Cats Do Not Meu

At the tournament last week I learned the meaning of a word that I had thought I knew. Cats go MEW, MEOU, MEOW, MIAOW and MIAOU. They even MIAUL. I thought they went MEU as well, but I was wrong. That was crucial in one game where my play of MEUED was challenged off. All the other options can be treated as a verb, in fact MIAOUED is famous as a word which has 5 consecutive vowels. I have since discovered that MEU is another name for the BALDMONEY plant. Native to the grasslands of the U.K., baldmoney is an aromatic perennial. Its common name comes from the folklore of Scandinavia, where it is said to have been a tribute to the god, Baldr. 9 letter bingos are uncommon, but Alastair did play an impressive FOODERIES through OO against me, so anything is possible. Opportunities for extending BALD or MONEY already on the board are more likely but would still be nice.

A Grade Challenge

Here are 5 words to unscramble which all have the letters MEU:

A C E M N R U Y

A D E M O P S U

C D E I L M R U

A E I M N Q R U

E I K M N O S U

B & C Grade Study List

Here are a few shorter words using the letters MEU

It has two other anagrams:

EMU An Australian bird

UME A fleshy yellow fruit

MEU makes 4 letter words with E, F, G, L, M, N, O, R, S & T:

EMEU An alternative spelling of EMU

FUME To give off smoke or vapour

GEUM A plant of the rose family

MULE A verb - something to do with making a coin

This word takes successive front hooks. It can be extended first with an E for EMULE and then with an A for AEMULE. Those are also verbs so AEMULING is a nice 8 letter bingo to play

MENU A list of dishes in a restaurant

NEUM (or NEUME) A series of notes sung to one syllable.

MEOU To make a sound like a cat

MOUE A disdainful or pouting look

MURE To wall up the doors RUME A watery discharge from the nose or eyes

MUSE, EMUS, MEUS and UMES are all OK

MUTE To deaden the sound

Answers to A Grade Challenge

NUMERACY An understanding of basic mathematics

MOUSEPAD A pad for a computer mouse

DULCIMER A musical instrument

RAMEQUIN A small casserole dish. (RAMAKIN and RAMEKIN)

MOUSEKIN A little mouse

It seemed right that on a blog about cat noises there should be two MOUSE words!

Happy Scrabbling Patrick