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A good friend of mine introduced me to a way to make boring business meetings go a little faster.
Pick any word from the briefing, newspaper, imagination, etc. Then see how many other words you can make using some or all of the letters in that word.
For example: "network" can be used to form "tenor", "token", etc.
Try your intelligence on "intelligence". How many words of length 4-12 letters can you find? As a goal, I've found 21(4), 13(5), 12(6), 9(7), 1 (8) and 1 (9) letter words. Only a few are real "scrabble" words.
This is a real fun game when worked with pen and paper.
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Submitted by Bob Smith
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Rating: 2.0000 (2 votes)
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This was my list, though others found more. Great job!
4 letter words
cell cent cite gene gent gill gilt glee glen lice lien lilt line ling
lint nice nine tell tile till tine
5 letter words
cling elect elite genie glint icing ingle inlet licit liege linen niece
tinge
6 letter words
client elicit engine entice gentle ignite incite lentil lining linnet
lintel tingle
7 letter words
ceiling genetic genteel gentile incline lenient lignite neglect telling
8 letter words
enceinte
9 letter words
clientele |
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