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3 Using the A-Team

The A is usually a useful letter to have, though you don’t particularly want more than one of them. It will fit nicely into lots of good seven- and eight-letter bonus words.

To help you find them, remember some of the prefixes and suffixes that A is a part of. There’s AB- and AD-: loads of words begin with both of these, such as ABJURES (renounces on oath), ABSTAIN, ADRENAL and ADHESIVE.

ANTI-, being made up of four of the one-point tiles, starts a lot of useful words too. Here are a few handy

ANTIs, along with their definitions:

ANTIFAT of a drug, etc., tending to remove fat

ANTIFUR opposed to the wearing of fur

ANTIJAM preventing jamming

ANTILOG mathematical term

ANTIMAN opposed to men

ANTISAG preventing sagging

ANTICOLD preventing the common cold

ANTIDRUG opposed to illegal drugs

ANTILOCK designed to prevent overbraking

ANTIPOLE the opposite pole

ANTIRUST treated so as not to rust

The A is in suffixes too, like -ABLE, -ATE, -ANT, -IAL and -IAN.