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20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's task: Words Among Friends
When I'm not reading (or trying to earn a living), I love to play word games like Scrabble, Lexulous, and Words with Friends. So for this task, we're going to combine my two favorite things.

Read a book that has at least four words in the title. You must be able to take the first letter from each word and use them to anagram a word that is at least four letters long. You may use subtitles, but not series titles. Hyphenated words may be used as separate words. You do NOT have to use all the letters. The anagram does NOT need to appear in the title. Here are some examples:
A Game of Thrones ---- A G O T = GOAT
Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives ---- S L O H A W = WASH, SLOW, LASH, SHOAL, SHAWL, or HOWLS
How to Be an American Housewife = H T B A A H = BATH

Required: Post your anagram when claiming points.
If you're not sure of your word, you can check it against the official Scrabble word lists posted at http://www.scrabble.com/. You may use either the North American or International lists. If it's not an obvious word, please state which list you found it on.

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The Sky Is Everywhere - T S I E - SITE.

Found one! :)

I'm looking at...

The Hole We're In T H W I = WITH

Everybody Sees the Ants E S T A = SEAT

The Son of Neptune T S O N = SNOT, TONS

Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution M T A N O T F R = FORMAT, ETC.

I'm going with:
Always Something There to Remind Me

STAR or START

Portion of the Sea - P O T S = STOP, TOPS, POTS, OPTS

A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain - A G S F A S M = MASS, MOSS, FAGS, GAMS

I'm using Island Beneath the Sea.
IBTS = BITS

The Last Little Blue Envelope T L L B E = BELL, BELT, TELL

Lahni - ur awesome!

Tell me again, Dee! ;)

Katrina wrote: "The Sky Is Everywhere - T S I E - SITE.

Found one! :)"

You've got it!

Meghanly wrote: "I'm looking at...

The Hole We're In T H W I = WITH

Everybody Sees the Ants E S T A = SEAT

The Son of Neptune T S O N = SNOT, TONS

[book:Mada..."

They all work nicely. Sorry no extra points for more than four letters!

Christine US wrote: "I'm going with:
Always Something There to Remind Me

STAR or START"

Yeah!

♥Meagan♥ wrote: "The Last Little Blue Envelope T L L B E = BELL, BELT, TELL"

Works nicely

I love Scrabble! I think I'm going with The Adventures of Tom Sawyer = OATS, TOAST

This is such a cool task! What an original idea!

Ok, I think I'll do:

Hunted By The Others H B T O= BOTH

or

Thank You For Flying Air Zoe T Y F F A Z = TAFFY, YAFF

or

First Grave on the Right F G O T R = FROG, FORT, GROT, TROG

I was hoping to find a way to fit the around the world in 80 books group read in

Lahni wrote: "Tell me again, Dee! ;)"

Awesome task! I love word games too. If there are any other Wordfued addicts out there...feel free to invite me to a game. My sn is CARAKRAZI. :)

I think these work..

Daughter of Smoke and Bone D O S A B = SODA

One Grave at a Time O G A A T = GOAT

I'm the Vampire, That's Why I T V T W = TWIT

This was fun! :D Now if I only I could pick from the books that fit from the top 100 of my TBR....


The Court of the Air T C O T A = coat, taco
The Name of the Wind T N O T W = town
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making T G W C F I A S O H O M = mosh, figs, foot, moot, hoot, soot, sofa, fish, wish, wash, gash
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden T V O K L = volt
Please Look After Mom P L A M = lamp
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn A T G I B = bait
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake T P S O L C = cost, plot, plots, clot, clots, stop, pots, lots, cots, slot, spot, tops, cops

And of course I've also been meaning to read A Game of Thrones. Decisions, decisions. Great task, Chris!

Randi wrote: "This was fun! :D Now if I only I could pick from the books that fit from the top 100 of my TBR....


The Court of the Air T C O T A = coat, taco
The Name of the Wind T N..."

Thanks! Name of the Wind is wonderful. Big, but wonderful.

If any of you play Lexulous, I play under the name basilbear.

Chris wrote: "Randi wrote: "This was fun! :D Now if I only I could pick from the books that fit from the top 100 of my TBR....


The Court of the Air T C O T A = coat, taco
[book:The Name of th..."

I started Name of the Wind during my senior year of college, but inevitably got busy and unfortunately never picked it back up. :(

Hi Chris, can I take hyphenated words as two words, or do you count them as one? E.g. A Mango-Shaped Space = MASS (coincidentally the writer's last name!).

Symphony of Blood, A Hank Mondale Supernatural Case
S O B A H M S C:
Can I go with HAMS? SCAM? HOBS? COBS? MOBS?

Anomander wrote: "Symphony of Blood, A Hank Mondale Supernatural Case
S O B A H M S C:
Can I go with HAMS? SCAM? HOBS? COBS? MOBS?"

It's reader's choice!

mstan wrote: "Hi Chris, can I take hyphenated words as two words, or do you count them as one? E.g. A Mango-Shaped Space = MASS (coincidentally the writer's last name!)."

Yes, that's OK - and I like the coincidence!

This one is finally letting me slot in Crime Beat: A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers - with C B A D O C C A K, I can use BACK, CODA, or DOCK. Loving this task, Chris!

Chris wrote: "mstan wrote: "Hi Chris, can I take hyphenated words as two words, or do you count them as one? E.g. A Mango-Shaped Space = MASS (coincidentally the writer's last name!)."

Yes, th..."

Thank you!

Hi Chris.

From Here to Eternity F H T E=HEFT
Is this ok?
Thanks, Anne

if anyone needs help, I found a website where you can plug letters in and it'll give you words ;)

http://www.wineverygame.com/

Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Hi Chris.

From Here to Eternity F H T E=HEFT
Is this ok?
Thanks, Anne"

Works perfectly!

Cute task. I'm going with Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned (EREB anagrams conveniently to BEER).

Nonodisco wrote: "Cute task. I'm going with Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned (EREB anagrams conveniently to BEER)."

Bottoms up!

Does OK count as a word? (I'm trying to fit Olive Kitteridge in somewhere)

Sorry, no. The word you make has to be at least four letters. (Also, OK isn't an acceptable Scrabble play.)

I think I am going to do...Stuck in the Middle=S I T M=MIST

Chris wrote: "Sorry, no. The word you make has to be at least four letters. (Also, OK isn't an acceptable Scrabble play.)"

Oops, missed the very clear directions--sorry to ask you about something that is stated directly in the task--I blame a very bad head cold and lots of paperwork! (I love this task by the way!)

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole TGPOAM
would Magot work for this or is that spelled differently? If so, any ideas what could be done with those letters?

Sarah wrote: "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole TGPOAM
would Magot work for this or is that spelled differently? If so, any ideas what could be done with those letters?"

I believe it's spelled "maggot", but you could use GOAT

edit: (actually, I think MAGOT is a word, now that I look it up... but you could also use GOAT) :)

Kate wrote: "Sarah wrote: "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole TGPOAM
would Magot work for this or is that spelled differently? If so, any ideas what could be done with those letters?"

I believe it's..."

thanks Kate, you're my hero :)

Sarah wrote: "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole TGPOAM
would Magot work for this or is that spelled differently? If so, any ideas what could be done with those letters?"

GOAT and MOAT works for this, Sarah. You only have to make a 4 letter word.

Sassafrass wrote: "Sarah wrote: "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole TGPOAM
would Magot work for this or is that spelled differently? If so, any ideas what could be done with those letters?"

GOAT and MOAT ..."

Thanks Sassafrass

Thanks everyone for jumping in with answers. For some reason I didn't get the notification about this thread until now. MAGOT is a real word. Along with GOAT and MOAT, you also have ATOP and TAMP. Sorry, no extra points for multiple plays!

Does this work -
P.S. I Love You - LIPS ?

Sure. I think that works great.

would this work
The Septembers of Shiraz T S O S = TOSS

It sure would.