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Saturday Stumper #4

A weekend challenge for your entertainment: find two words that end 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
Quiz by kiwirage
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Last updated: February 4, 2017
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First submittedDecember 10, 2016
Times taken17,249
Average score58.3%
Rating4.25
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Word Ending
#
Answer
bt
4
Debt
5
Doubt
ilet
5
Filet
6
Toilet
ife
5
Knife
6
Strife
imal
6
Animal
6
Primal
Word Ending
#
Answer
fth
5
Fifth
7
Twelfth
lony
6
Colony
6
Felony
enty
6
Plenty
6
Twenty
shion
7
Cushion
7
Fashion
Word Ending
#
Answer
igma
6
Enigma
6
Stigma
dlock
7
Padlock
7
Wedlock
prise
8
Comprise
8
Surprise
lence
8
Opulence
8
Violence
35 Comments
+3
Level 59
Dec 10, 2016
Genius stuff.
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Level 49
Apr 20, 2023
there are so many words that fit but arent there
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Level 63
Apr 21, 2023
Such as? Are you noticing the word length requirement?
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Level 65
Dec 10, 2016
Half. Was very surprised by the stats of Enigma; I doubted it would be 100%
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Level 90
Dec 10, 2016
Love these quizzes even though I always manage to miss a couple I know.
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Level 83
Dec 24, 2016
Gilet?
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Level 63
Dec 24, 2016
Sorry - I try hard to avoid this situation, but sometimes something slips through the cracks. The source I use for these quizzes compiles words that are valid across all Scrabble dictionaries. Gilet is valid in some but not others, just as ribbit was in Saturday Stumper #1. Fortunately in this case it's not far to go from g to f :)
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Level 71
Feb 4, 2017
If 'filet' is allowed (US spelling) then so should 'gilet'. Given that both are pronounced the French way, there's also a case for allowing neither.
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Level 63
Feb 4, 2017
I updated the caveats to include a note about words being valid across all Scrabble dictionaries. For some reason 'gilet' (nor 'polony', as someone else pointed out) isn't.
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Level 82
Dec 24, 2016
What about gilet?
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Level 67
Jan 29, 2023
If fillet with one L can get in, I'm blown away that a word as familiar as gilet is absent!

I had to just run through the alphabet to get "filet".

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Level 74
Dec 28, 2016
Polony - type of sausage?
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Level 43
Feb 8, 2017
Polony really should be accepted!
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Level 73
Nov 19, 2018
Also, Polony as the act of hiding behind a curtain and getting stabbed...
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Level 76
Dec 30, 2016
Gridlock totally has 7 letters. It at least gridlocked my mind.
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Level 85
Jan 30, 2017
missed opulence...and enigma...
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Level 78
Feb 4, 2017
These are great...really clever
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Level 34
Feb 4, 2017
Man that was hard! My brain just got stuck at some point. Tried so many longer ones for 'lence' too, like prevalence and malevolence.
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Level 46
Feb 5, 2017
What about minimal?
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Level 65
Feb 7, 2017
The clue specifies only 6 letters. Minimal has 7.
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Level 69
Feb 6, 2017
Balony?
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Level 65
Feb 7, 2017
There are two spellings of that word, and they are baloney or balogna.
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Level 56
Oct 20, 2017
Actually its bologna..
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Level 51
Feb 6, 2017
Like these ones, 4.17 left
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Level 18
Feb 6, 2017
Pretty good
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Level 85
Mar 2, 2017
Just wanted to point out that I did my part in reducing the % of 7 of these....all of which seemed so obvious after the fact.
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Level 63
Apr 4, 2017
I love the 67% gap between those who correctly answered the two -fth answers, even though the words are closely related.
+1
Level 36
Apr 10, 2018
Gridlock?
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Level 73
Nov 19, 2018
Wow, legendary quiz. Thank you so much for making this!
+6
Level 58
Feb 27, 2021
Shame there's no spot for Ligma :(
+3
Level 84
Jan 30, 2022
It's been almost a year and nobody has replied to you. I'll do it just because I feel bad for you.

What's ligma?

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Level 66
Aug 31, 2022
LIGMA BA-
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Level 35
Jun 19, 2021
What about polony or colony?
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Level 31
May 10, 2022
wow
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Level 79
Nov 21, 2023
The combination of the two -dlock words is brilliant...