, to align with Germany
9. True
10. About 1.3 billion tonnes a year

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9 letter words

encaustic; succinate

7 letter words

accents; ascetic; caustic; cineast; nutcase

6 letter words

accent; accuse; acetic; acinus; actins; acutes; antics; ascent; cactus; cantus; casein; cuesta; cuties; enacts; incase; incest; incuse; insect; nicest; scenic; secant; stance; tunics; usance

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Caenis; Canute; Cuenca; Escaut; Stacie; Tuscan

5 letter words

actin; acute; antic; cacti; canes; canst; cants; caste; cause; cents; cesta; cites; cunts; cusec; cutie; cutin; cutis; enact; ictus; incus; sauce; scant; scent; scuta; scute; since; stacc; tunic

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Cacus; Caine; Cains; Caius; Cantu; Cetus; Ceuta; Incas; Staci; Utica

4 letter words

acct; aces; acne; acts; asci; cain; canc; cane; cans; cant; case; cast; cate; cats; caus; ceca; cent; cine; cist; cite; cues; cunt; cute; cuts; ices; incs; nice; scan; scat; scut; sect; tace; tics

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Acis; Caen; Cnut; Ecua; Inca

4 July 2025

DM168 ‘ Formula One’ Quiz

1. Gaming
2. Max Verstappen
3. Nico Hülkenberg
4. a) Pirelli
5. Mexico City
6. Singapore
7. Crashing
8. After his death
9. Scuderia Ferrari
10. Six wheels

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9 letter words

deforests

8 letter words

deforest; defrosts; forested; fostered; oersteds

7 letter words

defrost; deserts; dessert; festers; forests; fosters; frosted; oersted; stereos; teredos

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Orestes

6 letter words

defter; desert; deters; doters; esters; fester; forest; fortes; foster; freest; frosts; resets; rested; serest; setose; softer; sorest; sorted; steeds; steers; stereo; stored; stores; strode; teredo; tossed; tosser

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Dorset

5 letter words

deter; doter; dotes; ester; fests; feted; fetes; forte; forts; frets; frost; reest; reset; rests; sorts; steed; steer; store; stree; terse; torse; treed; trees; tress

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Estes; Odets; Osset

4 letter words

deft; dost; dote; dots; efts; erst; feet; fest; fete; fort; fret; orts; reft; rest; retd; rete; rets; rote; rots; sets; soft; sort; sots; ster; teds; teed; tees; toed; toes; tore; tors; toss; tree; tref; tres; trod

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Dort; Este; Tess

27 June 2025

DM168 ‘ Nuclear Weapons’ Quiz

1. c) 16 July 1945, in New Mexico
2. b) Little Boy
3. Enola Gay
4. Nagasaki
5. J. Robert Oppenheimer
6. The Soviet Union (now Russia), in August 1949
7. Russia, America and China
8. India, Israel and North Korea
9. a) The Doomsday Clock
10. Harry S Truman

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9 letter words

blameless

8 letter words

assemble

7 letter words

ballses; mallees; measles

6 letter words

abeles; ambles; belles; blames; easels; labels; leases; mallee; sables; smalls; smells

6 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Bessel

5 letter words

abele; allee; amble; baels; bales; balls; balms; belle; bells; blame; blase; bless; easel; label; lambs; lames; lases; lease; males; malls; meals; sable; sales; seals; seels; sells; slabs; slams; small; smell

5 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Albee; Basel; Basle; Belem; Bella; Mabel; Mable; Melba; Salem; Selma

4 letter words

able; albs; alee; ales; alms; bael; bale; ball; balm; bell; eels; elem; ells; elms; else; labs; lamb; lame; lams; lase; lass; leal; leas; lees; less; male; mall; meal; sale; seal; seel; sell; slab; slam

4 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Abel; Bela; Elam; Elba; Elbe; Elea; Ella; Elma; Elsa; Labe; Lela; LEMs; Lesa; Mlle

20 June 2025

DM168 ‘Winter Solstice’ Quiz

1. False, it’s either 20 or 21.
2. d) Shortest day of the year.
3. False, it only happens on equinoxes, not solstices.
4. Astronomically!
5. North Africa
6. c) rebirth, renewal and the prospect of warmth and light returning
7. Because they’re on the equator and receive relatively consistent direct sunlight throughout the year, leading to less dramatic seasonal changes.
8. The sun seeming to halt before reversing direction northwards or southwards.
9. False.
10. True: 10 hours 49 minutes for CT versus 10:16 in Bloemfontein.

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9 letter words

splitters

8 letter words

splitter; tipsters; triplets

7 letter words

listers; litters; persist; priests; relists; sitters; slitter; spitter; spittle; spriest; sprites; stripes; tipster; triples; triplet

6 letter words

esprit; islets; lister; litres; litter; pistes; priest; relist; resist; resits; ripest; sister; sitter; spirts; spites; splits; sprite; sprits; stiles; stilts; stipel; stipes; stirps; stripe; strips; stript; testis; tilers; tilter; titles; titres; triple; triste

5 letter words

islet; istle; lists; litre; pelts; pests; petit; piste; relit; resit; rests; rites; septs; setts; silts; sites; slept; slits; spelt; spilt; spirt; spite; spits; split; sprit; steps; stets; sties; stile; stilt; stipe; stirs; strep; strip; tests; tiers; tiler; tiles; tilts; tires; title; titre; tress; tries; tripe; trips; trite

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Pitts; Siret

4 letter words

erst; lept; lest; lets; list; lite; pelt; pert; pest; pets; piet; pits; pret; psst; rept; rest; rets; rite; sept; sets; sett; silt; site; sits; slit; spit; step; ster; stet; stir; test; tier; ties; tile; tilt; tips; tire; tits; tres; tret; trip

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Lett; Pitt; REIT; Teri; TESL; Tess; Tets

13 June 2025

DM168 ‘Superstitions ‘ Quiz

1. Judas Iscariot
2. The shoulder
3. An argument
4. Tiggy tiggy touch wood
5. Cats, especially black cats
6. Night
7. Clipping your nails
8. A cowboy hat
9. Left
10. Their thumb

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9 letter words

leasehold

7 letter words

allseed; elodeas; leashed; shelled; shoaled

6 letter words

aldose; dholes; elodea; haloed; haloes; healed; hellos; ladles; lashed; leased; sealed

6 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Ashlee; Hellas; Helles

5 letter words

aedes; allee; aloes; ashed; dales; deals; dells; dhole; doles; eased; easel; hades; haled; hales; haole; heads; heals; heeds; heels; hello; hells; holed; holes; hosed; lades; ladle; lased; leads; lease; leash; lodes; losel; selah; shade; shale; shell; shoed; soled

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Adele; Della; Delos; Edsel; Halle; Helle; Hosea; Leeds; Leola; Odell; Sahel; Sheol

4 letter words

alee; ales; aloe; dale; deal; dele; dell; does; dole; dose; ease; eels; ells; else; hade; hale; head; heal; heed; heel; held; hell; hoed; hoes; hole; hose; lade; lase; lead; leal; leas; lees; lode; lose; odea; odes; olde; oles; sale; seal; seed; seel; sell; shed; shoe; sled; sloe; sole

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ashe; Edos; Elea; Ella; Elsa; Leah; Leda; Lela; Leos; Lesa; Osee; Sade; Shea

6 June 2025

DM168 ‘Sport party parity ‘ Quiz

1. The US Open
2. Billie Jean King
3. True
4. New Zealand
5. b) Norway
6. Banyana Banyana
7. c) Soccer
8. b) Australia
9. The women’s national soccer team
10. Billie Jean King again

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9 letter words

alumroots

8 letter words

alumroot

7 letter words

amorous; mortals; outsoar

6 letter words

almost; amours; astrol; molars; morals; mortal; morula; motors; moults; ormolu; smalto

5 letter words

altos; amour; atoms; aulos; autos; loams; looms; loots; lotas; lotus; lours; louts; moats; molar; molas; moors; moots; moral; motor; moult; orals; roams; roast; rooms; roost; roots; rotas; rotls; roust; routs; smolt; solar; sorta; stoma; stool; stoor; storm; stour; taros; tolar; tolus; tools; torso; torus; tours

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Alost; Astor; Maros; Mauro; Mosul; Ramos; Raoul; Salto; Sarto; Soult; Talos; Tomas

4 letter words

also; alto; atom; auto; loam; loom; loos; loot; lost; lota; lots; lour; lout; moas; moat; mola; mols; moor; moos; moot; mora; mort; most; mots; oars; oast; oats; oral; orts; ours; oust; outs; roam; room; root; rota; rotl; rots; rout; slot; soar; sola; solo; soma; soot; sora; sort; soul; sour; stoa; sumo; taro; tola; tolu; toms; tool; tora; tors; tour

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Amor; Amos; Arlo; Laos; Lora; Moro; Mors; Omar; Oort; Oslo; RATO; Roma; Rosa; Soto; STOL; Taos; Toul

30 May 2025

DM168 ‘l eaks and hacks’ Quiz

1. The Pentagon Papers
2. North Korea
3. Deep Throat
4. 15
5. Pam Golding Properties
6. The Impact Team
7. Apple’s
8. Edward Snowden
9. Iceland
10. Dread Pirate Roberts

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9 letter words

ravishing

8 letter words

shriving

7 letter words

airings; arising; garnish; raising; ravings; sharing; shaving; varnish; virgins; visaing

6 letter words

airing; arsing; ashing; grains; haring; having; hiring; hiving; raisin; rasing; raving; rising; riving; saving; siring; vanish; virgin; vising

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Invars; Iranis; Irving; Shinar

5 letter words

gains; gnash; grain; grans; grins; hangs; hings; naris; navig; rains; ranis; ravin; rings

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Gavin; Invar; Irani; Irvin; Shang; Sinai; Singh; Sivan; Vanir

4 letter words

anis; gain; gins; gran; grin; hang; hing; hins; nags; nigh; nisi; rain; rang; rani; ring; sain; sang; shin; sign; sing; sinh; snag; vain; vang; vans; vina

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Agni; ANSI; Gina; Hans; INRI; Iran; Ivan; Nair; Nash; Shan; Sian

23 May 2025

DM168 ‘ World Migration ‘ Quiz

1. True
2. False, male migrants outnumber female migrants with a split of about 52% vs 48%.
3. False, more people migrate internally.
4. True
5. True
6. False, it was India.
7. True
8. False, it was Germany.
9. False, more go to and stay in Europe.
10. True

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9 letter words

prospered

8 letter words

droppers

7 letter words

dropper; prosper; reposed; reredos

6 letter words

depose; dopers; dorser; erodes; orders; proper; proser; redoes; repose; ropers; sopped; spored; spreed

5 letter words

deeps; deers; doers; doper; dopes; epode; erode; erred; order; peeps; peers; popes; pored; pores; posed; poser; preps; prese; prose; reeds; repps; repro; roped; roper; ropes; serer; sorer; speed; spore; spree

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Pedro; Seder; Speer; Spode

4 letter words

deep; deer; doer; does; dope; dose; dree; epos; errs; odes; oped; opes; ores; peed; peep; peer; pees; peps; pere; peso; pope; pore; pose; pred; prep; pres; rede; redo; reds; reed; repp; reps; resp; rode; roes; rope; rose; seed; seep; seer; sere; sore; sped

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Depp; Dore; Edos; Eros; Erse; Oder; Osee

16 May 2025

DM168 ‘ Weird and Wonderful Pets ‘ Quiz

1. Ariana Grande
2. Slash of Guns N’ Roses
3. Just Nuisance
4. True, because they are social animals.
5. Socks
6. An elephant
7. Salvador DalÌ
8. Frida Kahlo
9. Brine shrimp
10. A corgi

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9 letter words

anecdotal

8 letter words

anecdota

7 letter words

celadon; lactone; located; tacnode; taloned

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Actaeon; Anatole

6 letter words

acnode; anodal; atonal; atoned; canoed; canola; catalo; cloned; coaled; coated; deacon; docent; donate; etalon; loaned; locate; octane

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Alecto; Altona; Dalton; Delano; Latona; Loanda

5 letter words

alone; anode; anole; atone; canoe; canto; cento; clone; coned; contd; conte; dolce; lento; loden; nodal; noted; oaten; ocean; octad; octal; octan; olden; talon; tolan; tonal; toned

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Aalto; Acton; Alcoa; Alton; Aneto; Cleon; Colet; Donal; Eaton; Eldon; Elton; Ladon; Leona; Ndola; Nolde; Oneal

4 letter words

aeon; aloe; alto; anoa; clod; clot; coal; coat; coda; code; coed; cola; cold; cole; colt; cone; cont; cote; dato; deco; dole; dolt; dona; done; dote; ecol; econ; enol; leno; load; loan; lode; lone; lota; node; noel; note; odea; olde; once; taco; toad; toea; toed; tola; told; tole; tone

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Aldo; Aton; Cato; Ceto; Cleo; Deon; Eton; Leon; Leto; Lond; NATO; Nola; OECD; Olen

9 May 2025

DM168 ‘Met Gala’ Quiz

1. 1995
2. Rihanna
3. Aurora James
4. 7kgs
5. 1973, The World of Balenciaga
6. 2003’s Bravehearts: Men in Skirts
7. Four
8. Karl Lagerfeld’s cat, Choupette
9. Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour
10. Donald Trump

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9 letter words

matelotes

8 letter words

matelote

7 letter words

maltose; matelot; mottles; teleost

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Maltese; Seattle

6 letter words

elates; emotes; estate; lamest; latest; lattes; mattes; metals; mettle; molest; motels; motets; mottle; oleate; osteal; settle; stelae; tamest; teasel; totems

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Attlee; Estela; Mattel; Salome

5 letter words

aloes; easel; elate; emote; lames; latte; lease; least; males; mates; matte; meals; meats; meets; melts; metal; metes; moles; motel; motes; motet; motte; satem; setae; slate; sleet; smelt; smote; stale; state; steal; steam; steel; stela; stole; taels; tales; tames; taste; teals; teams; tease; teats; teems; tesla; testa; toeas; tomes; totem; totes

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Melos; Mosel; Oates; Salem; SEATO; Selma; Stael; TESOL

4 letter words

alee; ales; aloe; ease; east; eats; eels; elem; elms; else; emos; etas; lame; lase; late; leas; lees; leet; lest; lets; lose; male; mate; meal; meas; meat; meet; melt; mesa; meta; mete; mole; mote; oles; sale; same; sate; seal; seam; seat; seel; seem; sett; sloe; sole; some; stem; stet; tael; tale; tame; teal; team; teas; teat; teem; tees; test; toea; toes; tole; tome; tote

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Elam; Elea; Elma; Elmo; Elsa; Este; Etta; LEMs; Leos; Lesa; Leta; Leto; Lett; Lome; Moet; Osee; Tate; TESL; Tets

2 May 2025

DM168 ‘Worker’s Day’ Quiz

1. May Day.
2. 1995
3. The International Labour Organization.
4. 15
5. The Black Death or bubonic plague.
6. Employment Equity Act
7. False, you can.
8. True, they can’t, by law.
9. True
10. a) Denmark

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Try to reach a target of 74 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. Plurals ending in “s” are allowed.

9 letter words

friending; infringed

8 letter words

defining; infringe; refining

7 letter words

dingier; fending; finding; fringed; grinned; reining; rending

6 letter words

dining; dinner; ending; endrin; engird; finder; finger; fining; finned; firing; fridge; friend; frigid; fringe; ginned; indign; redfin; riding; ringed

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ingrid

5 letter words

deign; diner; dinge; dirge; engin; feign; fidge; fiend; fined; finer; fired; fried; genii; gride; grief; grind; indef; indie; infer; infin; inner; reign; renin; ridge; rigid

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Indre; Niger; Regin

4 letter words

dine; ding; dire; find; fine; fire; firn; frig; gird; grid; grin; nide; nine; rein; ride; rife; rind; ring

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Drin; Enid; Enif; Erin; Finn; Frei; Gide; Ifni; Inge; INRI; Reid; Reni; Rigi

25 April 2025

DM168 ‘Papacy’ Quiz

1. a) Jorge Mario Bergoglio
2. Saint Francis of Assisi
3. a) Tango
4. No, only baptised Catholic men over 35 are eligible
5. c) 80
6. True
7. The Sistine Chapel in Vatican City
8. a) The Pope of the Slums
9. True. Pope Francis has chosen to be laid to rest in Rome’s Basilica of St Mary Major
10. b) Conclave

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Try to reach a target of 106 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. Plurals ending in “s” are allowed.

9 letter words

oestruses

8 letter words

tussores

7 letter words

oestrus; ousters; russets; sourest; stereos; tossers; tresses; trusses; tussore

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Orestes

6 letter words

esters; ouster; resets; retuse; reuses; rouses; rousts; routes; russet; serest; serous; setose; sorest; souses; souter; steers; stereo; stores; stress; surest; tosser; tosses

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Eroses; Sestos; Tereus

5 letter words

ester; euros; ousts; reest; reset; rests; reuse; roses; roues; rouse; roust; routs; ruses; rusts; seers; sores; sorts; sorus; sours; souse; steer; store; stoss; stour; stree; terse; torse; torus; tours; trees; tress; trues; truss; users

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Estes; Osset; Russo; Seuss; SOSes

4 letter words

ees; sere; sets; sore; sort; sots; sour; sous; ster; suer; sues; suet; sure; suss; tees; toes; tors; toss; tres; user; useserst; esse; ores; orts; oses; ours; oust; outs; rest; rets; roes; rose; rots; rues; ruse; rust; ruts; seer; s

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Eros; Erse; Este; Osee; Ouse; Ross; Russ; SUSE; Tess; Tues; USSR; Utes

17 April 2025

DM168 ‘Coming-of-age’ Quiz

1. The Amish, undertaking the tradition of Rumspringa
2. 15
3. A castrated, male cow
4. 20
5. White
6. The Aborigines
7. The bullet ant
8. 1978
9. Judaism
10. Indonesia

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9 letter words

Riderless

8 letter words

derrises; dressier

7 letter words

desirer; desires; diesels; dresser; redress; resider; resides; serried; sliders

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Dreiser

6 letter words

derris; desire; diesel; driers; eiders; elders; elides; idlers; lesser; relies; reside; resile; riders; risers; seiser; series; sidles; sirree; slider; slides

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Erises; Lessie; Seders

5 letter words

deers; delis; dress; dries; idles; isles; leers; reeds; reels; rides; riels; riles; riser; rises; seeds; seels; seers; seise; serer; sides; sidle; silds; sired; siree; sires; sleds; slide

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Edsel; Elise; Elsie; Essie; Leeds; Redis; Seder

4 letter words

dies; diss; eels; else; errs; esse; ides; isle; lees; leis; less; lids; lies; reds; reis; rids; rise; seed; seel; seer; sees; sere; side; sild; sire; sirs; sled; slid

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Elis; Eris; Erse; SIDS

11 April 2025

DM168 ‘General Pop’ Quiz

1. Tiger Woods
2. Demi-Lee Nel-Peters (now Tebow) and Rolene Strauss.
3. Bianca Censori
4. Shaka Ilembe
5. True
6. b) $2-billion
7. Christiano Ronaldo
8. Instagram
9. Coronation Street
10. Survivor (46 so far)

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9 letter words

mediating

8 letter words

imagined

7 letter words

diamine; imagine; mediant; mintage; teaming

6 letter words

aiming; enigma; gamine; imaged; inmate; intima; magnet; maiden; manged; mating; median; meting; midget; minted; taming; tandem; timing

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Damien; Deming; Gemini; Medina; Midian

5 letter words

admen; admin; admit; aimed; amend; ament; amide; amine; anime; demit; denim; gamed; gamin; image; imide; imine; maned; mange; mated; matin; meant; media; midge; mined; named; tamed; timed; timid

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Amgen; Madge; Maine; Mande; Manet; Medan; Medit; Megan

4 letter words

amen; amid; amie; anim; dame; damn; diam; dime; emit; game; idem; imit; item; made; mage; magi; maid; main; mane; mate; mead; mean; meat; mega; mend; meta; midi; mien; mina; mind; mine; mini; mint; mite; mtge; name; tame; team; time

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Amin; Diem; Edam; GMAT; Mani; Ming; Tami

4 April 2025

DM168 ‘April Fool’s’ Quiz

1. Jacaranda trees
2. Spaghetti
3. Penguins
4. The Guardian
5. The internet
6. Cats
7. c) Nobody knows
8. b) A fish
9. Nando’s
10. Pick n Pay

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9 letter words:

styrofoam

7 letter words:

formats

6 letter words:

format; frosty; motors; ostomy; smarty; stormy

5 letter words:

afoot; artsy; atoms; atomy; farts; fatso; foots; footy; forts; forty; frats; frost; marts; mayst; moats; moots; motor; rafts; roast; roost; roots; rotas; satyr; smart; softa; softy; sooty; sorta; stoma; stoor; storm; story; stray; stroy; taros; torso; trams; trays; troys; tryma; Tyros

5 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Astor; Marty; Sarto; Tomas

4 letter words:

arts; arty; astr; atom; fart; fast; fats; foot; fort; frat; mart; mast; mats; moat; moot; mort; most; mots; oast; oats; orts; raft; rats; root; rota; rots; soft; soot; sort; star; stay; stoa; tams; taro; tars; toms; tora; tors; toys; tram; tray; troy; tsar; Tyro

4 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Myst; Oort; RATO; RTFM; Soto; Srta; Taos; Tory

28 March 2025

DM168 ‘IOC’ Quiz

1. 200-metre backstroke
2. The throwing events, resulting in a discus landing in the crowd
3. 7
4. 34
5. Adolf Hitler was elected in 1933, and the games became dominated by Nazi propaganda
6. 2000
7. Chinese
8. 1894
9. The South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee
10. She advocates a total ban

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9 letter words:

chondrite; threnodic

8 letter words:

centroid; doctrine

7 letter words:

cordite; ctenoid; hedonic; hordein; notched; noticed; theroid; throned; torched

6 letter words:

chider; cinder; codein; coined; corned; credit; dehorn; direct; dither; docent; drench; editor; herdic; hinder; hinted; hoiden; honied; horned; inched; ironed; itched; orchid; rhodic; rident; rioted; rodent; tinder; triode

6 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Indore; Nordic

5 letter words:

chide; chord; cider; cited; coder; coned; contd; cored; credo; cried; decor; dhoti; dicer; dicot; diner; ditch; doter; droit; drone; edict; hider; hired; honed; horde; inced; noted; riced; ronde; third; tined; tired; toned; trend; tried

5 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Dione; Doric; Edith; Herod; Indre; Redon; Rhode; Rodin

4 letter words:

cedi; chid; code; coed; cord; cred; deco; dent; dice; dict; diet; dine; dint; dire; dirt; doer; doit; done; dote; doth; edit; herd; hide; hied; hind; hoed; iced; nerd; nide; node; nodi; ordn; recd; redo; rend; retd; ride; rind; rode; tend; tide; tied; toed; trod

4 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Deon; Dino; Dion; Dior; Dore; Dort; Drin; Enid; Hond; Oder; Odin; OECD; Reid

20 March 2025

DM168 ‘Human Rights’ Quiz

1. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
2. 1995
3. b) Mauritania
4. North Korea, because all basic liberties – like freedoms of expression, association, and religion – are denied. Independent media, civil society groups, trade unions: all banned.
5. True
6. The Sharpeville massacre of 1960, when police killed more than 60 protesters demonstrating against apartheid pass laws
7. a) New Zealand
8. b) The Netherlands
9. The Holocaust and war crimes of World War 2
10. United States

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9 letter words

placating

7 letter words

actinal; agnatic; capital; captain; catling; paginal; pitanga; placing; platina; plating

6 letter words

acting; agnail; antlia; apical; capita; caplin; catnip; lacing; pacing; paling; patina; pinata; plaint; pliant; taipan; taping; tincal

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Altaic; Anglia; Latina; Paglia

5 letter words

acing; actin; again; agita; algin; align; antic; apian; aping; cling; clipt; giant; glint; inapt; lanai; lapin; liana; ligan; paint; panic; patin; pinta; plain; plait; plica; taiga; tical

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Altai; Anita; Clint; Latin; Tania

4 letter words

alit; anil; anti; cain; clip; clit; gain; gait; gilt; glia; incl; ital; laic; lain; lati; ling; lint; nail; nipa; pail; pain; pica; ping; pint; pita; tail; tain; tali; ting

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Agni; Alai; Apia; Atli; Cali; Gaia; Gail; Gila; Gina; IATA; Inca; Lina; Nita; Pali; Pict; Tina

14 March 2025

DM168 ‘Money’ Quiz

1. Before the Rand was introduced in South Africa, the currency was the South African Pound (ZAR). The South African Pound was used from 1825 until the Rand was officially adopted in 1961, when it replaced the pound at a rate of 2 Rand = 1 Pound.
2. a) 1961
3. b) National Budget
4. b) The National Treasury
5. a) To stabilize the economy
6. c) R100
7. £ 11 billion.
8. b) Health
9. a) 1985
10. b) apartheid debt

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9 letter words

whitelist

8 letter words

whittles

7 letter words

elitist; lithest; thistle; whistle; whitest; whittle; wiliest; withies

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Lettish

6 letter words

theist; tilths; tithes; titles; twilit; whilst; whites; withes

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Hewitt; Shiite; Thetis; Tilsit

5 letter words

heist; hilts; islet; istle; lithe; stile; stilt; teths; thews; tiles; tilth; tilts; tithe; titis; title; twist; twits; welts; whets; whist; white; whits; wilts; withe

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Leith

4 letter words

hest; hilt; hist; hits; lest; lets; list; lite; lith; sett; shit; silt; site; slit; stet; stew; test; teth; thew; this; ties; tile; tilt; titi; tits; twit; welt; west; wets; whet; whit; wilt; wist; wite; with; wits

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Esth; Isth; Lett; Seth; TESL; Tets; Witt

7 March 2025

DM168 ‘Oscars’ Quiz

1. He did one-handed push-ups on stage.
2. Will Smith and Chris Rock.
3. La La Land was mistakenly announced as the winner instead of Moonlight .
4. Roberto Benigni.
5. He streaked across the stage naked.
6. I’m Still Here.
7. Emilia Pérez and Wicked.
8. The Substance .
9. Daniel Day-Lewis.
10. Solid bronze.
11. 24-karat gold plating over solid bronze.

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9 letter words:

dermatoid

8 letter words:

mediator

7 letter words:

admired; dermoid; radioed; readmit; toadied

7 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Diderot

6 letter words:

admire; adored; airted; darted; deodar; diadem; doited; dormie; dreamt; editor; imaret; iodate; madder; matier; mitred; moated; orated; radome; raided; rioted; roadie; roamed; tirade; traded; triode

6 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Dermot; Merida; Modred

5 letter words:

adder; adore; aided; aider; aimed; aired; amide; armed; armet; dared; dated; dater; demit; derma; dimer; diode; domed; doted; doter; dread; dream; dried; irade; irate; mated; mater; media; merit; metro; mired; mitre; moire; oared; odder; orate; oread; ramie; rated; redid; remit; rimed; tamed; tamer; tared; tided; timed; timer; tired; trade; tread; tried

5 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Addie; Artie; Erato; Marie; Medit; Terai

4 letter words:

aero; aide; amie; dame; dare; date; dead; dear; demo; died; diet; dime; dire; doer; dome; dote; eddo; edit; emir; emit; idea; idem; item; made; mare; mate; mead; meat; meta; mire; mite; mode; more; mote; odea; omer; rate; read; ream; redd; redo; retd; ride; rime; rite; rode; rote; tame; tare; team; tear; term; tide; tied; tier; time; tire; toea; toed; tome; tore

4 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Amer; Diem; Dore; Edam; Edda; Edom; Erma; Meir; Moet; Oder; Reid; REIT; Rome; Teri

28 February 2025

DM168 ‘Behind bars’ Quiz

1. The US (almost two million).
2. c) El Salvador
3. False, it has the highest.
4. a) Saudi Arabia
5. True
6. Spain (Teixeiro Prison)
7. True
8. Gujarat
9. Singapore
10. Autshumato, also known as Harry de Strandloper (imprisoned in 1658)

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9 letter words

staunchly

7 letter words

canthus; cyathus; snatchy; staunch; unlatch

6 letter words

chants; chanty; chaunt; cushat; haunts; launch; nautch; shanty; snatch; stanch; sunhat; thusly; unlash; yachts

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ushant

5 letter words

chant; chats; clash; cushy; halts; hasty; hauls; haunt; hulas; hunts; latch; laths; lathy; lunch; lushy; lynch; natch; shalt; shunt; snath; synch; synth; thuya; tushy; uhlan; yacht

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Cathy; Shaun; Shula; Utahn

4 letter words

achy; ashy; auth; cash; chat; halt; hast; hats; haul; hays; hula; hunt; huts; hyla; lash; lath; lush; shat; shay; shul; shun; shut; such; tach; tanh; than; thus; tush

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

ACTH; Asch; Cath; Chan; Cush; Hals; Hans; Huns; Luth; Nash; Shan; Thun; Utah

21 February 2025

DM168 ‘G20’ Quiz

1. a) 1999
2. b) To foster cooperation and coordination among major economies to create a more stable global economy after various global economic crises, including the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998.
3. b) Russia
4. 19 – Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
5. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
6. (d) None – they’re all goals of SA’s presidency
7. Brazil in 2024
8. (b) George W Bush
9. They formally announced their countries’ would accede to the Paris Agreement on climate.
10. Brazilian President Lula da Silva

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9 letter words:

landslips

8 letter words:

landslip

7 letter words:

islands; spinals

6 letter words:

island; lapins; plaids; plains; snails; spills; spinal

5 letter words:

anils; apsis; dials; dills; lands; lisps; nails; nipas; pails; pains; palls; pills; plans; sails; sands; sapid; sasin; silds; sills; sisal; slain; slaps; slips; snail; snaps; snips; spall; spans; spill; spins

5 letter words that may be proper nouns:

ANSIs; Pisan; Silas; Spain

4 letter words:

aids; ails; alps; anis; asps; assn; dais; dins; dips; diss; ills; insp; lads; laps; lass; lids; lips; lisp; naps; nips; pads; pals; pans; pass; pins; piss; psia; psid; psis; said; sail; sain; sand; sans; saps; sild; sill; sins; sips; slap; slid; slip; snap; snip; span; spas; spin

4 letter words that may be proper nouns:

ANSI; Apis; Dias; Lias; Lisa; LPNs; Nils; Pisa; Sadi; Sian; SIDS; Sind

14 February 2025

DM168 ‘All about love’ Quiz

1. Beads.
2. The wife’s weight in beer.
3. True
4. A polished tooth.
5. South Korea
6. Iran, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan
7. Maldives
8. Christmas
9. b) $27.5-billion
10. Titanic

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9 letter words:

Semisolid

8 letter words:

Idolises

7 letter words:

doilies; idolise; idolism; iodises; lissome; meiosis; meloids; misdoes; missile; similes

6 letter words:

diesis; idioms; imides; iodise; iodism; lissom; meloid; miosis; misled; missed; moiled; oldies; sidles; simile; slides; slimes; smiled; smiles; soiled; solidi; solids

6 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Deimos; Emilio; Isolde; Moises

5 letter words:

deism; delis; dimes; eidos; idiom; idles; idols; imide; isles; issei; lidos; limed; limes; limos; midis; miles; milos; misdo; moils; oiled; oldie; seism; semis; sides; sidle; silds; silos; slide; slime; slims; smile; soils; solid

5 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Selim; Solis

4 letter words:

deil; deli; dies; dime; dims; diss; idem; ides; idle; idol; isle; isms; leis; lido; lids; lied; lies; lime; limo; midi; mild; mile; milo; mils; mise; miso; miss; moil; oils; olid; semi; side; sild; silo; sims; slid; slim; soil; soli

4 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Diem; Elis; Emil; ISIS; Isis; Lodi; Lois; Odis; Oise; SIDS

7 February 2025

DM168 ‘Funny Parly’ Quiz

1. Jackson Mthembu
2. Andrew de Blocq van Sheltinga
3. Jackson Mthembu. This statement baffled listeners during his explanation of COVID-19 taxi regulations
4. Esther Kazungu. Her impersonations of MPs have resonated with audiences.
5. William Ma Disher. His playful comments added levity to the discussions.
6. Gayton McKenzie
7. Pallo Jordan. His humorous suggestion was meant to break the ice in the newly democratic Parliament.
8. A parrot flew into the chamber and landed on an MP’s shoulder, causing uproarious laughter
9. Nelson Mandela
10. The Department of Integration and Reconciliation.

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9 letter words

panoplied

8 letter words

palinode

7 letter words

applied; oedipal; opaline; oppidan;

6 letter words

aliped; alpine; append; dapple; dipole; elapid; lapped; lipped; lopped; napped; nipped; nipple; opined; pained; pedalo; pineal; pinole; planed; pleiad; ponied; poplin;

6 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Aleppo; Nepali; Pelion; Poland; Ponape;

5 letter words

appel; apple; lapin; loped; nappe; opine; paeon; paled; paleo; paned; panel; pedal; penal; piano; piled; pined; piped; plaid; plain; plane; plead; plena; plied; podia; poled;

5 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Lippe; Nepal; Paine; Papen; Pepin; Plano;

4 letter words

aped; dipl; dopa; dope; leap; lope; nape; neap; nipa; nope; opal; oped; open; paid; pail; pain; pale; palp; pane; peal; pean; pein; pend; peon; pied; pile; pine; pion; pipe; plan; plea; pled; plod; plop; pole; pond; pone; pope;

4 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Alpo; Depp; iPad; iPod; Lapp; Opel; Pali; Pena; Pola.

1 February 2025

DM168 ‘Weird and wonderful wild animal facts ‘ Quiz

1. True
2. The hippopotamus
3. b) Black
4. Ossicones
5. c) Seven
6. An ostrich’s
7. Dolphins
8. a) Koalas
9. b) 2m
10. The Arctic ground squirrel

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9 letter words:

teguments

8 letter words:

tegument

7 letter words:

musette; nutmegs; segment

6 letter words:

genets; gentes; mustee; mutest; nutmeg; suttee; tegmen; tenets; unmeet

6 letter words that may be proper nouns:

USENET; Usenet

5 letter words:

egest; ensue; geest; genes; genet; gents; genus; guest; meets; menus; mesne; metes; mutes; negus; netts; neume; segue; semen; sente; stent; teems; teens; tenet; tenge; tense; tents; tunes; unmet; unset

5 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Menes; Meuse; Steen

4 letter words:

emus; gees; gems; gene; gens; gent; genu; gest; gets; geum; meet; megs; mene; menu; mete; mtge; muse; mute; nest; nets; nett; neut; seem; seen; sene; sent; sett; stem; stet; stge; suet; teem; teen; tees; tens; tent; test; tune

4 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Este; Tets; Teut; Tues; Utes

25 January 2025

DM168 ‘Oddball Trump Facts ‘ Quiz

1. True
2. Shaking hands
3. Ronald Reagan
4. “Fake”
5. True
6. The Secret Service
7. Hole-in-one
8. For kicking balls back on to the fairway.
9. Alcohol, as a lifelong teetotaller.
10. Trump himself

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9 letter words:

amassment

7 letter words:

meatman; stamens

7 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Eastman; Smetana

6 letter words:

aments; ansate; assent; manses; mantas; sanest; seaman; stamen; steams; stemma

6 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Tasman

5 letter words:

amass; ament; antes; asset; atman; etnas; mamas; manas; manat; manes; manse; manta; masts; mates; means; meant; meats; mesas; names; nates; saeta; sames; satem; sates; seams; seats; stane; steam; tames; tasse; teams

5 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Aetna; Amman; Assam; Easts; Mamet; Manet; Masan; Menam; Mensa; Santa; Satan; Stans; Tessa; Tsana

4 letter words:

amen; anas; anat; anta; ante; ants; assn; asst; east; eats; etas; etna; mama; mams; mana; mane; mans; mass; mast; mate; mats; mean; meas; meat; mesa; meta; name; neat; same; sane; sans; sate; seam; seas; seat; tame; tams; tana; tans; tass; team; teas

4 letter words that may be proper nouns:

Anam; Aten; Emma; Maas; Nama; NASA; Nate; Sana; SASE; Sean; Stan

18 January 2025

DM168 ‘General ‘ Quiz

1. Oasis
2. Grand Theft Auto
3. 2000
4. False, it will be hosted in Osaka, Japan.
5. a) 34
6. Windows 10
7. Norway
8. True
9. c) Snake
10. Germany

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9 letter words

rehashing

8 letter words

hearings, shearing

7 letter words

garnish, hangers, harshen, hashing, hearing, hegiras, hernias, highers, nearish, rehangs, sharing

7 letter words that may be proper nouns

Rhenish

6 letter words

ashier, ashing, garish, geisha, hanger, haring, hegira, hernia, higher, hinges, neighs, nigher, rehang, rehash, shiner, shrine, sigher

6 letter words that may be proper nouns

Gienah, Shinar

5 letter words

ashen, gerah, gnash, hairs, hangs, hares, harsh, hears, heirs, highs, hinge, hings, hires, neigh rheas, share, shear, shier, shine, shire

5 letter words that may be proper nouns

Asher, Hagen, Hanse, Henri, Hines, Rhine, Shane, Shang, Shari, Sheri, Shiah, Singh

4 letter words

gash, hags, hair, hang, hare, hash, hear, heir, hens, hern, hers, hies, high, hing, hins, hire, nigh, rash, rehi, resh, rhea, shag, shah, shin, sigh, sinh

4 letter words that may be proper nouns

Ashe, Gish, Hahn, Haig, Hans, Hera, Nash, Shan, Shea, Shia

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