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Chintito

Scrabbling to Intelligence

Chintito

No wonder everything seems topsy-turvy. Everything IS turvy-topsy. Nothing is actually what it actually is. There are hidden meanings everywhere. But no dice, the solution is simple. To know the truth behind anything and everything, all you got to do is unscramble those words to make some sense. Ta da!

Board games are a great way to pass time. In chess or checkers and other such strategy board games, the idea is to manoeuvre pieces based on a plan to overpower your opponent, kill his men, eat his guts, kick his ass, as in donkey.

There are many board games such as Backgammon, which is a sort of a race. Then there's Monopoly, where you could lose a lot of money and yet gain quality time with your friends and family. Pictionary is a word game. The game Clue turns you into a Sherlock Holmes. Trivial Pursuit is self explanatory. Shaap ludu can make your ladder-climbing futile and frustrating Risk is a game of conflict.

Scrabble is no ordinary word game, it is different. Indeed the popular crossword puzzle is the basis of this board game in which competitions can be stiff and also leave a bad taste if you have lost, or your would-be someone has been beaten by you. Remember to never beat your boss; in a game, that is. It is one sure way of making him would-be-not.

Some of these jumbled words are already in circulation, but some local ones have been added to give the elucidation a universal flavour.

There are three rules though: (a) no letter can be left out, (b) nor can any be added, and (c) each letter can be used only once.

You too can have a go with your own words. For instance:
SUNDERBANS can be rearranged to read SANS BUNDER
DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM
POLITICIAN can be rearranged to read I PACT IN OIL
SHILPA MELA can be rearranged to read AMPLE HILSA
PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters: BEST IN PRAYER
NEW MARKET can be rearranged to read MR.WEAKNET
ASTRONOMER: When you rearrange the letters: MOON STARER
MINISTER can be rearranged to read MINI REST
DESPERATION: When you rearrange the letters: A ROPE ENDS IT
RAMNA PARK can be rearranged to read PAM R K? RANA?
THE EYES: When you rearrange the letters: THEY SEE
DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE can be rearranged to read A KEEL MADE A CHILD CLOG
GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS GORE
GARMENT OWNER can be rearranged to read NO WANT MERGER
THE MORSE CODE: When you rearrange the letters: HERE COME DOTS
SLOT MACHINES: When you rearrange the letters: CASH LOST IN ME
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY can be rearranged to read JURY II HATES VARNISH
ANIMOSITY: When you rearrange the letters: IS NO AMITY
SANTRASHI can be rearranged to read RASH SAINT
ELECTION RESULTS: When you rearrange the letters: LIES - LET'S RECOUNT
BRIDEGROOM can be rearranged to read BORED MORGI
MOTHER-IN-LAW: When you rearrange the letters: WOMAN HITLER
STAR WEEKEND MAGAZINE can be rearranged to read WE TRADE AMAZING KNEES
SNOOZE ALARMS: When you rearrange the letters: ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S
BANGLADESH BIMAN can be rearranged to read ENABLING BADMASH
A DECIMAL POINT: When you rearrange the letters: I'M A DOT IN PLACE
SOCIAL WORKER can be rearranged to read LOW RISE CORK
THE EARTHQUAKES: When you rearrange the letters: THAT QUEER SHAKE
ELECTION COMMISSION can be rearranged to read MICE CONE MOO SIN LIST
ELEVEN PLUS TWO: When you rearrange the letters: TWELVE PLUS ONE
Last, but not the least:
HOSSAIN MD ERSHAD can be rearranged to read HE HAD SAD MORN, SIS; alternatively HIS MAD HAND'S SORE

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