Naoiag

'S e geama glè spòrsail a th' ann an naoiag! Tha aon facal co-dhiù le 9 litrichean ann.
FEUCH!

Tòisich le bocsa nan litir:


Dean faclan de tri gu naoi litrichean à feadhainn 'sa bhocsa. Chan fhaodar a chleachdadh na litrichean ach aon uair, mar a nochdas iad 'sa bhocsa. Chan fhaodar ainmean-àite no daoine a chleachdadh (ainmearan le litir mhòr). Foadar a chur sràc air fuaimreag sam bith. Faodar faclan le - agus le ' (m.e. 'gad, mì-shunnd). Faodar fìor chruthan-facail uile (m.e. sna, led, eu-còrr/ao-còrr, eatorra/eadarra, bitheadh/biodh) mura biodh spàs eadarra (m.e. chan fhaodar 'le do' ach faodar 'led').

FEUCH!

Tha liosta nam facal ann a tha 'nam freagairt --> ACH feumaidh tu am faighinn! 
Mar eiseimpleir:

"càs"     "ceò"     "com"     "comas"   "còs"     "each"    "eas"     "mac"    
"màs"     "meas"    "sac"     "sàs"     "seach"   "soc"     "cas"     "amh"    
"cam"     "caomh"   "coma"    "moch"    "mosach"  "sàmhach" "cham"    "chaomh" 
"chas"    "choma"   "mhò"     "mhoch"   "mhosach" "sheach"  "mocha"   "mhocha" 
"aom"     "seac"    "seas"    "mheas"   "sheac"   "sheas"   "ach"

agus am facal dhe 9 litrichean: "comh-sheas"! A bheil feadhainn eile ann?
FEUCH am faighinn!

Tha tuairmse puinge ann leis an àireamh dhe faclan a gheibheas tu:

3 litrichean 4 litrichean 5 litrichean 6 litrichean 7 litrichean 
          16            8            9            4            2 
FEUCH!

's ri thaobh, beagan brosnachaidh!

sàr-obair glé mhath      math cuimseach 
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FEUCH ma tha!

Ag iarraidh nam freagairt? Cuir post-d dhomh: msmaclennan 'aig' gmail 'puing' com




Naoiag is a fun word game in Gaelic. It is very similar to a game my ma used to play in the newspaper in English called "target".

In this game, you have a 3x3 square consisting of 9 letters scrambled.




Make words of 3 to 9 letters using only the letters in this grid, as they appear in the box. Place names and people's names are not allowed (names with a capital letter). Putting an accent on any letter is allowed. Words with a - and with a ' are also allowed (e.g. 'gad, mì-shunnd). All forms of words are allowed (e.g. sna, led, eu-còrr/ao-còrr, eatorra/eadarra, bitheadh/biodh), as long as there is no space between letters (e.g. 'le do' is not allowed but 'led' is).

TRY!

There's a list of words that are the answers. BUT you have to find them! For example:


"càs"     "ceò"     "com"     "comas"   "còs"     "each"    "eas"     "mac"    
"màs"     "meas"    "sac"     "sàs"     "seach"   "soc"     "cas"     "amh"    
"cam"     "caomh"   "coma"    "moch"    "mosach"  "sàmhach" "cham"    "chaomh" 
"chas"    "choma"   "mhò"     "mhoch"   "mhosach" "sheach"  "mocha"   "mhocha" 
"aom"     "seac"    "seas"    "mheas"   "sheac"   "sheas"   "ach"

and the word with 9 letters: "comh-sheas"! Are there others?
TRY to find them!

There's an estimate of the number of words that can be found in each puzzle (e.g. 16 three-letter words)

3 letters     4 letters   5 letters  6 letters    7 letters 
          16            8            9            4            2 
TRY!

's ri thaobh, beagan brosnachaidh!

Excellent Very Good   Good  Pretty good 
       39        35        29        19 

TRY IT already!

Want the answers? Send me an email: msmaclennan 'at' gmail 'dot' com

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