Dumps for A-U-L-I

As I was picking up scoresheets on Monday, I noticed a board where someone had played AULI. They had been lucky to not get challenged because it is not a word. There is a trap with similar letters that you can easily fall into because it is in common usage. Many greengrocers use CAULI as a word that is short for CAULIFLOWER, but the Scrabble Dictionary disagrees with them. Interestingly, if they advertise CAULIS they are using an allowable word. It is a woody stem which bears leaves. The plural is CAULES.

A Grade Challenges

Perhaps A-U-L-I are not great letters for bingos, but see if you can find the answers to these 5 anyway.

A     I     L     S     T     U     W

A     B     C     I     L     O     U

A     C     I     L     N     O     U

A     H     I     L     M     O     U

A     D     E     I     L     L      U

Second Challenge

What 3 letter word can you use to make an 8 letter word by putting it in front of the word below and also make a valid word by adding the same word as a suffix as well?

3 before W A T C H  3 after  

B & C Grade Study List

AULI does not make a 4 letter word, but with the addition of one extra letter maybe you can play one of these 5 letter words:

AULIC   Adjective referring to a royal court.

AULOI   Greek wind instruments. From the singular AULOS.

AUMIL   Indian revenue collector.

DULIA   Lesser veneration accorded to saints and angels.

INULA   Plant that is also called elecampane.

MIAUL   To make the sound of a crying cat.

PILAU   Rice dish that can be spelled 9 different ways.

QUAIL   To give way in fear.

UGALI   Stiff porridge made in Africa.

URALI   Plant from which curare is obtained.

URIAL   Wild sheep of central Asia.

Answers to A Grade Challenge

LAWSUIT   A legal action

ABOULIC   Relating to ABOULIA, loss of willpower

INOCULA   Material used in an inoculation.

HALOUMI   Greek dish of goat’s cheese

DUALLIE   Pick up truck with double rear wheels.

The answer to the second challenge is DOG. The DOGWATCH is any of various night shifts on a ship, especially the last one

Happy Scrabbling Patrick