Some handy bingos

A couple of handy bingos if you happen to have AEIORST are:
OARIEST - like an oar
OTARIES - seals with ears

And nothing to do with the above, but handy nonetheless is
AEROSAT - a satellite

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Most likely seven-letter words

According to Scrabulous ETAERIO is the most likely seven-letter word to get in Scrabble. It refers to an aggregate fruit, like a raspberry - which is actually lots of little fruits joined at their bases. Another likely word is TAENIAE - the plural of TAENIA which was an ancient Greek hairband. Some other high-probability bingos containing five vowels, in order of likelihood, include: AEOLIAN - relating to the wind (the image is of an aeolian harp - a harp played by the wind) OLEARIA - daisy bush AIERIES - eyries or eagles' nests DOULEIA - veneration of saints in RC Church AEONIAN - everlasting AENEOUS - brass coloured or greenish-gold AREOLAE - coloured rings around human nipples AUREOLE - halo ALIENEE - person to whom a transfer of property is made EUGENIA - plant of the clove family AEROBIA - organisms that require oxygen

Four letters, no vowels

So you've got no vowels on your rack? Don't despair - here are some effective SOWPODS four letter words containing no vowels! BRRR BYRL CYST FYRD GYMP GYNY HWYL HYMN JYNX KYND LYCH LYNX MYTH PFFT PRYS PSST RYND SCRY SKRY SKYF SKYR SPRY SYNC SYND SYPH TRYP TYMP TYND TYPP TYPY WYCH WYND WYNN XYST YMPT

How to play Anagrams

Anagrams is a board-free word game that involves rearranging letter tiles to form words. It is very often played 'out of hours' at Scrabble tournaments around the world. The game has various other names, in particular 'Snap Jarnac ' in the UK. The game has been sold separately as a commercial product, but at Scrabble tournaments is typically played by any number of players (typically 4-8) using two sets of Scrabble tiles of different colour. Tiles are placed face down on the table and then turned over one by one, and players form words by combining unused tiles with existing words, their own or others'. Whenever a player can form a word with the tiles in the middle of the table, possibly combined with words that he or another player has already formed, he calls out the word and uses those tiles to spell it out in front of him. If two players call out words simultaneously, the longer word prevails. All words must be at least five letters long and the new word must c...

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