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Old 03-02-2022, 09:14 AM   #11846
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Originally Posted by Pervinca Took View Post
Correct reasoning, but a different one, and remember the pencil top.
Could be FELAROF, from fell off + ... ar. Perhaps the pencil is a pirate?

Oh, but #6 could be haus + f-e-l = HASUFEL.

Hmm... is the password GEEGEES?

And if so, with no obvious derivation but a G in the right place and rightly being an 'it', could #1 be WARG?

(Actually I have no idea whether any orcs actually ride wolves in the books - did they just run along next to them in The Hobbit?)

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