Cassell's Book of In-door Amusements, Card Games, and Fireside Fun

by Various

This simple example will make the above description perfectly clear; and we now give some other examples in order to set forth the variety that may be introduced into this kind of amusement.

	Words containing three letterswhich can be expressed in one:—
1.	Famous gardens	Answer:	Kew	Q.
2.	English rivers	„	Dee and Wye	D and Y.
3.	A tree	„	Yew	U.

	Words containing four letterswhich can be expressed in two:—
4.	An adjective	Answer:	Wise	Y Y.
5.	A prophet	„	Seer	C R.
6.	Repose and comfort	„	Ease	E E.

	Words containing five letterswhich can be expressed in two:—
7.	An exertion of mind or body	Answer:	Essay	S A.
8.	Decrepitude	„	Decay	D K.
9.	An English county	„	Essex	S X.
10.	To surpass	„	Excel	X L.
11.	A lady's Christian name	„	Ellen	L N.
12.	A lady's Christian name	„	Katie	K T.
13.	Plural of a species of corn	„	Peas	P P.
14.	To lay forcible hands on	„	Seize	C C.
15.	Requires replenishing	„	Empty	M T.

	Words containing five and sixletters which can be expressed in three:—
16.	A tax	Answer:	Excise	X I I.
17.	A flower	„	Peony	P N E.
18.	A plaintive poem	„	Elegy	L E G.

	Words containing six and sevenletters which can be expressed in two:—
19.	A superfluity	Answer:	Excess	X S.
20.	Akin to capsicum	„	Cayenne	K N.

	Words containing six and sevenletters which can be expressed in three:—
21.	A likeness	Answer:	Effigy	F E G.
22.	A state of being	„	Entity	N T T.
23.	To pardon	„	Excuse	X Q Q.
24.	Dissolution	„	Decease	D C C.

	Word containing seven letterswhich can be expressed in four:—
25.	A malady	Answer:	Disease	D D E E.

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