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WILLIE-WASTLE

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Willie-Wastle (the child's game). Willie Wastle was governor of Hume Castle, Haddington. When Cromwell sent a summons to him to surrender, he replied-
"Here I, Willie Wastle,
Stand firm in my castle,
And all the dogs in the town
Shan't pull Willie Wastle down." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: WILLIE-WASTLE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-i-l-l-l-s-t-w-w"

-4 letters: lealties, lewisite, wellsite.

-5 letters: alleles, illites, laities, tailles, tallies, tellies, wallets, wallies, wellies, wiliest, willets, willies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: WILLIE-WASTLE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 49 4C 4C 49 45 2D 57 41 53 54 4C 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010111 01001001 01001100 01001100 01001001 01000101 00101101 01010111 01000001 01010011 01010100 01001100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#87 &#73 &#76 &#76 &#73 &#69 &#45 &#87 &#65 &#83 &#84 &#76 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 0049 004C 004C 0049 0045 002D 0057 0041 0053 0054 004C 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

57434646433915573553544639

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