Ditloids

[Julie]

A ditloid is a type of word puzzle, in which a phrase or quote must be deduced from the numbers and abbreviated letters in the clue. Common words such as 'the', 'in', 'a', 'an', 'of', 'to', etc. are not normally abbreviated. The name 'ditloid' was given by the Daily Express newspaper, originating from the clue: 1 = DitLoID ≡ 1 Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Some examples are given below.

3 BM ---Three Blind Mice
7 DS ---Seven deadly sins
20 V on a D --- 20 Vertices on a Dodecahedron
24 H in a D --- 24 Hours in a Day
52 C in a P --- 52 Cards in a Pack
20000 LU the S --- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

[Julie]

So our first Ditloids are below

101 D

T 10 C

366 D I A L Y

T 39 S

Lets see if you can guess what they are......:eek:

[Moi]

Oh cool! I've seen a couple of these but didn't know what they were called!
I love puzzles and things. :)

I can only guess a couple:

101 D = 101 dalmations
366 DIALY = 366 days in a leap year

[karennarelle]

ummmmmm nothing here!:rolleyes::eek:

[Julie]

Good one Moi got two of em the others were

101 D correct

T 10 C - the ten commandments

366 D I A L Y correct

T 39 S - The thirty nine steps

[Julie]

Four more. I think two are easish and two are harder. lol thats cos I know the answers.

A B A T 40 T -
T 7 W O T W -
50 W T L Y L -
N 10 D S -

[Moi]

I don't know either of them! I'lll have to go away and think about it.

[Julie]

Gosh I look at them now and cant remember either will need to go and look them up in my lil book....

Ali Barba and the Forty Thieves.

[Moi]

Would

The 7 Winds of the West

be one?

[ChelleBB]

I love word games, but this one has me beat, sorry