Buenos not so Bueno

I am in Buenos Aires for 3 weeks. It means ‘fair winds’ or ‘good airs.’ I decided this blog could be about the letter group BUENOS. It turns out to be not a particularly good combination. But it does make some bingos, so lets look at some of the possible 7 and 8 letter words

Note: We have borrowed lots of words from other languages, but ‘bueno’ is not one of them, so don’t try playing it

A Grade Challenge

B    U    E    N    O    S     A     C

B    U    E    N    O    S     E     T

B    U    E    N    O    S     L     L

B    U    E    N    O    S     L     M

B    U    E    N    O    S     R     S

 B and C Grade Study List

These are all the 7 letter words you can make by adding an extra letter to the letter group -- BUENOS:

+ C = BOUNCES and BUNCOES

+ D = BONUSED

+ M = UMBONES

+ N = UNBONES

+ R = BOURNES, UNROBES and UNSOBER

+ S = SUBTONE

+ X = UNBOXES

+ Z = SUBZONE

Some of the more interesting meanings:

BUNCO (and also BUNKO)  is a trick. Playing a BUNCO can be used as a verb, so BUNKOED or BUNCOING are good too

UMBO is a raised portion in the centre of a shield and the plural is UMBONES. Don’t try playing umbone as it is not a word

Answers to A Grade Challenge

SUBOCEAN – Beneath the ocean

TUBENOSE – A bird with tubular nostrils

BULLNOSE – A disease of pigs

NELUMBOS – Nelumbo is a type of water lilly

UNSOBERS – To make unrefined

I knew UNSOBER, but it feels as though it is just an adjective. I would have wasted 5 points challenging the extra S.