Posers and Puzzles
21 Jan 18
22 Jan 18
Originally posted by @kewpie3. ire
.. that start with I (that's i for iris). I've been told there are 20, but only 15 are recognisable words.
1. ice
2. ink
4. irk
5. ill
6. ivy
22 Jan 18
Originally posted by @lemon-lime10. ilk
7. ion
8. inn
9. imp
11. its
12. icy
13. ick
14. ifs
15. ids
22 Jan 18
Originally posted by @handyandy16. ism
10. ilk
11. its
12. icy
13. ick
14. ifs
15. ids
17. iff
18. ins
22 Jan 18
Originally posted by @kewpieBoth ick and iff are listed as words in the American Heritage Dictionary, among others.
Ira shouldn't, and I have my doubts about iff too - isn't it only an acronym or a name? I wouldn't have rated ick as a word, but the slang dictionary approves it.
Ick is used "to express horror, disgust, or repugnance" and iff is a conjunction in math meaning "if and only if."
27 Jan 18
Originally posted by @kewpieich
.. that start with I (that's i for iris). I've been told there are 20, but only 15 are recognisable words.
1. ice
2. ink
this used to be allowed in English Scrabble (when Chambers was official dictionary)