Ketel One Vodka --------------- The following challenge appeared in the New York Times, 14 June 2007: "Dear Ketel One Drinker: Can you make one hundred words, of four letters or more, from the letters in Ketel One Vodka?" --------------- Words that are only personal names are marked with a * and not counted. Words that might be words are left for the referee, and are marked with a "?". Jokes are '??' JVB 18 June 2007 ---------------- advent ?al dente alkene ankle ankled (departed) anklet anode anole (a lizard) ante anted (This word was already written on my hand as I did this puzzle!) aven dale ??Dalek (for Dr Who fans) Dane dank *Dante date *Dave dead deal dealt dean dekan (an Egyptian time measure of 10 days) *Deklan *Delano dele (to edit by deletion) delete delta delve denote dent dental detank (to exit the tank) *Devon devote devotee dole dolt donate done don't dote dove eaten eked elan eland elate elated elevate elevated eleven *Elko (Nevada) *Elkton (West Virginia) *elton elven enate (out-growing) ental (inner) even evened event evoke evoked *Kadet (Opel brand) kale *Kate keel keeled keen keened ?Kelt ?kendo *Kent ketone knave knaved (behaved like a knave) knead knee kneed kneel kneeled knelt koan kola ?konk (a brother's head is good for this) ?konked kook *Kool (cigarette brand) lade laden lake ?laked (containing lakes) lane ?laned (containing many lanes) lank late lateen (a kind of sail) ?laten (to become late) latke (a kind of potato pancake) lave laved lead leaden leak leaked lean leaned leant leanto leave leaved (divided into leaves) leaven leavened lede (a leading story in a newspaper) leek lend *Leon lent levee ?leveed load loaded loan loaned lode loden (a kind of heavy coat) lone look looked loon love loved naked *Nate nave ?naved (containing naves) navel neat need needle *Neva (St Petersburg river) neval (of a birthmark) node ?noed (as in, yesed and noed) Noel (as in Christmas) note noted nova ?novaed (of a star that turned into a nova) novel oaken oaten (made of oats) olden oval ovate oven take taken tale talk talked talon taloned tank tanked teak teal teed teen tend toad toed (having toes, like a sloth, say) toke toked token tokened told *Toledo tonal tone toned ??tove (the slithy ones) vale ?valed (having many vales...) valet vane vaned veal ?veed (formed a "V") veldt venal vend vendee (a buyer; also *a region in France) vent vented veto vetoed vodka (well, it was there!) vole ?volk volt vote voted