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Today’s Brain Game is the final one for 2009; we’ll pick up again with new puzzles for the new year. If you’re jonesing for a Brain Game fix at the end of December, feel free to browse those from earlier in the year that you may have missed. In the meantime, here’s a holiday send-off to say thanks to all our readers for playing along this year. Have a great New Year!
Find as many English words as you can of four letters or more in length using the letters in the word:
HOLIDAY
(Use each letter only once.)
Here are 17 words.
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Lido?
posted by David on 12-23-2009 at 8:53 am
yoda & haily possibly.
They are in an online dictionary
posted by Scott on 12-23-2009 at 9:27 am
I almost added “lido,” David – it was on the original list – but the dictionary had it only as a proper name. I’d certainly consider it a good word, though.
And a catchy Boz Scaggs song, too.
posted by Sandy Wood on 12-23-2009 at 9:41 am
Some 5-letter answers:
Daily Idaho Doily
posted by Bryan on 12-23-2009 at 11:36 am
And, of course, you did miss the obvious one: Holiday.
:)
posted by Lugh on 12-23-2009 at 12:18 pm
ahold
Show Spelled Pronunciation [uh-hohld]
–noun 1. Informal. a hold or grasp (often fol. by of): He took ahold of my arm. Grab ahold!
posted by St. James on 12-23-2009 at 1:07 pm
DAHLIA THE FLOWER?
posted by TOM on 12-23-2009 at 1:55 pm
Sorry TOM but holiday only has one “A”.
posted by St. James on 12-23-2009 at 4:05 pm
WELL DUH, MY BAD
posted by TOM on 12-24-2009 at 11:44 am
day
holy
lay
hay
doily
hyoid
hid
laid
load
lad
had
hod
idol
lid
lady
lot
hold
oil
oily
ahoy
daily
dial
hail
old
ail
aid
halo
idly
posted by Rhiannnonn on 12-27-2009 at 8:14 pm