S C J U I L G F O W T
I was walking on the beach today at low tide and saw this piece of plant that had washed up sometime earlier in the day. A pretty perfect “S”, and I thought that it could be the start of a collection of naturally occurring letters. A few minutes later, I saw this “C”.
Well, I thought, another one for the collection. And then, this “J”.
I ended up walking about 5 miles on the beach, looking for letters.
This “U” is nice with the leaves still attached; sort of like the “S”.
I’m calling this one ↑ an “I”
Nice to have found an “L”. So useful at times.
It might be stretching it a bit to call the one above a “G”, but hey, it works for me.
No question though, this is a lovely “F”
This one came pretty close to being a “Q”, but an “O” is much more useful (although we did have a “U” to go with the “Q”).
This is just barely a “W”, and it even has a little flower attached.
And finally, this somewhat stylized “T”.
I am a pretty lame Scrabble player, but I try to do the Times crossword everyday. As I was walking back from the beach I thought it might be nice to see how many words could be made from these letters. S C J U I L G F O W T. It is a good mix of vowels and consonants. If you want to join in, post your words in the comments section.
I am wishing all of you a fantastic, productive, and peaceful 2015. Cheers, Jon
Jon Crispin's Notebook 
Flow, scow, scowl, jowl, glow, stow, guilt, jig, loft,flout, gout, jilt, just, two, low, cow, cowl, sow, soil, foil, toil, coil, and many mire I’m sure! Get Will Shortz to include it in a puzzle 🙂 Does he still do the Puzzle Master bit on Sunday’s Morning Edition on NPR?
Super fun that you found all those letters! I’m also terrible at Scrabble, but I love other word games, so I made a list of what I could find:
Clout, Cog, Cogs, Coil, Coils, Cow, Cowl, Cowls, Cows, Cut, Cuts, Fig, Figs, Fist, Fit, Fits, Flow, Flows, Foil, Foils, Foist, Fowl, Fowls, Gift, Gifts, Gilt, Glow, Glows, Glut, Gluts, Got, Guilt, (Guilts?), Gust, Gut, Guts, Its, Jig, Jigs, Jog, Jogs, Jowl, Jowls, Jug, Jugs, Just, Jut, Juts, Lift, Lifts, List, Lit, Loft, Lofts, Lost, Lot, Lots, Lug, Lugs, Lust, Oft, Oil, Oils, Oust, Out, Outs, Owl, Owls, Scow, Scowl, Sift, Silt, Slit, Slog, Slot, Slow, Soft, Soil, Sot, Sow, Stow, Suit, Swift, Swig, Tic, Tics, Togs, Toil, Toils, Tow, Tows, Tug, Tugs, Two, Twos, Wig, Wigs, Wilt, Wilts
Every time I think I’m done I find another, but I have to go to bed! Thanks for a fun brain game 🙂
jug, fowl, owl, lug, two, slug, fog, wog, cog, sog, jig, sig, twig, swig, flow, low, scowl, cowl, glow, cow, tow, scut, stow, fit, fits, flit. sow, slow, slog, silt, slit, jog, wit, wig, wilt, loft ……… we needed an E. I think dlout (in a previous reply) is the winner.
For me that ‘T’ looked a bit more like a question mark and can be every so much fun!
dear Jon – you are such a lovely nut / the F was my favorite
S C J U I L G F O W T – let’s see: tow, two, toil(s), tug(s), foil(s), soil, coil(s), cog(s), log(s), fog(s), jog(s), soft, flow, flows, slow, go, to, so, low(s), glow(s), cow(s), jowl(s), flit(s), wit(s), clog(s), flog(s), slug, lug(s), lift(s), loft(s), wilt(s), silt, slit, sift, fowl(s), cult(s), guilt(s), gift(s), scout, scowl, swift, jug(s), jilt(s), jot(s), jig(s) just, lost, cost … time for bed, winter break is over.
Happy New Year to you ~
I am in the Pacific NW, so it is just after midnight. Leamuse – hope you are on the west coast too or at least west of Jon. sweet dreams.