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Saturday Stumper #12

A weekend challenge for your entertainment: find a single word that ends in each of the letter sequences below.
The length of each word is indicated
Words valid across all Scrabble dictionaries. Proper nouns (names, place names etc), not included
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Word Ending
#
Answer
ln
4
Kiln
ien
5
Alien
isis
6
Crisis
iva
6
Saliva
ulet
6
Amulet
rix
6
Matrix
llad
6
Ballad
nopy
6
Canopy
Word Ending
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Answer
uire
6
Squire
nda
6
Agenda
orid
6
Florid
same
6
Sesame
emn
6
Solemn
loit
7
Exploit
aduct
7
Viaduct
niel
7
Spaniel
Word Ending
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Answer
ortly
7
Shortly
urist
7
Tourist
tound
7
Astound
ilogy
7
Trilogy
hanic
8
Mechanic
hecy
8
Prophecy
adent
8
Decadent
ondary
9
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5 Comments
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Level 77
Jan 29, 2017
Couldn't sativa also work for the 4th answer?
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Level 63
Jan 29, 2017
In which Scrabble dictionary is 'sativa' valid?
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Level 77
Aug 13, 2018
I haven't checked the Scrabble dictionary as a primary source, but Sativa is recognized as a valid word by all respectable dictionary sources, including Google Chrome's dictionary, which doesn't underline it in red when typed
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Level 76
Jun 12, 2025
I would say that is ( part of) a proper noun, as it is part of a plant's name.
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Level 76
Jun 12, 2025
As always, tough but fun!

Missed 3 but had started answering one already (niel). The other two were -orid and -nda

I think these are the best quizzes, they give you a really hard time, yet you are able to get a decent sore. (unlike questions like some leader in some battle in a foreign country a millennium or more ago). Answers that are not just you know or you don't (or are not able to recollect), your mind is actively working and getting closer, going through patterns and possibilities and wrong turns :)