At last, I’m done calculating the points for Trivia Mania- Challenge#3: Letter Connections!!!

It really took time to be honest with you but was a real fun! I first looked for the words being duplicated in each entry, then checked the validity of the words both common and unfamiliar ones and finally tabulated the scores.

As a rule, the first person to mention the word will receive the corresponding points. Correct case sensitivity of the word is strictly considered. If the first letter of the word needs to be capitalized, then it should be capitalized as in the word “Christian“.

I provided the reason why a specific entry is invalid and some meaning to a few words.

Here is the result of the challenge:

Sandy

1) lan

language- 5
land - 1
lands - 2
landmark -5

2) gen

genealogy - 6
genocide - 5
general - 4
gene - 1
genesis - 4
genius - 3

3) chr

christian (Invalid word; It should be“Christian”; Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or derived from Jesus Christ or His teachings: a Christian faith.)
chrome - 3
chronicle - 6

4) misc no idea of a word here, hum….

5) brea

breathe - 3
breach - 2
breast - 2
bread - 1
breaking - 4

TOTAL = 57 points

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eternally

1) lan

lantern - 4
landless - 5
landlady - 5
lane - 1
landline - 5

2) gen

generousness - 9
genetically - 8
genes - 2
gentleness - 7
gentleman - 6
genethlialogical - 13 (noun. Astrology- the science of calculating positions of the heavenly bodies on nativities. Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/genethlialogical)

3) chr

chronically - 8
christening - 8
chromatype (Invalid word; It should be “Chromatype”; Noun. Photography- A colored photographic picture taken upon paper made sensitive with potassium bichromate or some other salt of chromium. Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chromatype)
chromaturia - 8 (Noun. Medical- Abnormal coloration of the urine.)
chromosomally - 10 (Adverb. Genetics- as in chromosome)

4) misc

miscellaneousness - 13
miscalculation - 10
miscarriage - 7
miscellany - 6
misconducting - 9

5) brea

breathlessness - 10
bream - 1
breakwater - 6

TOTAL= 161 points

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hitesh

1) lan

lance - 2
landed - 3
landlord - 5
landmark (duplicated; points credited to Sandy)
Landmine (Invalid word; It should be “land mine” ; Noun. Military- an explosive charge concealed just under the surface of the ground or of a roadway, designed to be detonated by pressure, proximity of a vehicle or person, etc.)
Landscape - 6
Landslide - 6
lane (duplicated; points credited to eternally)
languish - 5

2) gen

gender - 3
genital - 4
genie - 2
generalist - 7
generate - 5
generic - 4
generous - 5
genome - 3
genre - 2
gentle 3
genuine - 4

3) chr

chrome (duplicated; points credited to Sandy)
chroma - 3
chronic - 4
chronicle (duplicated; points credited to Sandy)

4) misc

miscalculation (duplicated; points credited to eternally)
miscall - 3
mischief - 4
mischievous - 7
misconceive - 7
miscue - 2

5) brea

breadth - 3
break - 1
breakfast - 5

TOTAL = 108 points

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Mikes

1) lan

lanai - 2 (Noun. A veranda or roofed patio.)
lanais - 3
lanate - 3 (Adjective. Woolly; covered with something resembling wool.)
lances - 3
lancet - 3
landed (duplicated; points credited to hitesh)
landfill - 4
landfills - 5
landman - 4 (could also be “landsman”)
landmark (duplicated; points credited to Sandy)
landmarks - 6
landmass - 5
landmasses - 7
landmen - 4
landmine (Invalid word; It should be “land mine” ; Noun. Military- an explosive charge concealed just under the surface of the ground or of a roadway, designed to be detonated by pressure, proximity of a vehicle or person, etc.)
landmines (Invalid word; See “land mine”.)
landowner - 6
landowners - 7
lands (duplicated; points credited to Sandy)
landscape (duplicated; points credited to hitesh)
landscaped - 7
landscaper - 7
landscapers - 8
landscapes - 7
landscaping - 8
landscapist - 8 (Noun. An artist who paints landscapes.)
landscapists - 9 (See landscapist.)
landside - 5 (Noun. The flat side of a plow opposite the furrow.)
landsides - 6 (See landside.)
landslid - 5
landsliding - 8
lane (duplicated; points credited to eternally)
lantern (duplicated; points credited to eternally)

2) gen

gentlemen - 6
gentleness (duplicated; points credited to eternally)
gentlenesses - 9
gentile - 4
gentiles - 5
genotype - 5
genetic - 4
genetical - 6 (Adjective. Also “genetic”.)
genetically (duplicated; points credited to eternally)
genesis (duplicated; points credited to Sandy)
generosity - 7
generous (duplicated; points credited to hitesh)
generously - 7
generousness (duplicated; points credited to eternally)
generousnesses - 11

3) chr

chrome (duplicated; points credited to Sandy)
chronicle (duplicated; points credited to Sandy)
chronicled - 7
chronicler - 7
chroniclers - 8
chronicles - 7
chronicling - 8
chrysanthemum - 10
chrysanthemums - 11

4) misc

5) brea

breac (Invalid word; No such word in the English language.)
bread (duplicated; points credited to Sandy)
break (duplicated; points credited to hitesh)
bream (duplicated; points credited to eternally)
breas (Invalid word; No such word in the English language.)
breat (Invalid word; No such word in the English language.)
breach (duplicated; points credited to Sandy)

TOTAL = 262 points

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1st (500 ECs) - Mikes of Your Daily Word

2nd (300 ECs) - eternally of Ungkutan

3rd (200 ECs) - hitesh of The Way It Is

Additional 50 ECs will be given to eternally for providing the longest word “genethlialogical” .

Sandy will also receive 100 ECs.

I am so impressed by how a simple prefix can create many words. The participants are indeed awesomely brilliant!!!

Congratulations!!!

;)

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Overview:

I’m now back with my trivia mania challenge for this week!!!
:D

It took me time to create my third trivia challenge due to the busyness I had for the past week with my work. You must have missed all the fun and the mind challenging games. Hehe! Brace yourself for this week’s challenge- Trivia Mania- Challenge#3: Letter Connections!

MECHANICS and RULES:
1) I will give a prefix that could be three-letter or four-letter word .
2) You will need to provide a valid word/words by adding letters to the prefix.

Sample:
Prefix: gra-

Answers:
grace, graceful, gracefully, grandest

3) Write as many as you can. But make sure the word is valid and recognized by the standard English language dictionary. Proper nouns and abbreviations are not allowed.

4) There will be no repetition of the word. Once a participant already gave that word, you could no longer use it. By this time, your answers will be provided as comments to the post and will automatically appear so as to avoid word duplication.

5) Points will be given as follows:
+1 letter = 1 point
+2 letters= 2 points
+3 letters= 3 points
and so on and so forth…

Sample:
Prefix: gra-

Answers:
grace - 2 points
graceful - 5 points
gracefully - 7 points
grandest - 5 points
TOTAL= 19 points

7) The contest will ONLY run from November 10-13, 2009. This is open to all Entrecard members only. So join the contest immediately!

8) Results will be posted on November 14, 2009.

9) Three winners will be declared with the corresponding prizes as follows:
1st Prize - 500 ECs
2nd Prize- 300 ECs
3rd Prize- 200 ECs

All other participants will also receive a token of appreciation from me.
:)

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Let’s now begin the game!

Letter Connections Challenge Prefixes:

1) lan

2) gen

3) chr

4) misc

5) brea

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