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Amazing Conundrum spots

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How did you solve the conundrum, Charlie?

No teacher at my school can spell BALALAIKA, only me ;)
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Tbf the clock started about half a second after the board turned over.
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Thought the topic title was a plural and we only saw one. The video was more numbers weighted.
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Rhys Benjamin wrote:How did you solve the conundrum, Charlie?
It's quite an easy conundrum if you know the word, like CATAMARAN there just aren't many ways to arrange those letters.
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Rhys Benjamin wrote:No teacher at my school can spell BALALAIKA, only me ;)
Wow, that's some research you did. Which method did you use?
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Charlie Reams wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:How did you solve the conundrum, Charlie?
It's quite an easy conundrum if you know the word, like CATAMARAN there just aren't many ways to arrange those letters.
JAMBALAYA was in the same category: if you know the word it's a trivial spot.
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Lesley Hines wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:No teacher at my school can spell BALALAIKA, only me ;)
Wow, that's some research you did. Which method did you use?
The "grab-it-off-the-TV" method.
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Rhys Benjamin wrote:No teacher at my school can spell BALALAIKA, only me ;)
Seriously though, it would be quite interesting to know how many of them could spell BALALAIKA. I think you should ask them all and report back with the results. I reckon most of them would actually get it right.
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