Bowl-A-Grams / Hint
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07/29/14 10:21 AM
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Similar to bowling, Bowl-A-Grams is made up of 10 "frames". In each frame you're provided with ten letters. Award yourself a strike (20 points) if you can unscramble a ten letter word. Award yourself a spare (10 points) if you can unscramble two words using all ten letters. However, you can't split your ten letter answer to make the two words. As an example, if your ten letter word worked out to be "forecaster" you can't use "fore" and "caster" as your spare words. A perfect score, as in bowling, is 300 points. You can do this on your own and see if you can get a perfect score or you can post an answer one frame at a time with one post in the first 24 hour period. When posting a frame answer, please provide the ten letter word for the strike and the two spare words. See the puzzle STILL TO SOLVE: Finished
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Re: Bowl-A-Grams
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07/29/14 10:47 AM
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2. trespasser rest spares
Gail
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07/29/14 03:47 PM
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4. bookbinder / brooked bin also (spoilered due to marginally PG rated)
Bob As I've grown older, I've found that my memory is not as good as I used to think it was.
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07/31/14 08:16 AM
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Good solves to you both. Michele That was a tough one. I found this puzzle in a 1976 edition of Dell Crosswords. I like to solve any puzzles that I find before I post something and I struggled with this one. I stumbled on the answer. I was working on another puzzle that had the word "patriot" in it and a light bulb popped up! I don't think I would have figured it out if it hadn't been for that.
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07/31/14 08:28 AM
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Toughie it was, Cue. Struggled with many possibilities before I found the magic bullet. Thanx for the mental overdrive. _________________________________ Michele
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07/31/14 09:36 AM
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On some of these, such as #7 "bombadier", as I solved the two word spare portion I got a clue for the 10 letter word.
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08/01/14 08:51 AM
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That's a hoot, Bob We've had a lotterain here lately too! Nice finish.
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