WORD GAMES CLUB

FRESHIES WHAT’S THE GOOD WORD

PRELIMS

Team Name:

Member 1 Member 2
Name: Name:
Hostel / Room: Hostel / Room:
Contact Number: Contact Number:
Rules:
1. Please write your names, hostels and contact details above (both team members)
2. Time: 60 minutes (1 hour)
3. Put your hand up if you need clarifications, and a coordinator will assist you with
whatever you need to do.
4. Have fun!
 1. FRESCORER (8*2 + 5):
Find the three letters that make two words: one each with the letters preceding
and succeeding the blanks.
1. Man _ _ _ bil
2. Ty _ _ _ lar
3. Spo _ _ _ ful
4. Pon _ _ _ ide
5. Sp _ _ _ ine
6. Wai _ _ _ dant
7. Coi _ _ _ eid
8. Int _ _ _ fold

2. Spoonerisms (3*5 + 5)
Swap two syllables in one phrase to give the other one.
1. Roald’s Poultry (5,8) | Victorian Writer (7,7)
2. Jacuzzi (3,3) | Maternity Ward (3,3)
3. Bow down (3,3) | Surrender (3,2)
4. Wandering groups (7,5) | Tiny aves (12)
5. Coarse Opinion (5,4) | Strong Garden Tool (5,4)

3. XYZs (9*2 + 5)
9 words in total, with their definition given next to them. All of them share three
unknown letters (denoted by XYZ) in the same order.
1. X Y Z _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Paraffins)
2. _ X Y Z _ _ _ _ _ _ (A deep cut)
3. _ _ X Y Z _ _ _ _ _ (Reconciliator)
4. _ _ _ X Y Z _ _ _ _ (Contiguous)
5. _ _ _ _ X Y Z _ _ _ (Clumsy)
6. _ _ _ _ _X Y Z _ _ (Self-Approving)
7. _ _ _ _ _ _ X Y Z _ (Emerge again)
8. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ X Y Z (Electronic Medium)
9. Z _ _ _ _ _ _ _ X Y (Self Centered Person)
10. Y Z _ _ _ _ _ _ X (part of the brain [plural])
4. Homophones (2*5+3) :
Fill in the pairs of blanks in the sentence with words that are homophones of
each other. No part points for getting only one blank out of two.

1. Ever since the restaurant owner treated those _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (8) to a

meal, his _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) started going through the roof.
2. When Orpheus turned back, breaking his promise; he was punished for
being a _ _ _ _ (4), having his favourite _ _ _ _ (4) torn from his hands.
3. When visited by the enlistment officer, the vagabond decided he would
beg for _ _ _ _ (4) no longer and take up _ _ _ _ (4) instead.
4. While being in the lead for the first 10 _ _ _ _ (4) of the race, a momentary
_ _ _ _ _ (5) in judgement pushed Vettel to second.
5. It was truly pointless being the _ _ _ _ _ (5) of the godforsaken land,
which was _ _ _ _ _ _ (6) all year round.

5. Addagrams (3*6+4)
Fill in the blanks. Each word of length x is made up of the same letters as the
word of length x-1 + one more letter. That is, the 4-letter word will be an
anagram of the 3-letter word plus another letter (eg. ale, leap, plead, plated
and so on). Your job is to find all the words.

When Karthi challenged Tejas to a game of _ _ _ _ _ (5), he didn’t expect to

lose, because he’d mastered the _ _ _ (3) of the game. He knew even if Tejas
tried his _ _ _ _ _ _ (7), he couldn’t be the _ _ _ _ (4) that he was at the game.
Unsurprisingly though, on viewing the message written on _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (8)
paper, Tejas _ _ _ _ _ _ (6) at it for a second before tossing it in the bin and
carrying on with his convenor duties.
 6. Word Square (3*6 + 5):
 6 words: n-th word written in the n-th row and n-th column, across and down
 

1.     SI Unit (6)

2.     Spry (6)

3.     Junctures (6)

4.     Cubans or Bolivars, say? (6)

5.     Against (6)

6.      Mitigate (6)

 
6. Rotagram (13 or nothing): 
Rotate each row separately, so when arranged they spell out 4 13
letter words.
 

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8. Rebus Puzzles! (5*2+3)