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- BINGOS
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- There are two frequently occuring combinations of six letters that lend
- themselves to Bingos. These are the notorious SATIRE and RETINA.
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- SATIRE combinations
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- a : aristae
- b : barites, baiters, terbias
- c : raciest, stearic
- d : diaster, astride, tirades, disrate, staider
- e : seriate
- f : fairest
- g : stagier, seagirt, aigrets, gaiters
- h : hastier
- i : airiest
- l : saltire, realist, retails, saltier, slatier
- m : imarets, misrate
- n : stainer, retsina, retains, ratines, nastier, stearin, retinas
- p : piaster, traipse, pirates, parties, pastier
- r : tarsier, tarries
- s : satires
- t : artiste, striate, attires, tastier, ratites
- v : vastier, veritas
- w : wariest, wastrie, waiters
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- RETINA combinations
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- c : creatin, certain
- d : detrain, trained
- e : retinae, trainee
- f : fainter
- g : tangier, ingrate, tearing, granite
- h : inearth
- i : inertia
- k : keratin, intaker
- l : ratline, latrine, reliant, retinal, trenail
- m : minaret, raiment
- n : entrain
- p : painter, pertain, repaint
- r : terrain, retrain, trainer
- s : retsina, stainer, retinas, stearin, nastier, retains, ratines
- t : tertian, nattier, nitrate
- u : taurine, urinate, ruinate, uranite
- w : tawnier, tinware
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- reference: Conklin, THE OFFICIAL SCRABBLE PLAYERS HANDBOOK, 1976: Crown
- Publishers.
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