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- From: idx009@cck.coventry.ac.uk (the Crisco Kid)
- Subject: Re: scrabble boredom
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- References: <1992Nov5.073532.27523@news.eng.convex.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 15:35:41 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov5.073532.27523@news.eng.convex.com> tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes:
- >Looking at a scrabble board you see funny things... like
- >the fact that "debugger" and "begrudge" are but rearrangements
- >of each other.
- >
- >Trivia question: which set of letters has FIVE distinct words
- >associated with it? Can any find MORE than one of these?
- >I have 16 FOURS, and but one FIVE?
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- [AEMST], which generates MATES, MEATS, STEAM, TAMES, and TEAMS.
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