Today Puzzle #594
Puzzle No. 594鈥� Tuesday 22 October
Today would have been the 100th birthday of Doris Lessing, the oldest person ever to win a Nobel Prize for Literature. Using just the letters from her name "DORIS LESSING", what is the longest single word you can make? As a clue, the word is a plural of the noun which means to move away from the main subject you are talking about.
Today’s #PuzzleForToday has been set by Bobby Seagull, a school Maths teacher and Cambridge University Doctorate student.
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