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English is a remarkably rich language with some bizarre spellings. Can you think of any words containing these 3 letter combinations?

LKM

HYT

YPN

HTM

IAI

they are all common words. Good Luck.

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walkman

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
English is a remarkably rich language with some bizarre spellings. Can you think of any words containing these 3 letter combinations?

LKM

HYT

YPN

HTM

IAI

they are all common words. Good Luck.
Phyton, hypnosis, nightmare, liaison

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Originally posted by Green Paladin
Phyton, hypnosis, nightmare, liaison
You guys are too good! I'd never heard of a phyton (had to look it up) and I see there are lots of phyto- words so that was easy for botanists. The everyday word I was thinking of was rhythm.

I'm always surprised how many people misspell liaison!

Well Done.

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-uem-

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Originally posted by Green Paladin
-uem-
Thought of 'cuemanship' - heard on snooker programs but not in my dictionary 😠

Then thought maybe Quem...
cheated with dictionary and found queme (vt to please, suit, fit)

Nothing better.

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Wolfgang, I think you'll have to blame the French for finishing this one off.

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Originally posted by Peakite
Wolfgang, I think you'll have to blame the French for finishing this one off.
Or blame the middle-english for gathering everything together?

how's about
CHC?
GST?
STP?
NUU?
YRG?

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Originally posted by doodinthemood
Or blame the middle-english for gathering everything together?

how's about
CHC?
GST?
STP?
NUU?
YRG?
CHC scratchcard
GST angst
STP postpone
NUU continuum
YRG?

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YRG Kyrgyzstan

Or do country names not count?

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Three more:

CHH

RLP

CKK

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
Three more:

CHH

RLP

CKK
CHH witchhunt

RLP whirlpool

CKK flickknife (not sure about that)


that still leaves -YRG- ??????

new one -CKJ-

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Originally posted by bjpcomet
YRG Kyrgyzstan

Or do country names not count?
Is that a country? Between Narnia and MiddleEarth?

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
new one -CKJ-
blackjack

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
CHH witchhunt

RLP whirlpool

CKK flickknife (not sure about that)
witch hunt is two words.. try again

whirlpool is good

flickknife.. I'm not sure about that one either. I had jackknife in mind.