Common, but Rarely Seen

A word that came up on my random study caught me by surprise because it was high probability letters and yet it seemed unfamiliar.  After some thought, light dawned, and I realised what it was. A word that I knew but had never played. Possibly unfamiliar because I had never seen anyone else play it either. Since the letter combination is so high probability it seemed worth building a blog around it.

A Grade Challenge

Your challenge is to find the 7 letter word that is common to this blog and then 3 of the more unusual 8 letter words with that 7 letter word as a base

D    E    E    I    L    S    T

D    E    E    I    L    S    T    L

D    E    E    I    L    S    T    P

D    E    E    I    L    S    T    S

D    E    E    I    L    S    T    U

B and C Grade Study List

The theme of this blog is the word which can be made from the letters DEEILST. After reading this blog you would of course find that word yourself. But just because you don’t know the unusual word is no reason to give up. Here are some of the more normal words you might have found by using another letter on the board.

DEEILST + A = LEADIEST

DEEILST + G = LEDGIEST and the more unusual GELIDEST

DEEILST + N = ENLISTED, LISTENED and TINSELED

It also makes the more unusual word LINTSEED

DEEILST + R = RELISTED

DEEILST + V = DEVILETS

Now go to have a look at the answers to the A Grade challenge to learn the word  from DEEILST and 4 other 8 letter words as well.

Answers to A Grade Challenge

ISLETED – Having islets (small islands)

DELLIEST – Most like a dell (small, wooded valley)

EPISTLED – To have prefaced

TIDELESS – Without a tide

DILUTEES – unskilled workers employed in a skilled job

I have played DILUTEE many times but had no idea that was the meaning

Is it just me or has anyone else seen ISLETED in a game?