Phoenix - 2 to the power of 5

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:23 am

as you can see i'm a very slow typist.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:04 pm

right a words Q. can you think of a word which begins with two consecutive letters of the alphabet? (vwls aren't allowed in the first two letters)

examples GHEE, KLUTZ, STOOL (all other ST words are DQed), XYLOPHONE

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:15 pm

hmmmm... nice question.

BC ....nope
CD ....nope
FG .... for god's sake.... nope
GH ... gherkin! ghost! ghastly! ghoulies!
KL ... damn. Klutz was all I knew... Klingon? Klos (ex-Rangers keeper)
LM ... nope
MN ... mnemonic
PQ, QR, RS .. nope, nope, and... nope
VW ... nope
WX ... nope
XY ... Xyloglyphics
YZ ... nope. Although ZYXOMMA is an Indian dragonfly. Do I get any marks for that?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:24 pm

good spot MNEMONIC you got pretty much all of them, GH~ works with surprisingly many, and there are one or two other KL~s klaxon, kleptomania and klystron (?)

also the last word allowable on WU is ZYZZYVAS.
all yours YE.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:37 pm

What in the blue blazes does ZYZZYVAS mean?

Which country has the highest rate of HIV in the world? (about 40% of the population)

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:46 pm

ZYZZYVAS are some kind of creepy crawly.

i feel another trek round africa coming on. i'll start with

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:55 pm

Tell me that's not Yemen / Oman again

Only asked this question, cos I've just read the king of his country has just taken his 14th wife and is in the middle of building a huge palace for her. He spent 1/4 of his country's national budget on a jet airplane for himself. Meanwhile, the average age of a male citizen is 32... you'd already be dead UP.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:04 pm

how rude. i'm only 27.
aha i think i've read about this could it be swaziland?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:08 pm

Yes. Swaziland it is...

Back to you, O Mysterious One.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:32 pm

ta.
sorry if this has been asked before:

what is the longest word spelt in alphabetical order?
e.g. begin would be okay began would not

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:49 pm

a clue:

it is seven letters long and has a double letter.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:50 pm

are you allowed double-letters?

abcess is the best I can think of, and it's rubbish.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:55 pm

abcess is good for six but suzi dent has spotted a couple of sevens. there are quite a few sixes but only two 7s afaik.

i have disallowed aegilops because it is a scrabble word.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:57 pm

Go Cardinal Go Cardinal

Accepts

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:02 pm

erm, my dictionary puts S before T.
clue: it starts with B