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#88333 09/13/03 06:43 PM
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Yes. This thread.


"...the old cattle rancher who died and left his three boys to carry on. The ranch was renamed "Focus"--and why would that be? "


It's JH's riddle, not mine; I'll let him post the answer if he wants to.


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Because...
that's where the sons raise meat.


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Poke me with a fork...I'm done


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A start -

cowl, crease, dart, erase, farce, faro, frame, fret, from, hoar, holies, howl, lime, lore, mare, mart, recoil, roads, safer, smart, trams, treads, trow, whilom, whoa, whom, worms, wort





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Add

armies, smear, farms, recto, meads, mesa, corms, tease


armies, corms, cowl, crease, erase, farce, farms, faro, frame, fret, hoar, holies, howl, mart, meads, mesa, recoil, recto, roads, safer, smart, smear, tease, trams, treads, trow, whilom, whoa, whom, worms, wort





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so one can use letters that are diagonal to each other?


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Erm--I PM'd mine; couldn't figure any other way to stop poaching. Yes, diagonals are allowed. For ex.,

S E
A T

can be set, sea, seat, eat, eats, ate, sat, tea, or teas.

Hmm--think I'll copy that over to the original thread, just in case.


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...or east, or sate, or even seta. A versatile set of letters, that.


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armies, corms, cowl, crease, erase, farce, farms, faro, frame, fret, glioma, hoar, holies, howl, mart, meads, mesa, recoil, recto, roads, safer, smart, smear, tease, trams, treads, trow, whilom, whoa, whom, worms, wort




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R E L A
P O C T
A D U S
K I Y E

NINE: kein

eight-letter words: products

Seven-letter words: preload, produce

Six-letter words: ductal, locust, recuse, repaid, staler
(French)epouse

Five letter words: adore, clout, douse, eclat, locus, louse, roues, rouse, proud, score, scout, study


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