EEILST

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EEILSTOF THE TWO 7-LETTER WORDS, WHAT IS THE BEST BINGO STEM

FOR THIS ALPHAGRAM?

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EEILST

ELITES

THE ONLY OTHER WORD IS LISTEE.

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ELITES WHAT MNEMONIC PHRASE

CAN WE ASSOCIATE WITH THIS BINGO STEM?

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ELITES POSH FOLKS GOVERNED

COMPLEX

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ELITESP

EEILPST

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ELITES P

EPISTLEPELITES

PELITES: PL. OF PELITE, A ROCK COMPOSED OF FINE FRAGMENTS (ADJ. PELITIC)

AN EPISTLE FROM GOD WRITTEN ON PELITES?

HOOK/S?EPISTLEREPISTLES

RS

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ELITESO

EEILOST

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ELITES O

ETOILESETOILES: PL. OF ETOILE, A STAR

TOILES + E TOILES + E ELITES + OELITES + O

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ELITESS

EEILSSTTHERE ARE THREE!

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ELITES S

LISTEESTELESISTIELESS

TELESIS: PLANNED PROGRESS (PL. TELESES)

ONE OF THE LISTEES DIDN’T REALLY WANT THE JOB, SO WHEN HE INTERVIEWED TIELESS, HIS REJECTION WAS ACTUALLY TELESIS FOR HIM.

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ELITESH

EEHILSTTHERE ARE TWO!

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ELITES H

SHEITEL

SHELTIE

HOOK/S?

SHEITELSSHELTIES

SSHEITEL: A WIG WORN BY A MARRIED JEWISH WOMAN

S

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ELITESF

EEFILSTTHERE ARE THREE!

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ELITES FLEFTIESLIEFESTFELSITE FELSITE: AN IGNEOUS

ROCK

LIEFEST: ADJ. MOST WILLING (LIEF, LIEFER & ADV. LIEFLY)

ONE OF THE LEFTIES SEEMED TO BE THE LIEFEST TO TOSS THE PIECE OF FELSITE THROUGH THE WINDOW.

LEFTIES: PL. OF LEFTY, A LEFT-HANDED PERSON

HOOK/S?

FELSITES(FELSITIC)

S

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ELITESL

EEILLST

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ELITES L

TELLIES

TELLYS IS ALSO GOOD!!!

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ELITESK

EEIKLST

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ELITES K

SLEEKITSLEEKIT: ADJ. MEANING SLEEK

K

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ELITESG

EEGILST

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ELITES G

ELEGISTELEGITS

ELEGITS: PL. OF ELEGIT, A TYPE OF JUDICIAL WRIT

ELEGIST: ONE WHO WRITES ELEGIES, MOURNFUL POETRY

AN ELEGIST DOESN’T WRITE ELEGITS, AN IRONY ONLY BECAUSE OF THE TILES INVOLVED.

ELEGITS

HOOKS? ELEGISTS

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ELITESV

EEILSTVTHERE ARE THREE!

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ELITES V

EVILESTLIEVESTVELITES

VELITES: PL. OF VELITE, A FOOT SOLDIER OF ANCIENT ROME

LIEVEST: ADV. MOST LIEVE OR GLADLY (LIEVER)

THE EVILEST VELITES DEALT OUT HARSH PUNISHMENT WITH THE LIEVEST ATTITUDES.

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ELITESE

EEEILST

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ELITES E

STEELIEEELIESTSTEELIE IS ACTUALLY A KIND OF PLAYING MARBLE, BUT A STEELHEAD TROUT CAN ALSO BE CALLED A STEELIE, AND HAVE THE EELIEST APPEARANCE, TOO.

(EELY, EELIER)

HOOK/S? STEELIER STEELIES

SR

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ELITESR

EEILRSTTHERE ARE THREE!

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ELITES R

LEISTERRETILESSTERILE

LEISTER: V. TO SPEAR WITH A 3-PRONGED FISHING INSTRUMENT

BEFORE HE WILL LEISTER THE FISH, HE RETILES THE CLEANING AREA SO THAT IT WILL BE MORE STERILE.

LISTER + E, STREEL + I, RETIES + L, ELITES + RLISTER + E, STREEL + I, RETIES + L, ELITES + R

(LEISTERS, LEISTERED, LEISTERING)

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ELITESN

EEILNSTTHERE ARE FOUR!

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ELITES N

LENITESLISENTESETLINETENSILE

LENITES IS A NEWISH WORD. YOU PAY A FEW MORE LISENTE IN LESOTHO FOR A SETLINE WITH MORE TENSILE STRENGTH, SO IT WON’T BREAK WHEN CATCHING THESE BIG FISH.

SILENT + E SILENT + E TENESI + L TENESI + L ELITES + N ELITES + N {SETLINE + ?}{SETLINE + ?}

LENITES: V. TO ARTICULATE A LENIS (LENITE, LENITED, LENITING)

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HOOK/S?SETLINES

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ELITESD

DEEILST

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ELITES D

ISLETED

ISLETED: ADJ. DESCRIBING A SMALL ISLAND

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ELITESC

CEEILST

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ELITES C

SECTILESECTILE: ADJ. DESCRIBING SOMETHING CAPABLE OF BEING CUT SMOOTHLY

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ELITESM

EEILMST

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ELITES M

ELMIESTELMIEST: ADJ. MOST ABOUNDING IN ELM (ELMY, ELMIER)

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ELITESX

EEILSTX

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ELITES X

SEXTILESEXTILE: THE POSITION OF TWO CELESTIAL BODIES WHEN THEY ARE 60 DEGREES APART

HOOK/S?

SEXTILES

S

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ELITES

THAT’S IT!

WHAT WAS THAT MNEMONIC PHRASE?

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ELITES POSH FOLKS GOVERNED

COMPLEX

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DIFFICULT BINGOS INCLUDED:

SECTILE EELIESTFELSITE LIEFESTELEGITS LEISTERSLEEKIT LISENTEETOILES PELITESTELESIS LIEVESTVELITES SEXTILE

ELITES

PLUS…

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ELITES2 NEW WORDS FROM OWL2:

LENITESISLETED

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ELITES& THE NEW WORD FROM OWL 3:

SHEITEL

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THE END!