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PUB DATE | WEEK | TITLE | SYNOPSIS | THEMES | LINKS TO THIS CONTEST | WINNER | LINKS TO RESULTS OF THIS CONTEST (usually published 2-4 Weeks later) |
August 15, 2004 | 571 | A Tour de Fours | Create and define a word that includes T, H, E, and S in any order. The letters must appear consecutively. | TDF | Text file | Contest image | ||
June 5, 2005 | 613 | Tour de Fours II | Create and define a word that includes, consecutively, E, R, A and N. in any order. | TDF | Text file | Contest image | ||
August 20, 2006 | 676 | Tour de Fours III | Coin and define a word containing -- with no other letters between them, but in any order you like -- the letters L, E, A and F. | TDF | Text file | Contest image | ||
August 25, 2007 | 728 | Tour de Fours IV | Coin and define a humorous word that includes -- with no other letters between them, but in any order you like -- the letters S, A, T and R. | TDF | Text file | ||
October 18, 2008 | 787 | Tour de Fours V | Coin and define a humorous word that includes -- with no other letters between them, but in any order -- the letters M, I, N and E. | TDF | Text file | ||
September 19, 2009 | 835 | Tour de Fours VI | Coin and define a humorous word that includes -- with no other letters between them, but in any order -- the letters T, H, R, and E. | TDF | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
October 9, 2010 | 889 | Tour de Fours VII | Coin and define a humorous word that includes -- with no other letters between them, but in any order -- the letters P, O, L and E. | TDF | Text file | ||
November 27, 2011 | 947 | Tour de Fours VIII: Neologisms | Come up with a new word or two-word term that includes the letter block N-O-E-L, in any order but with no other letters between them, and define it. | TDF | Text file | ||
October 7, 2012 | 991 | Tour de Fours IX | Create a new word or two-word term containing the letter block V, O, T, and E and define it. | TDF | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
October 13, 2013 | 1042 | Tour de Fours X: Go SANE | Create a new word or two-word term containing the letter block S-A-N-E -- in any order, but consecutively, and define it. | TDF | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
October 19, 2014 | 1094 | TAXI's the fare for Tour de Fours XI | Coin a word or hyphenated term that contains the letter block T-A-X-I; the letters may be in any order, but there may be no other letters between them. (Conversational text) | TDF | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
October 18, 2015 | 1145 | A DICEy situation | Coin a word or multi-word term that contains the letter block D-I-C-E. (Conversational text) | TDF | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
November 13, 2016 | 1201 | Tour de Fours XIII: What's there to NOVE? | Coin a word or multi-word term that contains the letter block N-O-V-E. (Conversational text) | TDF | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
November 26, 2017 | 1255 | Tour de Fours XIV: SANT is coming | Coin a word or multi-word term that contains the letter-block S-A-N-T; the letters may be in any order, but there may be no other letters between them. (Conversational text) | TDF | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
December 30, 2018 | 1312 | Neologisms in TOUR de Fours XV | Coin a word or multi-word term that contains the letter block T-O-U-R and describe it. The letters may be in any order. (Conversational text) | TDF | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
January 12, 2020 | 1366 | Tour de Fours XVI -- It's the LIAR club | Coin a word or multi-word term that contains the letter block L-I-A-R and describe it. (Conversational text) | TDF | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
January 10, 2021 | 1418 | Tour de Fours XVII: Just Undo It | Coin a word or multi-word term containing the letters U-N-D-O -- consecutive but in any order -- and describe it. (Conversational text) | TDF | Text file | Contest image | Post e-version | ||
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