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Find two body parts which are anagrams of each other.

I can think of three pairs. Starter for ten: find all six words. For bonus points: think of some I haven't thought of.
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Got one immediately. Five letters.

Now looking for the other two pairs.
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I've got one, four letters.

And another one, five letters.
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Got 2, both 5 letters.
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I've got two pairs, both five letters.
And another.

Charlie, are these your pairs?
PENIS/SPINE, ELBOW/BOWEL, ARSE/EARS
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Seems like I'm the only one with ARSE and EARS then.
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Jon O'Neill wrote:Seems like I'm the only one with ARSE and EARS then.
Oh, for goodness sake! Surely we're restricting it to 'proper' words. I don't think you'll find the first one in a medical textbook!
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The four letter pair just came to me a few minutes ago, while driving.

Just one of the fives to go.

Maybe not in a medical textbook Karen, but my daughter and son-in-law, both doctors, use the word frequently, mainly when talking about me.
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Ha this is great, I'm gonna think about this in my next lecture. Got one straight away which is quite worrying that I thought of that body part first.
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Feet = teef, foot = toof
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Bit of a stretch, but if you've cut yourself, this would be a part of your body temporarily.

UTERUS = SUTURE
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Ryan Taylor wrote:Ha this is great, I'm gonna think about this in my next lecture. Got one straight away which is quite worrying that I thought of that body part first.
What's the betting that it's the same one I got immediately when I first got up this morning?
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I had forgotten Jono & Jon's one, and there's a further riff on that pair. I have a pair of sixes that no one has said yet.
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Like everyone else I got SPINE/PENIS straight away, and EARS/ARSE after a bit more thinking. I also got FOOT/TOOF but didn't notice FEET/TEEF.
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Charlie Reams wrote:I had forgotten Jono & Jon's one, and there's a further riff on that pair. I have a pair of sixes that no one has said yet.
I reckon it's FINGER and FRINGE which is one of only 2 I got. Didn't even think of ARSE/EARS and I love the ELBOW/BOWEL one.
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Got an 8 letter word one now. ARSEHOLE and EARHOLES
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Depending on how far you want to stretch this:

VEIN - NEVI (plural of NEVUS, a birthmark, yeah I know it's not the ODE spelling but it is the accepted medical spelling)
PTERION (a point on the skull) - PROTEIN
NASION (the junction of the nasal bone with the skull) - ANIONS


Yeah, bit shit really.
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I.
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Hate.
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Biology.
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Ryan Taylor wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:I had forgotten Jono & Jon's one, and there's a further riff on that pair. I have a pair of sixes that no one has said yet.
I reckon it's FINGER and FRINGE which is one of only 2 I got. Didn't even think of ARSE/EARS and I love the ELBOW/BOWEL one.
Yep, so that's everything I had.

Any more?
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Ryan Taylor wrote:Got an 8 letter word one now. ARSEHOLE and EARHOLES
Awesome work.
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Jon Corby wrote:
Ryan Taylor wrote:Got an 8 letter word one now. ARSEHOLE and EARHOLES
Awesome work.
That's the riff I was alluding to before, and it actually came up in a series final :shock:
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Jon Corby wrote:
Ryan Taylor wrote:Got an 8 letter word one now. ARSEHOLE and EARHOLES
Awesome work.
Quite fortunate really.
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Ryan Taylor wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:
Ryan Taylor wrote:Got an 8 letter word one now. ARSEHOLE and EARHOLES
Awesome work.
Quite fortunate really.
A-lol at that conundrum scramble :lol:
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