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NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑29 Nov 2023, 11:38 PYRAMID

One six letter word you can make out of the 7 letters in Pyramid

What is it?

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Gibbo2286 wrote: ↑29 Nov 2023, 12:08Myriad
Well done. I needed help on that one Gibbo. Floundered until I was given the first and second letters :-D

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NI????ME

8 letter word required

too easy! What you may think it is straight away though is a nine letter word according to Haggard Hawks Paul Anthony Jones who sets the posers on Radio Newcastle, but the right answer is not difficult.

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This is a word and it fits, but I'm doubtful it's the right word.... :-k
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That was exactly what I was going to say Robin!

Before I opened your spoiler, that was ;)
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Dont think Haggard Hawks would be expecting that one :!: I don't think the rules of the little games are defined fully other than you have to match Haggard's answer. :-D which is a much more common word.

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NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑01 Dec 2023, 13:51 NI????ME

8 letter word required

too easy! What you may think it is straight away though is a nine letter word according to Haggard Hawks Paul Anthony Jones who sets the posers on Radio Newcastle, but the right answer is not difficult.

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not difficult...easy as pie, come on Gibbo and Mick and anyone else surely you still aren't pondering over it..

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Only just got home and put the cover on the MX3 resulting in immobile fingers until now so I'll have a crack at a word you may use when you don't know someone's actual name!! :-D
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Thank you Mick :-D . It needed that coup de grace :-D

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NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑01 Dec 2023, 16:32 not difficult...easy as pie, come on Gibbo and Mick and anyone else surely you still aren't pondering over it..
Gibbo2286 wrote: ↑01 Dec 2023, 20:34Nickname.
Yes!

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May not even be a proper word, but used at least once today within forum posts.

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That's too easy Neil, even I and my addled brain got that one in microseconds :)
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CitroJim wrote: ↑04 Dec 2023, 17:02 That's too easy Neil, even I and my addled brain got that one in microseconds :)
Let us have it then Jim! Not designed to be difficult, but who would have noticed it amongst the verbiage on the Read and Campbell 1943 advert for their products, and why on earth were they using French! with their Waterloo product.

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