Word Game – Typos

This is a very easy game – I will give you both the clue and the answer, but the clue will have a ‘typo’ in it, ie: a wrongly spelt word. Your answer should be the corrected word. Example: Sight wood: Balsa – the answer will beLIGHT as the clue should read ‘Light wood’

• Rise up against the lad = rebel
• White on a keyboard = type
• Cat’s trunk = boot
• Player’s end = amen
• Oil used in cooling = olive
• Criminal bang = mob
• Vehicle for marrying many people = bus
• bouncy stack = pogo
• Silk container = bottle
• One who has mastered a skull = expert

see comments for solutions

Useless Trivia

Here is a selection of useless trivia – you never know when you may need or want it!!!

• In Iceland, tipping in a restaurant is an insult
• A violin is made using approximately 70 separate pieces of wood
• A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, but in flight is a skein
• A ‘jiffy’ is an actual measurement of time: 1/100th of a second
• The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds
• A mole can dig a tunnel 300ft long in one night
• The state of Florida is bigger than England
• A sneeze travels out of your body at over 100mph
• Slugs have 4 noses
• A man named Charles Osborne had hiccups for 69 years
• Fingernails grown nearly 4 times faster than toenails
• In the English language, the word ’set’ has the most definitions (17)

Word Game – Trivia

10 trivia questions with multiple choice answers.

1. In Thunderbirds, which vehicle does Gordon Tracy pilot?
   • Thunderbird 1
   • Thunderbird 3
   • Thunderbird 4
2. What is a diaphone more commonly known as?
   • Foghorn
   • Megaphone
   • Hearing Aid
3. What was Elvis Presley’s first UK hit single?
   • Wooden Heart
   • Heartbreak Hotel
   • Jailhouse Rock
4. Which West End musical features the songs of Queen?
   • We are the Champions
   • A Kind of Magic
   • We will Rock You
5. Which Spanish airport would you land at to stay in Benidorm?
   • Gerona
   • Alicante
   • Murcia
6. What colour is the hottest chilli pepper?
   • Red
   • Green
   • Yellow
7. What vitamin does beer contain?
   • A
   • B
   • C
8. The group Aqua sang about which doctor?
   • Dr Smith
   • Dr Green
   • Dr Jones
9. Prior to 1963, which Sunday paper was called the ‘Sunday Pictorial’?
   • News of the World
   • Sunday Mirror
   • Sunday Express
10. Who is Vincent Furnier better known as?
    • Alice Cooper
    • Meatloaf
    • Axl Rose
    see comments fro solutions

Word Game – Link 3

I will give you 3 words, and you have to work out which word will go before all of them, eg: “cast, finger, head” = fore, giving forecast, forefinger, forehead

1. What word can go before: maiden, ground, play
2. What word can go before: screen, signal, ring
3. What word can go before: cloth, tennis, salt
4. What word can go before: glasses, shine, cream
5. What word can go before: lace, horn, polish
6. What word can go before: fan, shock, oven
7. What word can go before: sherry, tooth, heart
8. What word can go before: bell, moon, sky
9. What word can go before: chair, tide, noon
10. What word can go before: rose, rag, light

see comments for solutions

Word Game – Missing Link: Guest Contributor

This missing link game has been contributed by Karen Broaders, aka Tetleymum.  Karen is a chat host on freebingo.co.uk and has just celebrated her first anniversary in that role.

I will give you 2 words and you have to find the word that links them, eg: light_____maid, answer is house, giving lighthouse and housemaid. I apologize in advance to Americans (and/or other nationalities) for the links that simply don’t work in your language – please feel free to let me know the ones that don’t.

1. jack_____blow
2. black_____dip
3. ink_____pen
4. sparrow_____eye
5. iced_____leaf
6. birth_____up
7. horse_____round
8. french_____needle
9. under_____force
10. salt_____luck

see comments for solutions

Word Game – Missing Link

I will give you 2 words and you have to find the word that links them, eg: light_____maid, answer is house, giving lighthouse and housemaid. I apologize in advance to Americans (and/or other nationalities) for the links that simply don’t work in your language – please feel free to let me know the ones that don’t:

1. running _____ stations
2. draw _____ vest
3. suspension _____ partner
4. cushion _____ up
5. kitchen _____ dry
6. persian _____ nip
7. walking _____ insect
8. coffee _____ shot
9. first _____ draw
10. queen _____ magdalene

see comments for solutions

Word Game – Typos

This is a very easy game – I will give you both the clue and the answer, but the clue will have a ‘typo’ in it, ie: a wrongly spelt word. Your answer should be the corrected word. Example: Sight wood: Balsa – the answer will be LIGHT as the clue should read ‘Light wood’

1. Prophetic sigh = omen
2. Plate of worship = church
3. Matter that glows = liquid
4. Sawing aid = pin
5. Lord of greeting = hello
6. Breakfast washer = bacon
7. Broad toad = avenue
8. Small insert = ant
9. Bedtime leverage = cocoa
10. Weeding attendant = usher

see comments for solutions

Word Game – Find the Quotation

In this game, I have given you a few words, and the words listed below fit into the column they are under to make a quotation.

In this instance, the quotation is a couple of lines from a Barry White song – can you figure it out??

see comments for solution

Word Game – Say What You See

In this game you have to say exactly what you see, eg: midpiggydle = piggy in the middle …. easy!!!

1. R / E / A / D/ I / N / G
2. oholene
3. ecnalg
4. his.tory
5. va_ders
6. standard x2
7. momanon
8. dnah
9. la4nd
10. esrohriding

see comments for solutions

Word Game – TH Words

I will give you a clue to a word that will follow TH to make another word.  I will also give you a clue to the full word, eg: TH + peruse: cotton = THREAD (TH + READ).

1. TH + metal oxidisation: propulsion
2. TH + small grain: three times
3. TH + you and me: therefore
4. TH + poetic before: that place
5. TH + propel a small boat: lob
6. TH + coarse: to pass ____
7. TH + steal: palpitation
8. TH + interior: less fat
9. TH + skin blemish: frustrate
10. TH +  writing fluid: to be pensive

see comments for solutions