One attraction of county fairs is that they continue decades-old traditions like the judging of canned beans (jarred, really) and quirky pigeons. Among the displays from the various granges at our county fair, I found this fair smile:
Who wouldn’t want to type, with such a happy-looking machine?
P.S. I’m still not sure what a grange is.
I didn’t add as many words to my initial list as I thought I would.
Here are my 23 words that contain the consonants NT in that order, and no others: aint, annuity, ant, ante, anti, aunt, auntie, innate, into, natty, neat, net, nit, not, note, nut, nutty, oint, onto, unit, unity, untie, and unto. Obscure / questionable words include: neato, nite, and nyet.
We have been watching The Lord of the Rings lately, with those excellent creatures, the Ents. I was sure I had published this letter combination already, but apparently I haven’t.
How many uncapitalized words can you think of that contain only the consonants NT, in that order, and no others? (Ent, sadly, would not count, because of the capitalization.) For full rules, see the link at the upper right.
I have a list of 21 words just off the top of my head. I expect to have about 30 by Wednesday, when I’ll post the answers.
My final list has 15 words: auburn, bairn, barn, baron, barren, born, boron, brain, brainy, bran, braun, brine, briny, bruin, and burn.
Some obscure words that fit the rules include breen (a brownish green, honest!), burin (a steel rod), and bourn.
Also, here are six names that use only the consonants B, R, and N, in that order: Barney, Bernie, Brenna, Brian, Brianna, and Bruno. Then there’s Borneo and Brunei.
Today’s letters for Constant Consonants are BRN. How many non-capitalized words can you think of that contain those letters, in order, and no other consonants? You may insert vowels anywhere you like. For full rules, see the link at the upper right.
On a first pass, I have 13 words. I expect to have about 18 by Wednesday, when I’ll post the results. As a sub-puzzle, see how many proper names you can think of that fit the rules.
Good luck!
It’s still travel season, so here’s a seasonal smile:
Enjoy the rest of your summer!
My list of Constant Consonants for the letter RR has only 10 words: airier, arrear, aurora, eerier, error, rare, rear, roar, ruer, and ryer. Strangely, oarer (one who uses an oar) doesn’t show up in the dictionary, but oarier (more like an oar) does.
I also found only 10 phrases that fit the pattern R__ and R__: Rack and ruin, rant and rave, rest and relaxation, rhythm and rhyme (dubious), rise and run, risk and reward (and risk and return), rock and roll, rough and ready, and rules and regulations. There’s a comic strip called Red and Rover, but I’m not sure how widely known it is.
How many non-capitalized words can you think of that use only the two consonants RR? You may use as many vowels as you like, in any positions, but you must have two, and only two, Rs. For complete rules, see the link at the upper right.
I will post my list on Wednesday. I don’t think I’ll have many more than 10 words.
Late-day edit: Because the list I’m coming up with for Wednesday is not very long or very interesting, I’m going to add a second RR puzzle to this week:
How many two-word phrases that fit the format “R___ and R___” can you think of? Rest and Relaxation was the phrase that came to my mind first. I’ll list my R and R answers on Wednesday as well.
I was so excited when my office had a new telephone system installed …
It made me smile.
