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Stems you've found useful

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:05 pm
by Charlie Reams
GRAB+A = GARBA.

Re: Stems you've found useful

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:21 pm
by James Doohan
TAG+E = GATE

Thats been a game winner for me on several occasions, makes me glad I put the effort in

Re: Stems you've found useful

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:27 pm
by Alec Rivers
MET + S = STEM

Re: Stems you've found useful

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:33 pm
by Jimmy Gough
CELL+S = CELLS

Re: Stems you've found useful

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:42 am
by Kirk Bevins
HATE + C = CHEAT

Re: Stems you've found useful

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:54 am
by Steve Durney
IRK + K = KIRK

Re: Stems you've found useful

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:02 am
by Marc Meakin
TIMELINES + S = TIMELINESS
FLAMING + O = FLAMINGO
UNFAIR + F = FUNFAIR

Re: Stems you've found useful

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:49 pm
by Charlie Reams
Marc Meakin wrote: FLAMING + O = FLAMINGO
*bows*

Re: Stems you've found useful

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:04 pm
by Eoin Monaghan
A+M = AM, amazing I know.

Re: Stems you've found useful

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:29 pm
by David Williams
Charlie Reams wrote:
Marc Meakin wrote: FLAMING + O = FLAMINGO
*bows*
I'm pretty sure I remember Tom Hargreaves explaining to Richard Whiteley that he'd seen MANIFEST, and then . . .

Re: Stems you've found useful

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 5:20 pm
by Howard Somerset
A serious one, unfortunately.

MOUNT+A = AMOUNT

Lost count of the number of times I used to miss this one.

Re: Stems you've found useful

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:11 pm
by Kai Laddiman
Eoin Monaghan wrote:A+M = AM, amazing I know.
MAZING + A =... Dammit, I've forgotten.

Re: Stems you've found useful

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 8:16 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Nonagrams I've found useful...on the theme of Kai's above:

AMAZEING^ (or if you like AMAZING + E) = MAGAZINE.

That's it now for this thread from me, if people beat me by using one of my hints, I'll leave the country.

Re: Stems you've found useful

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:54 pm
by Paul Howe
GAINLESS = GLASSINE
BEESTING = BEIGNETS
SLUTTIER = SURTITLE
PLOCKIEST = STOCKPILE
BONKIEST = STEINBOK
BORKIEST = RIETBOKS

And many more. I use them quite a lot.

Oh, and my favourite, PAULNESS = SPANSULE

Re: Stems you've found useful

Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 12:23 am
by Kirk Bevins
Paul Howe wrote: BEESTING = BEIGNETS
And BEESTINGS is fine as a plural.

Re: Stems you've found useful

Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 2:43 am
by Andrew Hulme
MONKIEST = TOKENISM
DONKIEST = KENDOIST