Variants
Variant: Spoilage
Rules
Spoilage is an extreme variant that is mostly intended for fun.
Letters round: The selection contains between two and four letters, and players must attempt to find the longest word containing those letters in that order (not necessarily consecutively). For example, with the selection ABS, the best answer would be ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM. If there is no such word, players must use as many of the letters as they can (beginning with the first one in the selection, and proceeding to the right).
Numbers round: Between four and six large numbers must be chosen, and these can be anything between 100 and 999 inclusive; the small numbers are 1 to 10 without duplicates. The target is anything from 1000 to 9999.
Conundrum: The player must find the unique 12-letter word containing the given letters in the order they appear. For example, for the conundrum EIETLI the solution is SEMIMETALLIC.
Spoilage formats
- Spoilage
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