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Thirteen Words (Posted on 2003-03-19) Difficulty: 5 of 5
List 13 words such that the first contains an anagram of the word ONE, the second contains an anagram of the word TWO, etc. The anagrammed words cannot be directly in the containing word, so that while "ounce", "sonnet" and "enough" are good for "one"; "gone" and "toner" are not.

Each letter of the alphabet is to be used once as either a first or last letter in one of the thirteen words

Try to use common short words. There's at least one solution with a total of 93 letters.

See The Solution Submitted by Charlie    
Rating: 3.6000 (5 votes)

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Solution A Solution - 127 letters | Comment 11 of 14 |
1. zymogen
2. breathwork
3. perithelium
4. fluoric
5. justificative
6. xis
7. vitrescent
8. retching
9. incontinentia
10. quattrocento
11. leavened
12. wavelength
13. unthreateningly

Thanks go to Oxford English Dictionary and OneLook (afen.onelook.com).

Now the challenge is to do it with short common words and less than 93 letters.
  Posted by fwaff on 2003-03-21 05:45:41
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