What is Scrabble?
Scrabble is essentially a word game which can be played by 2-4 players at a given time on a board which comprises a grid of squares in a 15 X 15 format. The squares are assigned different scoring attributes. There are 100 tiles to draw from and players must draw 7 tiles initially and maintain the same number on their racks till they are exhausted. Each tile has a point value attached to it. If all 7 tiles are used in a word an additional 50 points is added to the players score. The goal is to win by scoring more than your opponent. Scrabble is now increasingly played competitively across several countries on the globe and in several languages.
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Thursday 11 January 2018
Monday 8 January 2018
UK Open Scrabble Championship 2018 - day 3
Nigel has won the UK open yet again. Here are some game boards from day 3 of the UK open scrabble championships courtesy Austin Shin:
UK24: L 353-474. He has esses aplenty and can play sind to open triple, gusty 43, boshter b2b to take a 80 lead. He blocks, but my aeration, immediately met by his lagends to seal it 13-11 +1,592 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/cNpEFEiJOt— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018
UK25: W 458-426. His decrier. I get mistrack. His elaterin, but my sondage straight back. I lead by about 60, 2 blanks and 2 esses unseen, i go hunting for them whilst blocking it up. Crucially i pick a blank, his enations, gives me zeroth 68 to win it! 14-11 +1,624 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/lfDT9O83Kp— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018
UK26: W 581-335. Rocketed out of the blocks starting with forages 78, spidery 90, heh 38, girliest 80. His smatters. My unsex 60, outeaten 66 midgame. My viable also extended to inviable for a lucky win! 15-11 +1,870 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/qQoWU3OBLp— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018
UK27: L 403-423. His citrine, my assuage. Suddenly struggle with vowels + all 3 esses and then struggle with too many consonants whilst he bingos with partier. I manage to break out with sarment, leave the E in bag which I needed to win. Can't catch a break 15-12 +1,850 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/6pmYeheKaI— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018
UK28: L 455-528. His araneids, rearose. My viragoes, dihedron. We both had 3 40+ plays midgame, but I'm still a bingo ahead. He gets rosaceas to level, but proceeds to just pick out neckline and avoid all the junk in the bag to win it... unreal 💩 15-13 +1,777 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/R6ZMGFWZTH— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018
UK29: W 586-243. My introit, bowwood (not a bingo). I put an S on and get +5. My unvirtue 65+5, karn 59+5, betoils, and out with bandager. Story of my tourney really, huge wins, but out of luck in many others. Still one more to go 👀 16-13 +2,120 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/j7IaqgoJ27— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018
Here are the final standings from Centrestar:UK30: L 338-432. Pulled out a lead early on but around level after his restful 91. 2 moves later he gets silanes 70, taking all the blanks and esses and i didn't particularly have anything of note. Finished at 16-14 +2,026... and surely an epic rat8ng loss! #scrabble pic.twitter.com/yT8hXu9nFd— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 7, 2018
Rank | Won-Lost | Spread | Class | Player | Last Game |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 25–5 | +2865 | A | Nigel Richards(GM) (A1) | 2W:432-338:A3 |
2 | 22–8 | +779 | A | Vince Boyle (A9) | 1W:542-433:A5 |
3 | 19–11 | +1068 | A | Jeremy Khoo (A2) | 1L:386-510:A30 |
4 | 19–11 | +554 | A | Charles Tachie-Menson (A30) | 2W:510-386:A2 |
5 | 18–12 | +877 | A | Paul Allan(GM) (A4) | 2W:393-363:A8 |
6 | 18–12 | +587 | A | Wayne Kelly(GM) (A6) | 2W:413-381:A11 |
7 | 17–13 | +953 | A | Dipo Akanbi (A8) | 1L:363-393:A4 |
8 | 17–13 | −73 | B | Victoria Kingham (A21) | 1W:466-444:A7 |
9 | 17–13 | −133 | A | Bob Violett(Exp) (A11) | 1L:381-413:A6 |
10 | 16–14 | +2026 | A | Austin Shin(GM) (A3) | 1L:338-432:A1 |
11 | 16–14 | +505 | A | Theresa Brousson(GM) (A7) | 2L:444-466:A21 |
12 | 16–14 | +446 | A | Goutham Jayaraman (A5) | 2L:433-542:A9 |
13 | 16–14 | +275 | B | Ahmed Khan (A15) | 2W:494-302:A10 |
14 | 16–14 | −510 | A | Rafal Dominiczak (A10) | 1L:302-494:A15 |
15 | 15½–14½ | +247 | B | Cecil Muscat (A16) | 1W:419-371:A26 |
16 | 15–15 | +110 | A | Karen Richards (A12) | 2W:483-316:A23 |
17 | 15–15 | −926 | B | Stewart Brodie (A26) | 2L:371-419:A16 |
18 | 14–16 | +384 | A | Ying_Ming Poh (A13) | 1W:540-360:A14 |
19 | 14–16 | −141 | B | Chris Hall (A17) | 2W:443-395:A22 |
20 | 14–16 | −247 | B | Jason Tsang_Wai_Yin (A23) | 1L:316-483:A12 |
21 | 13½–16½ | −297 | A | Nuala O'Rourke (A14) | 2L:360-540:A13 |
22 | 13–17 | −5 | B | Phil Kelly (A20) | 1W:471-375:A28 |
23 | 13–17 | −761 | B | David Shenkin (A25) | 1W:487-344:A19 |
24 | 13–17 | −964 | B | Dave Hoskisson (A22) | 1L:395-443:A17 |
25 | 12–18 | −525 | B | Ruth MacInerney (A24) | 1W:372-315:A27 |
26 | 12–18 | −871 | B | Michael Holligan (A28) | 2L:375-471:A20 |
27 | 12–18 | −1323 | B | Mick Healy (A19) | 2L:344-487:A25 |
28 | 10–20 | −1137 | B | Andrew Eames (A18) | 1W:453-322:A29 |
29 | 9–21 | −969 | B | Tolani Ayo-Awojobi (A27) | 2L:315-372:A24 |
30 | 3–27 | −2794 | B | Esther Kasket (A29) | 2L:322-453:A18 |
Saturday 6 January 2018
UK Open Scrabble Championship 2018 - day 2
Here are some game boards from day 2 of the UK open scrabble championships courtesy Austin Shin:
UK12: 389-442. I started with inedita. Her ostiate. My outsized 101. Low scores for me, high scores for her made it level. 1 tile away from bingoing 4-5 times, my inhalers to empty bag, she outs with ovarian! Her oidia before, very few bingos possible for her🙈 7-5 +961 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/eRc8GAhyho— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK13: L 383-454. His sueding blocked my reached. My salfern, his downrate. My cerusite to go slightly ahead. He gets tumours 75 and I have an unplayable pinball left on my rack. Gotta do better than this... 7-6 +890 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/2KDPLGXFkd— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK14: 532-271. I started with energid, dungaree. He struggled with consonants and clunky tiles throughout. I get on lots of 30-40 point moves and he gets noctuary late on. My entails outplay! Racking up the spread but need the wins now... 8-6 +1,151 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/HKEs6sWXuo— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK15: W 577-397. My overbulk, senting, tylotes, untidier. His dehisced. My chirr blocks his ritornel 9x, so settled for loriner. 2 in bag. Unseen foplings 9x for him would win so I dump Q. Have 3/8 hitting bingo, get it with paleate to go out, he had no bingo 9-6 +1,331 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/soAOVD8PS3— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK15: W 577-397. My overbulk, senting, tylotes, untidier. His dehisced. My chirr blocks his ritornel 9x, so settled for loriner. 2 in bag. Unseen foplings 9x for him would win so I dump Q. Have 3/8 hitting bingo, get it with paleate to go out, he had no bingo 9-6 +1,331 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/soAOVD8PS3— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK16: L 474-527. Missed cosmeas first go! Knew there was something!🙈 My pentised, his figures. Missed ox/oye/xed, played it underneath giving him howlers for 105. I get rarities. Leave both blanks in the bag, his b2b patinas, loiterer. My outplay of dialling 9-7 +1,278 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/1gFWOEf33E— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK17: L 464-508. He starts with gutlike. I don't pick S until 9th turn and by that point he had deterge and marched and goes 204 ahead. I manage to b2b bingo after forking the board with stanine and mantoes and make up some spread at the end 9-8 +1,234 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/JfxZ8fMrqq— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK18: L 382-521. Lucksacked again. Her ibogaine, my rootier. Her double blank b2b bingos unevaded, silence. My sangaree. Her hodja 75 killed it off. Jeez!!! 🙈🙈🙈 9-9 +1,095 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/UOrm4eeiEs— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK19: W 517-349. My elvanite. His drooper* (held didn't challenge), reclines. My aborigen, seating, cabezone for a big win. Gotta get on the comeback trail!! ⬆️ 10-9 +1,263 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/XI7Z4mX0RQ— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK20: W 537-281. One sided game, i start with notedly. He phonies early on and fishes. I get ivories, steding shortly after. Board gets very blocked, but i get retinol to add to the spread pile... live stream next! 11-9 +1,519 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/asRdGeheXy— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK21: W 499-405. My startled. I chickened out of weepies to bingo on move 2. I get myelins 95, unoften b2b! His zirconia 107 made a game of it with him being 50 behind with openings and a blank to come. I block the uric hook and see it out! Dinner now! 12-9 +1,613 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/upuTNGZ4Bq— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
UK22: W 495-316. His pierises. My solicits, rerailed, barneyed +5. He held the blank for a long time and couldn't bingo back as i weight shut the board down! One more tonight! 13-9 +1,792 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/HUx7wcwZBZ— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
Here is Craig's channel on Twitch where you can watch it all liveUK23: L 399-478. His reedier to start. Manage to clear clunky tiles and get jiviest 50, tramline 88 b2b to take a small lead. I pick blank but take some time to bingo and it's now level. He gets postern. My overren, but he bingos back with motiles 90! 👀🙈 13-10 +1,713 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/s6rZhTnxSw— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 6, 2018
Friday 5 January 2018
UK Open 2018 - day 1
Here are some game boards from day 1 of the UK open scrabble championships courtesy Austin Shin:
UK1: L 357-471. Couldn't get going as he gets unprized, ibogaine, sanitate. Not much going on here as I couldn't bingo though could still win if his final bingo didn't land and I could get one myself 0-1 -114 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/uLV0HxNADH— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
UK2: L 428-559. He had 415 after first 6 moves, crucially failed to challenge precavas* 🙈 which may have stopped him in his tracks. Really bad error and now find myself at 0-2 -245. Still 28 to go at least! #scrabble pic.twitter.com/KHoak74WAE— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
UK3: W 525-305. His interne met by my waif 70. I get down the natural boothose (29k probability!) for 76+5! Block it up and then get billets for a big win! Finally off the mark! 1-2 -25 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/Yq53HEWg2t— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
UK4: W 581-276. Lucky game! My epitheca +5, tolanes, uprisen, plus kiter 62 and lots of 30-40 point plays gave me lots of spread. She doubted zoonite/za (thought only zoolite is good) for 123!! Phew!! 👀👀👀 even my out play of acedia 40 was lucky! 2-2 +285 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/loh9c14qMI— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
UK5: W 599-356. His ideation, I slot oreides totally parallel! His healing put him ahead midgame but I started hitting a rhythm. Extras 58, epilating 90, kufi 39+5, twa 30, spigots 95 for another big win! 3-2 +528 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/Rd6lFOYZ6L— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
UK6: W 537-376. My sticker, shariat, tailard, and then sweatily and geraniols b2b for a big win! On the live stream next against Ghana's Charles Tachie Menson! 4-2 +689 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/DCuAerkmkC— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
UK7: L 395-462. Live stream! He was 205 ahead after frescoed, sedatest and me struggling. I get palling 70, archfoe 111 b2b to get back in it! Close to bingo at the end but couldn't land onto my IO set up for the S in the bottom right even though isolead fit in 4-3 +612 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/WNU1uJBThP— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
UK8: W 494-329. Had lairise on move 2 but couldn't land. Held riders? and played desirably onto ably keeping r?. Her stunting. Even after my shariat, but she stops scoring and my next 6 turns were 4 40 pt moves, 33, zupa 75 for a big win! 5-3 +777 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/FgpbXxvsdu— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
UK9: W 379-314. He phonies with dracons*, gets anchored next turn. I catch up and then get isobare to go a bingo up! Set myself up for the st-y hook whilst blocking the bingo lane and managed to hold on! Dinner now, I'm on the live stream next at 9pm UK time! 6-3 +847 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/YBMwRcf8Vf— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
UK10: W 551-304. Live stream! My yearded, roister, nartjies. His direness. He phonies twice so i win big! 7-3 +1,094 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/r8SgLEDCRI— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
Here is the enhanced scoreboard from the coverage on centrestar.UK11: L 418-498. His azide 80, breathes 76, qi 45, polonise 92, jolted 50, 5 moves in a row put him 240 ahead! I needed to get creative quick: ironism* 83, and anergias 80 to get to within 100 but ran out of time 🙈 could've been much worse! End of day 1: 7-4 +1,014 #scrabble pic.twitter.com/CbN5UcJRKd— Austin Shin (@austinho9) January 5, 2018
Wednesday 20 December 2017
Tuesday 28 November 2017
World Youth Scrabble Championships 2017
Here are some recorded games from the ongoing world youth scrabble championships in Malaysia as broadcasted by Akkarapol Kwansak:
Wednesday 8 November 2017
Sunday 5 November 2017
Capgemini International Scrabble Tournament 2018
Capgemini, in association with Karnataka State Scrabble Association (KSSA), is proud to announce the 14th International Scrabble Tournament to be held in Capgemini (IGATE) campus in Bangalore from January 11 - 14, 2018.
Capgemini tourney is bigger and better in 2018! The total prize pool money is over 16,500 USD! Special feature: Four divisions and increased prizes!
Date:
January 11, 12, 13 and 14, 2018 (Division A and Division B)
January 11, 12 and 13, 2018 (Division C)
January 12 and 13, 2018 (Division D or Newbie Division)
Venue: Capgemini Campus, Bangalore.
Address: 158-162 (P) & 165 – 170(P), EPIP Phase II, Whitefield, Bangalore 560 066.
A Division
1st prize – Rs.3,25,000
2nd prize – Rs.1, 60,000
3rd prize – Rs. 90,000
4th prize – Rs. 45,000
5th prize – Rs. 30,000
6th prize – Rs. 25,000
7th prize – Rs. 20,000
8th prize – Rs. 15,000
9th prize – Rs. 12,000
10th prize – Rs. 10,000
Three ratings band prizes of Rs.2,000 each (slab to be announced later)
Entry fee: US $ 100
B Division (Eligibility-WESPA rating 1399 and below)
1st prize – Rs. 55,000
2nd prize – Rs. 40,000
3rd prize – Rs. 30,000
4th prize – Rs. 25,000
5th prize – Rs. 15,000
6th prize – Rs. 12,000
7th prize – Rs. 8,000
8th prize – Rs. 7,000
9th prize – Rs. 6,000
10th prize – Rs.5,000
Three ratings band prizes of Rs.2,000 each (slab to be announced later)
Entry fee: US $ 50
*Several more exciting special prizes including bingo prizes and spot prizes.
Late Registration: Entries sent in after January 1, 2018, will have to pay Rs.500 extra.
C Division (Eligibility rating 999 and below)
1st prize – Rs. 10,000
2nd prize – Rs. 9,000
3rd prize – Rs. 8,000
4th prize – Rs. 7,000
5th prize – Rs. 6,000
6th prize – Rs. 5,000
7th prize – Rs. 4,000
8th prize – Rs. 3,000
Three ratings band prizes of Rs.2,000 each (slab to be announced later)
Entry Fee: Rs, 1,500 or equivalent in USD
(This division is subject to sufficient registrations or Players will be merged with B division and prize money distributed between A and B divisions)
D Division (Eligibility-Newbies to tournaments)
Prizes to be announced later. (This division is subject to sufficient registrations.)
Entry fee: Rs. 1,000.
Registration: Contact Radhika Mahalingaiah - spica57@yahoo.com
Please note that prize money is subject to tax deduction at source as applicable.
Format:
A maximum of 34 games of 50 minutes each will be played over four days (A and B divisions).
A maximum of 24 games of 50 minutes each will be played over three days (C division)
A maximum of 15 games of 50 minutes each will be played over two days (D/Newbie division)
Word source will be the latest Collins Scrabble Tournament and Club Word List 2015.
Challenge: 5-point penalty per word, the player does not lose turn.
Schedule:
Thursday, January 11, 2018 (Division A, B and C)
8.30- 9 am- Registration
9.00 am - 9.30 am-Inauguration and draw.
9.30 am - First Game
eight/nine games to be played during the day.
9.30 am - First Game
eight/nine games to be played during the day.
Games will continue on the subsequent days.
Breakfast, lunch and snacks will be provided on all four days of the tournament.
Entry fee: The tournament is conducted by KSSA who will collect the entry fee. The association promotes competitive scrabble in Karnataka and in association with the Scrabble Association of India the rest of the country as well. Entry fee can be paid on the day of the tournament.
Note: Please remember to get the following details. Winners have to furnish the details as the prize money will be transferred directly to their bank account:
1. Name of the Bank
2. Account Number
3. Name of the beneficiary
4. Bank swift code for wire transfer
5. Email address
6. Your postal address
7. Your telephone number
Here is the final list of participants:
Premier Division
1. Nigel Richards - 2206
2. Thacha Koowirat - 2041
3. Jakkrit Klaphajone - 1959
4. Akkarapol Kwhansak - 1890
5. Gerry Carter - 1754
6. Mark Nyman - 2053
7. Ganesh Asirvatham – 2324
8. Hubert Wee - 1965
9. Marlon Prudencio - 1731
10. Toh Weibin - 2039
11. Tony Sim - 1631
12. Goutham Jayaraman - 1924
13. Anand Buddhdev - 1618
14. Karen Richards - 1479
15. Jenny Brysha - 1227
16. Suthiraphan Assarat - 1447
17. Yannakit Sirisup - 1514
18. Irfan Siddiqui -1720
19. Sanath Hemachandra - 1347
20. Jayaska Baranage - 1647
21. Indunil Amarasinghe - 1592
22. Janul de Silva - 1506
23. Prashanth Seetharam - 1556
24. Mohan Chunkath - 1711
25. Ranganathan Chakravarthy - 1866
26. Varisht Hingorani - 1662
27. Sherwin Rodrigues - 1970
28. Nakul Prabhu - 1713
29. Bhushan Pradhan - 1279
30. Carolann Pais - 1534
31. Jose de Abreu - 1621
32. Udayan Grover - 1854
33. Charles Carneiro - 1464
34. Pramit Kamath - 1556
35. Sunny Bhatia - 1384
36. Shaikh Ahmed - 1455
37. Sanjoy Gupta - 1603
38. Rajveer Rawlin - 1494
39. Eeshan Malhotra - 1248
40. Vraj Jain - 1267
B Division
1. Rohaina Tanveer - 1105
2. Junaid Ziaee (Kuwait)
3. Mazher Qureshi - 1223
4. Wimal Fernando - 1114
5. Praveeni Jayasekara - 1216
6. Gayanath Chandrasena - 1132
7. Lalantha Amarasinghe - 825
8. Priya Fernando - 1360
9. Diyath Visidagamage - 931
10. Farida Akbarally - 1052
11. Nabena B Hamalatha - 824
12. Seshi Ramanathan - 1195
13. Zeenath Ariff - 1098
14. Shafique Ahmed - 856
15. Anthony Gomez - 1060
16. Baldip Kaur - 695
17. Kaveri Raviraj – 970
18. Patrick Pereira - 1038
19. Sumeet Sachdev - 881
20. Vedika Hingorani - 812
21. Rehet Singh Bhatia - 796
22. Ritu Chadha - 592
23. Nikheel Ruparel - 995
24. Kala Ganesh - 992
25. Rahil Parkar - 1169
26. Srushti Gandhi (Mumbai)
27. Krtin Juneja - 806
28. Rekha Sanzgiri - 812
29. Aruna Grover - 656
30. Mangala Bhandarkar - 1235
31. Amit Sood (Pune)
32. Nidhi Singhvi - 1281
33. Hyder Quraishi -1019
34. Sridhar Paidikondala - 1021
35. Rajeev Menon - 898
36. Swagat Nukala - 366
37. Sudhir Kamath - 1289
38. Surabhi - 300
39. Asha Namdev Kamath - 585
40. Rajiv Antao - 1167
41. Joe Rodrigues - 1060
42. Jackie Fernandes - 1326
43. Arindam Basu - 844
44. Manju Sood - 1389
45. Lennie D’Souza - 1116
46. Cecil Fernandes - 1316
47. Marie Fernandes - 1165
48. Nupur Sood - 1055
49. Saraswathi Rammanohar - 905
50. R Nalini - 1124
51. Dipankar Chatterjee - 1147
52. Hemanth Achaya - 696
53. Vinod Raman - 1040
54. Abid Hussainsa (Bangalore)
55. Shankar Prasad - 726
56. Pankaj Bolaki
C Division:
1. Sylvia Coelho - 627
2. Rahul Sridharan - 614
3. Percy Fernando - 657
4. PM Firdhouse - 633
5. Srikar Raghavan - 652
6. Madhav Gopal Kamath - 764
7. Meena Kalyan - 788
8. Ayush Bhatia - 588
9. Suchindra Potnis - 694
10. Shubha S - 799
11. Neelam Agrawal - 853
12. Arvind Lath - 904
13. Sudharsha Subbiah - 647
14. Josh -
15. Shailaja Nadig – 781
16. Abdul Waheed Belgaumi - 907
17. Gautham M Taranath -
18. Sriya Ganesh Aiyer –
19. Akhilesh Balachandder -
20. Vignesh Kumar - 300
21. Ganesh Ram - 885
22. Varun Elangovan - 802
23. Pandian Srinivasan - 768
24. Anand Radhakrishnan - 785
D Division (Newbie)
1. Nida Tanveer - 300
2. KS Yamuna
3. Sankaran Iyer
4. Archana Aggarwal
5. Joseph Tharun
6. Suyash Manchali
7. Abhijit Shilotri
8. Danish Shehna
9. Sunitha Singh
10. Dhananjay Diwanji
11. Dhruv Kamath - 300
12. Joann DeSousa
13. Roopa Dsilva
14. Jayashree Nagaraj - 573
15. Parvathi Annamalai
16. Anuj Shetty
17. Radha Iyer
18. Sian Virani
19. Shekar Viswanathan
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Waivode, Waiwode, Woiwode, Voivode - An army leader
Cagouls, Cagoules, Kagouls, Kagoules, Kagools - An anorak
Eulachan, Eulachon, Oulachon, Oulakan, Oolakan, Ulikon - A candlefish
Kiester, Keister, Hurdies, Patootie - The Buttocks
Didakei, didakai, Diddicoy, Didicoi, Didicoy - A Tinker
Cabala, Cabbala, Kabala, Kabbala, Kabbalah, Qabala, Qabalah - a Jewish doctrine
Yoghurt, Yaourt, Yogurt, Yoghourt - A type of curd
Narwal, Narwhal, Narwhale - An Arctic aquatic mammal
Lekythus, Lecythus, Lekythos - An ancient oil Jar
Germen, Germain, Germaine, Germin - Something that serves as an origin
Filemot, Philomot, Philamot - A dull brown shade
keblah, Kibla, Kiblah, Qibla - The direction muslims face while praying
Litchi, Lichi, Lychee, Lichee - A fruit
Poursue, Pursue, Persue, Poursew Pursew - To follow
Pummelo, Shaddock, Pompelo - A citrus fruit
Repreeve, Reprive, Repryve - To delay
Baklava, Baklawa, Baclava - A middle eastern desert
Nilgai, Nilgau, Nilghai, Nilghau, Nylghai, Nylghau - a large antelope
Cassina, Cassene, Cassine, Cassena - an evergreen tree
Narghile, Narghily, Nargile, Nargileh, Nargily - a hookah
Dirdam, Dirdum, Durdum - uproar
Shechita, Shehitah, Shehita - krosher killing of animals
Mezuzot, Mezuzoth, Mezuzah, Mezuza - a Jewish scroll
Combo Words of Two Words that are Good Both Ways
Bedrail - Railbed
Dovering - Ringdove
Hangover - Overhang
Turnover - Overturn
Runover - Overrun
Roadside - Sideroad
Outburn - Burnout
Woodworm - Wormwood
Linecut - Cutline
Outpass - Passout
Outspeak - Speakout
Comedown - Downcome
Upclose - Closeup
Outback - Backout
Pinhead - Headpin
Mateship - Shipmate
Cutover - Overcut
Upstart - Startup
Outshoot - Shootout
Overwing - Wingover
Fantail - Tailfan
Common Words with Not so common Anagrams
Tailors - Oralist, Rialtos, Sliotar
Almonds - Dolmans
Mustard - Durmast
Stadium - Dumaist
Romance - Cremona
Cauldron - Crunodal
Acolyte - Cotylae
Cilantro - Contrail
Decagon - Congaed
Ethical - Alethic
Strongly - Strongyl
Ungrazed - Gazunder
Expires - Prexies
Detangle - Danegelt
Teardown - Danewort
Erasions - Sensoria
Innovate - Venation
Inundate - Antidune
Invocate - Conative
Antidote - Tetanoid
Liaises - Silesia
Coalise - Celosia
Isotherm - Moithers
Heroism - Moreish
Sedation - Astonied
Marries - Simarre
Tsunami - Manitus, Santimu
Cheerio - Echoier
Those Handy Pyramid Words!
Pyramid words are words which start at 2 letters but can be extended to 7 letters and beyond. For example take the word loofahs, we start with lo, next we get to loo, followed by loof, loofa, loofah and loofahs. Thus by knowing loofahs we get to know a total of 6 words. Other examples include:
Abasers, Amenders, Amusers, Barbers, Bingers, Chained,
Chiasmal, Daledhs, Divests, Erasers, Fasties, Godsons, Hookahs, Jambees, Jamboks, Kaingas, Kinases, Lapsers, Maliced, Mentors, Nursery, Parkiest, Poleyns, Reeders, Reposes, Singers, Skaters,Tapetis, Teasers, Ureases, and Woosells.
There are some reverse pyramid words too. Take the word drooped for example, we start with ed, then ped, then oped, then ooped, rooped and finally drooped.Other examples include:
Aemules, Afeared, Borates, Cleared, Demures, Escapes, Glaired, Hamates, Lemures, Mananas, Penates, Retapes, Scraped, Testates, Upreach, Vacates, Whooped, Yslaked and Zananas.