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In top part (4C,3V)
BDNS+AAI INDABAS
AEI BANDIES
BASINED
AEU SUBDEAN
UNBASED
AOU ABOUNDS
BAUSOND
EEE BENDEES
EEO DEBONES
EIU BEDUINS
BDNT+AAI TABANID
AEO BATONED
AEU UNBATED
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This is essentially an anagram dictionary for six and seven letter words, but
it is laid out in a way which Barry calls a "thesaurus of mumbles". The consonants are what
give the essential sound of a word, and by grouping words with the same consonant together,
interesting families of words are revealed. White space is used to show this.
A second feature of the layout of the Consogram Book is the way that related eight letter words are shown on the bottom portion of the page. See the examples excerpted here. This is of some use in finding ways of weaving your seven letters about an existing letter on the board, provided the loose letter is a vowel. If it is a consonant you'd need to look on several other pages to find a suitable eight. |
In bottom part (4C,4V)
BDNS+AAEU BANDEAUS
AEIO BEDSONIA
AEIU UNBIASED
AEUU UNABUSED
AIIO OBSIDIAN
EEEI BENISEED
EEIO EBONISED
EIOO NOBODIES
EIOU BEDOUINS
BDNT+AAEU UNABATED
AEIO OBTAINED
AEIU UNBAITED
AEOO BATOONED
EEIO OBEDIENT
EIOU BOUNTIED
EOOU UNBOOTED
OOUU OUTBOUND
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BRST+AA degl
AE abde
mnor
stuv
wxy
AI bcek
AO aeil
AU bdeh
u
EE afhi
w
EI adef
most
u
EO adhi
pstu
vwz
EU abcd
rstv
II eu
IO acel
IU dehi
OO e
OU abel
UU akop
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The ConsoBlank Lists are a way of answering the question "what can I do with these six letters and a blank?"
The same convention is used as in the Consogram Book. So if you have BUSTER plus a blank, you'd rearrange
your tiles, consonants first, as BRSTEU, turn to the section with four consonants and find that the blank could be used as
a, b, c, d, r, s, t or v (see the excerpt on the left). The ConsoBlank Lists will not tell you what the words are. You would need to consult something like
the ConsoGram Book to find that.
The ConsoBlank Lists are harder to use than a program like TEA or Lexpert, but the groupings are useful for word study, making your own favourite lists and even as miniquizzes. The notion of a fruitful six-letter stem is a useful one and since the times of caveman, Scrabble enthusiasts have been creating SATIRE lists and the like. It may come as a surprise to you that BREAST is just as fecund as SATIRE, and PEARLS will surpass both of these. |