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ddvmor


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Ok... here's the challenge:


You have a grid of nine letters.  You have to make as many words as you can, but they must ALL use the central 'V'.  You can use the letters in any order - they don't have to be connected or in a line or anything but you can only use each letter once.


O E R
D V B
R A O


Go get 'em!



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BrianS


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Care to tell us how many words there are King? I made 15

DOVE
ROVE
RAVE
OVA
AVO
BRAVE
DROVE
ROVER
RAVER
RAVED
BRAVED
BRAVER
ROVED
BRAVO
BRAVOED

I verified each on Merriam-Webster Dictionary

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Apparently you're doing well if you get 20.

-- Edited by ddvmor at 15:02, 2005-06-30

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found another
OVER

Do proper nouns count?

if so

DOVER
EVA

-- Edited by BrianS at 15:30, 2005-06-30

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Anything but names, I think.


I'm told that there's a couple that use all the letters.  I've only spotted one.



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bonniepirateanne


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is bravooerd one? or maybe even overboard, but that's probably stupid

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BrianS


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Nice spot Katie
OVERBOARD

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That's the one.  Nice work there, Katie.  Most impressive.

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BOARD

I think between Katie and I we are up to 18

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bonniepirateanne


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BrianS wrote:
BOARD

I think between Katie and I we are up to 18


of which you got all but one haha. good job .

-- Edited by bonniepirateanne at 20:26, 2005-06-30

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Overbroad?




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ddvmor


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Nice.


I learned a new word today.



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