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Those from the forum will be familiar with these by now, but just in case there are any newbies, there are 26 conundrums. One starting with each letter of the alphabet but in any order. Solve them as fast as you can and whoever gets the last one wins some pretend prize that I pull out of my arse. This weeks prize........ a bottle of Windolene! GO!

1 ICEMENSIR
2 ODEPRAVES
3 AAMAJABLY
4 HOURBINGE
5 CUTZIMAGE
6 OIFAUCETS
7 CLEOPETRA
8 IMEETEPIC
9 IDIGBLEIR
10 KOBRAWEAD
11 ORGASMSIK
12 BISECTTOR
13 ETHANOLIC
14 CREATENUT
15 IGORIBENA
16 ONYXCREST
17 INDUCERAM
18 AIRBRIDGE
19 SPRYWALDO
20 OHAIRNETS
21 CLEVERTIN
22 EMULSIONI
23 MAYSNATCH
24 RITECRAIG
25 NICKSQUAD
26 RULUAGAIN

Good luck!

A bit easier than usual, Dinos, so I actually managed to get a few:

A: ABORIGINE
B: BRIGADIER
C: CHELATION
D: DIRIGIBLE
E: EAVESDROP
F: FACETIOUS
G: GERIATRIC
H: HORTENSIA/SENHORITA
I: INAUGURAL
J: JAMBALAYA
K: KISSOGRAM
L: LIMOUSINE
M: MANICURED
N: NEIGHBOUR
O: OBSTETRIC
P: PERCOLATE
Q: QUICKSAND
R: REMINISCE
S: SWORDPLAY
T: TIMEPIECE
U: UTTERANCE
V: VENTRICLE
W: WAKEBOARD
X:
Y: YACHTSMAN
Z:

I had another look at the two I am missing, knowing you, Dinos, they are probably obscure chemical terms.

You're right I'll have to step up my game. tbh When it comes to X and Z nowadays I'm running on empty so I just find one in a dictionary and check it using Countmax. Didn't look at their definitions but I don't think they're chemistry terms. Not everything I do is chemistry-orientated you know. Now if you'll excuse me I have a lab report that needs finishing

XENOCRYST is the X one. I think I know all the nines that begin with X actually..

Z is ZEUGMATIC.

And thats yer lot. I'll do a better one in a week or two I imagine.

Try these countdown conundrums alphabet for size. These are relatively easy ones overall and the prize is to be confirmed... Apologies if some of these conundrums have either been ; seen on tv, have been repeated in this forum or have two or more solutions - I am much too lazy to check all these things . NO cheaters or letters solvers please

1. NOISECAST
2. HITEFLING
3. ASSUREHUT
4. CEENVEGAN
5. ROSECHART
6. STEADYREY
7. DOWNABANG
8. TORECHOMP
9. GOTQUEERS
10. SEEMMOIST
11. SASISUAVE
12. ROTTYPOPE
13. UNITEGOLD
14. SPORTJACK
15. IGOSANDIS
16. TUTULAMMI
17. CHABCHUNK
18. PHONELEXI
19. FUNIPROBE
20. EQUIPLUNT
21. PARKEDPIN
22. DATESHREW
23. BEENCRUST
24. BOTTFIRES
25. COZIMURIN
26. PROMHOMES

Good luck and have fun!!!!!!!

Only had a quick gander so didn't get all of them.

A. (Was thinking ASSUASIVE here, is that it?)
B. BANDWAGON
C. CESSATION/CANOEISTS/CARTHORSE
D. DIAGNOSIS
E.
F. FROSTBITE
G. GROTESQUE
H. HUNCHBACK
I. IBUPROFEN
J. JOCKSTRAP
K. KIDNAPPER
L. LONGITUDE
M.
N. NIGHTLIFE
O. ORCHESTRA
P. PROTOTYPE
Q. QUINTUPLE
R.
S. SOMETIMES
T. THESAURUS
U. ULTIMATUM
V. VENGEANCE
W. WATERSHED
X. XENOPHILE
Y. YESTERDAY
Z. ZIRCONIUM

Well done mr. o'donnell. You did extremely well for a quick gander! Yes ASSUASIVE is correct.

Anyone know the missing 3 words?

Thanks to David doing the hard work (thanks!) I can see E is ECTOMORPH and R is RUBESCENT.

Not a clue about M though. I can't think of anything that fits those letters. And I know I wouldn't have got nearly as many as David with just a quick gander.

MESOMORPH.

ECTOMORPH, RUBESCENT and MESOMORPH are all correct. Well done guys!

Here's another conundrum alphabet for everyone. Some of these are slightly more difficult than the last alphabet I made. Apologies again if the conundrums have either; been seen on tv, repeated in this forum or have another solution. i didn't have time to check these things

1. EGOCUTTER
2. LARDYGING
3. MAGICTOZY
4. REALFENCE
5. NITROLEEK
6. LUMPHOGAN
7. BENYMOOCH
8. BAVPILARS
9. HEARRADIO
10.HITHITTER
11.WHEELIMAN
12.RADIOMALL
13.OLAKEKILO
14.IDOQUAINT
15.HUNTGOALS
16.PERGYHOAX
17.WAFFNUGGI
18.BIICALLUM
19.MUMISHEEP
20.CATAJOINT
21.YOOQUILLS
22.STONEYRUG
23.RANCHBOIL
24.ZARABROCK
25.HOPIGRADE
26.AWWSHHITE

Good luck and have fun

Jason

I've not spent a long time looking at them but WHITEWASH, ZYGOMATIC, PLOUGHMAN, YOUNGSTER and SOLILOQUY jumped out at me. I don't know what the X one is, it's not in the OED whatever it is.

The X one must be XEROPHAGY (the eating of dry food only, a form of fasting practised in the early Christian church) but Ben's right, it ain't in the current book.

Woo! Now Jason's done one I can have a go, plus I've got someone to take over the biz when I retire! Yes a few from recent shows (including mine) and some from my alphabets!Here's my attempt anyway:

A
BRONCHIAL
COURGETTE
DIARRHOEA
EUPHEMISM
FREELANCE
GUFFAWING
H
I
J
K
LOOKALIKE
MEANWHILE
NIGGARDLY
ONSLAUGHT
PLOUGHMAN
QUOTIDIAN
RAZORBACK
SOLILOQUY
THIRTIETH
UMBILICAL
V
WHITEWASH
XEROPHAGY
YOUNGSTER
ZYGOMATIC

which leaves AHIJKV, which I matched up as

K-NITROLEEK
H-BENYMOOCH
V-BAVPILARS
A/I-RADIOMALL
J-CATAJOINT
A/I-HOPIGRADE Not sure but IDEOGRAPH?

H - HONEYCOMB

Joseph Bolas wrote:H - HONEYCOMB

Ah of course - CHEM + N + O + O + B + Y

A
BRONCHIAL
COURGETTE
DIARRHOEA
EUPHEMISM
FREELANCE
GUFFAWING
HONEYCOMB
IDEOGRAPH
J
K
LOOKALIKE
MEANWHILE
NIGGARDLY
ONSLAUGHT
PLOUGHMAN
QUOTIDIAN
RAZORBACK
SOLILOQUY
THIRTIETH
UMBILICAL
V
WHITEWASH
XEROPHAGY
YOUNGSTER
ZYGOMATIC

I've checked the remaining ones on Countmax and NITROLEEK, BAVPILARS and CATAJOINT seem to be invalid, but RADIOMALL is fine

Apologies guys about the "X" word but it is XEROPHAGY but I got my words from the Shorter Oxford Dictionary. Ideograph is correct. I hope the other ones you guys haven't got are in the proper dictionary!

Anyone know the remaining few?

ARMADILLO.

Excellent conor. Another alphabet coming up shortly. Stay tuned ...

The other three were JACTATION, KORNELITE and VIBRASLAP. My sincerest apologies for XEROPHAGY as it appears to not be in the "proper" ODE and im sorry if the other three are not in the latest version either - they probably aren't so let me know! Well done evryone who took part

Ok guys you know the drill. Apologies if its either; been seen on tv, repeated before in this forum or has more than one solution

1. MAZETOILS
2. DORKYHEEL
3. TREATMIXE
4. HOMEEWALL
5. TEACHMECK
6. GARRYPOUT
7. LONGYOATH
8. UREACHTIM
9. BITTERYUM
10. WIDEYFIRM
11. DURINJUNE
12. PHONEDORM
13. CLOUNRANT
14. LEGALFOOD
15. PACESIXER
16. ECHOBOWED
17. BUDEGERMS
18. FIERCEPMT
19. OBOEHOMPH
20. LAVACITEL
21. FIECLAIMS
22. THINBARLY
23. MAKEBIRDS
24. FFROGSPIN
25. CANTQUITE
26. CISSIJUNE

Good luck and have fun again!

jasoncullen wrote:Ok guys you know the drill. Apologies if its either; been seen on tv, repeated before in this forum or has more than one solution

1. MAZETOILS
2. DORKYHEEL
3. TREATMIXE
4. HOMEEWALL
5. TEACHMECK
6. GARRYPOUT
7. LONGYOATH
8. UREACHTIM
9. BITTERYUM
10. WIDEYFIRM
11. DURINJUNE
12. PHONEDORM
13. CLOUNRANT
14. LEGALFOOD
15. PACESIXER
16. ECHOBOWED
17. BUDEGERMS
18. FIERCEPMT
19. OBOEHOMPH
20. LAVACITEL
21. FIECLAIMS
22. THINBARLY
23. MAKEBIRDS
24. FFROGSPIN
25. CANTQUITE
26. CISSIJUNE

Good luck and have fun again!

JUICINESS, XERISPACE, YTTERBIUM, HOMOPHOBE, ENDOMORPH and ANTHOLOGY jump out at me right away.

Got these pretty quickly (well, the ones I've got that is), though I think this lot seems easier on average than the ones from yesterday. Or else I'm just having a lucky night, though I'm stuck on 2 of them. Answers which were already given I've put in brackets:

A - (ANTHOLOGY)
B - BEECHWOOD
C - CHECKMATE
D - DISEMBARK
E - (ENDOMORPH)
F - FACSIMILE
G - GALEFLOOD
H - (HOMOPHOBE)
I - IMPERFECT
J - (JUICINESS)
K - KEYHOLDER
L - LABYRINTH
M - MIDWIFERY
N - NOCTURNAL
O - OFFSPRING
P - PURGATORY
Q - QUITTANCE (?)
R - RHEUMATIC
S - SUBMERGED
T - TAXIMETER
U - UNINJURED
V -
W - WHOLEMEAL
X - (XERISPACE)
Y - (YTTERBIUM)
Z -

I doubt I'd have seen YTTERBIUM, and probably would have taken long enough to get XERISPACE, if I'd seen it.

V is VACILLATE.

SOLMIZATE is another one for S. (Perhaps you were thinking of ZEALOTISM?)

Did ok at that batch. Got 21 in 5 mins. Never heard of GALEFLOOD and VACILLATE but I should have got KEYHOLDER and WHOLEMEAL!

Yes conor, the Z word is zealotism. GALEFLOOD is incorrect . The rest are correct. Anyone know the remaining few?

Could the 'G' possibly be GOODFELLA?

I actually fancy a pizza for tea .

As much as I know this'll sound like a cop-out after the fact, I meant to put the question mark beside GALEFLOOD rather than QUITTANCE. I was initially not certain about QUITTANCE, but soon figured it to be right, while at first I thought GALEFLOOD sounded good, but by the time I'd finished wasn't so sure. In the end I just decided to go with it.

I'm hoping G doesn't turn out be GOODFELLA, since I'd thought about that and rejected it right away.

Unfortunately for you bryan, GOODFELLA is correct. Well done Joseph. Another alphabet will appear in due course

Jason

Myself and Dinos have locked horns and are "expertly" but inadvertantly constructing together conundrum alphabets. Coming soon from myself will be a teatime teaser alphabet so watch this space. Have fun with the next set of 9 letter anagrams (hopefully they are all in the most recent dictionary!)

1. TAMECHICS
2. SHADEFOOL
3. MICEYMAID
4. QUIRECOIL
5. SPECKQUIT
6. GUMONDIRK
7. HOWSILLEY
8. ADURACRAB
9. HOMIPLANE
10. SOURIMONG
11. BARMYOXIL
12. IDUSQURRY
13. TOUCHZECT
14. HAIRYCHER
15. ROPEYTRIP
16. BHANIMIPA
17. RATYPOKEY
18. MAIDGRAPH
19. SOULDEWOO
20. MANYCRAPI
21. MOTHERWAR
22. IMAGEPLEX
23. WAKEYJARL
24. QUITESOUR
25. MOOVYVALT
26. WHORESITE

Again, good luck and have fun

I can see:

01 - CATECHISM
04 - LIQUORICE
05 - QUICKSTEP
13 - ZUCCHETTO (have added the 2nd 'C' in the spelling )
14 - HIERARCHY (have got the I and E the right way round )
16 - AMPHIBIAN
19 - WOODLOUSE
21 - EARTHWORM
23 - JAYWALKER
26 - OTHERWISE

I spotted a few others in addition to those but I have never heard of ZUCCHETO, nice one Joseph.

B - BARRACUDA
D - DIAPHRAGM
F - FALSEHOOD
G - GINORMOUS
I - IMMEDIACY
O- OTHERWISE (WHORESITE is exactly the same way as CT scrambled this word)
P- PROPRIETY
T- TURQUOISE
Y- YELLOWISH

Joseph I have noticed some minor mistakes with some of your words. Double check them

David O'Donnell wrote:I spotted a few others in addition to those but I have never heard of ZUCCHETO, nice one Joseph.

I almost put ZUCCHETTI to begin with . I know I have only put 1 C in my spelling of ZUCCHETTO .

jasoncullen wrote:The word is CATECHISM Joseph

SCHEMATIC is a valid word though, Jason.

David O'Donnell wrote:

jasoncullen wrote:The word is CATECHISM Joseph

SCHEMATIC is a valid word though, Jason.

Here are the unsolved words:

06. GUMONDIRK
09. HOMIPLANE
11. BARMYOXIL
12. IDUSQURRY
17. RATYPOKEY
20. MANYCRAPI
22. IMAGEPLEX
25. MOOVYVALT

The S word must be #12 David.

X is XYLORIMBA.

Bryan Conlan wrote:X is XYLORIMBA.

Thank you Bryan for eliminating 'X' .

I thought #22 was 'X', but because it's not 'X', MEGAPIXEL stood out at me (I hope I have spelt it right ).

Is NEMOPHILA right, or is that capitalised only?

I have to say, this is a rather tough lot. Good job Jason.

Joseph Bolas wrote:

Bryan Conlan wrote:X is XYLORIMBA.

Thank you Bryan for eliminating 'X' .

I thought #22 was 'X', but because it's not 'X', MEGAPIXEL stood out at me (I hope I have spelt it right ).

Good spot. I was nowhere near that one.

K is KARYOTYPE which I only found while I was checking to see if KRAYOTYPE^ is valid.

Yes SCHEMATIC is valid however for this particular alphabet it is CATECHISM. Apologies for the confusion David but I was aware that it was a word!

The ones left to find are:

6. GUMONDIRK
12. IDUSQURRY
20. MANYCRAPI
25. MOOVYVALT

The full answers will be revealed at around 21:00 so the time is ticking....

3 hours 30 mins left...

Any more guesses to the elusive four? I must admit I've never heard of any of them

Here are the solutions to the latest conundrum alphabet.

AMPHIBIAN
BARRACUDA
CATECHISM
DIAPHRAGM
EARTHWORM
FALSEHOOD
GINORMOUS
HIERARCHY
IMMEDIACY
JAYWALKER
KARYOTYPE
LIQUORICE
MEGAPIXEL
NEMOPHILA
OTHERWISE
PROPRIETY
QUICKSTEP
RAPAMYCIN
SURQUIDRY
TURQUOISE
URKINGDOM
VALVOTOMY
XYLORIMBA
WOODLOUSE
YELLOWISH
ZUCCHETTO

Well done everyone who took part I don't blame anyone for not getting the last few in bold type

here's another one guys! Apologies if these have; been seen on tv, repeated in this forum or have more than one solution I think this is a rather difficult one

1. TUGATIGER
2. MAULPARIS
3. CIGARETTS
4. HOOPWRILL
5. POXYCOLDI
6. DANJUICED
7. GOINQUASH
8. ADOZETAPA
9. HURTSLOPE
10. HARDTROOP
11. SHOUTTRIP
12. NITTPROOF
13. RUDEMAINS
14. COCOENGIN
15. APIEVOTED
16. JADECRACK
17. MAMYSHEEP
18. HARRYPOGA
19. AIMONARCH
20. SUNNYEGOS
21. FLINBLODD
22. ALEAKIEMU
23. DAUNTDINE
24. TARACHIRP
25. OUTERKAIN
26. TOONDREAD

Good luck and have fun

Here are my attempts for now JC

2. MAULPARIS = MARSUPIAL
3. CIGARETTS = STRATEGIC
4. HOOPWRILL = WHIRLPOOL
6. DANJUICED = JAUNDICED
8. ADOZETAPA = ZAPATEADO
15. APIEVOTED = VIDEOTAPE
16. JADECRACK = CARJACKED
17. MAMYSHEEP = EMPHYSEMA
19. AIMONARCH = HARMONICA
21. FLINBLODD = BLINDFOLD
23. DAUNTDINE = INUNDATED

All correct so far Joseph

jasoncullen wrote:here's another one guys! Apologies if these have; been seen on tv, repeated in this forum or have more than one solution I think this is a rather difficult one

1. TUGATIGER
2. MAULPARIS
3. CIGARETTS
4. HOOPWRILL
5. POXYCOLDI
6. DANJUICED
7. GOINQUASH
8. ADOZETAPA
9. HURTSLOPE
10. HARDTROOP
11. SHOUTTRIP
12. NITTPROOF
13. RUDEMAINS
14. COCOENGIN
15. APIEVOTED
16. JADECRACK
17. MAMYSHEEP
18. HARRYPOGA
19. AIMONARCH
20. SUNNYEGOS
21. FLINBLODD
22. ALEAKIEMU
23. DAUNTDINE
24. TARACHIRP
25. OUTERKAIN
26. TOONDREAD

Good luck and have fun

After adding to Joseph's efforts I got:

ARTHROPOD
BLINDFOLD
CARJACKED
D
EMPHYSEMA
FOOTPRINT
G
HARMONICA
INUNDATED
JAUNDICED
K
L
MARSUPIAL
N
ONCOGENIC
P
QINGHAOSU
R
STRATEGIC
T
U
VIDEOTAPE
WHIRLPOOL
XYLOPODIC?
YOUNGNESS
ZAPATEADO

The remaining letters are DGKLNOPRTU

Remaining conundrums:

TUGATIGER
HURTSLOPE
SHOUTTRIP
RUDEMAINS
HARRYPOGA
ALEAKIEMU
TARACHIRP
OUTERKAIN
TOONDREAD

LEUKAEMIA, KETONURIA, DEODORANT, PATRIARCH, NURSEMAID.

After racking my brain away at the remaining four I used a solver and I don't think TUGATIGER and HARRYPOGA are valid. Is the latter GYROPHARA? However HURTSLOPE and SHOUTTRIP are 2 excellent conundrums. Keep em coming

Thanks dinos. I have been criticised recently for some of my conundrum words (I'm glad you appreciate them because it takes me over an hour a time to finish an alphabet!) Your suggestion for HARRYPOGA is wrong unfortunately Keep trying

ones left to find;

TUGATIGER
HURTSLOPE
SHOUTTRIP
HARRYPOGA

I am surprised someone hasn't got two of the four remaning conundrums Keep suggestions coming

also dinos' suggestion of XYLOPODIC is incorrect so there are 5 left to unravel!