12:07 am
Gillie
What - it doesn't take "fustion"!
12:09 am
lynxxx
actually 2 de9
12:09 am
lynxxx
I'll bite - fustion?
12:12 am
Gillie
"Fustian is a variety of heavy cloth woven from cotton, chiefly prepared for menswear. It is also used figuratively to refer to pompous, inflated or pretentious writing or speech"
12:12 am
Gillie
(it turns up frequently as an exclamation in Regency novels, as I recall)
12:13 am
lynxxx
Interesting. Not heard of it and was employed in clothing industry here for some 20+ years
12:13 am
Gillie
And now, looking at that, I see that it is *not* spelt "fustion"
12:17 am
licketySplitAUS
Clues are up
12:17 am
lynxxx
TY Lickety
12:18 am
Gillie
ty lickety
4:28 am
Deeha
yo4.10, Really???
5:35 am
rolin
hi all..was there access problems earlier this afternoon?
8:48 am
Shirlockc
stats for the lone N in the right column pls?
8:49 am
rururocks
its' really nothing
8:49 am
Shirlockc
so i have nil chance of getting it, ruru?
9:24 am
rururocks
si tu lo piensas
9:37 am
MollyL
I bet you were a Menudo fan too 😊
9:42 am
rururocks
no.. not me
9:42 am
rururocks
not a boy band fan in any way really
9:44 am
rururocks
good morning saan and ori
9:52 am
origami
Good morning
9:58 am
hokie carla
howdy folks. just made up a bunch of k words and still have 3 left. but no HOET yet due to the middle O.
9:59 am
rururocks
it'll be alright eventually for you hokes
9:59 am
hokie carla
oh geez, thanks ruru
9:59 am
hokie carla
HOET! 56 left.
10:02 am
penquis
hello all...
10:03 am
rururocks
good morning pen.. long time no see
10:03 am
penquis
carla! ru!
10:05 am
origami
Hi carla, pen
10:05 am
hokie carla
wow, just made up a bunch of valid s's too
10:05 am
hokie carla
I keep hitting enter before the !
10:08 am
rururocks
!!!!!?
10:09 am
hokie carla
okay, just need 2 S and 1 R to gray middle col. so hard when there's that many words on a tile.
10:09 am
hokie carla
and one upper A in last col. that should be easier.
10:10 am
hokie carla
ooh, last col gray!
10:11 am
hokie carla
I was clever and able enough to find it
10:19 am
hokie carla
but not smart enough to get the related D words right away
10:25 am
hokie carla
ooh, found an 8/9
10:25 am
hokie carla
and another!
10:25 am
penquis
found those ten minutes ago....i was surprised that i found those 8/9 words so quickly....never happens....
10:26 am
hokie carla
I know! for me either.
10:27 am
penquis
do you have both?
10:28 am
hokie carla
well, 27 left. 9-6-8-4
must go walk winston
10:28 am
penquis
have a nice walk....
10:59 am
penquis
off to lunch.....bye all...
11:12 am
moolingwa
morning all
11:47 am
hokie carla
moooo
12:09 pm
hokie carla
well, I am stuck with 18 left. even looked specifically for 4's and have 6-4-5-3
ii T SS
N R KKK
D
CCC Y
P TT
12:12 pm
hokie carla
well, my bottom T's were both 4's I just couldn't see
12:25 pm
hurshy
i words impounded!
12:33 pm
hokie carla
well guess my missing two
12:34 pm
hokie carla
and yes, I did type intel AGAIN
12:34 pm
hurshy
um, do you have the in6 and 7 pair?
12:35 pm
hokie carla
yes, in fact those were the only ones I could find for a while
12:35 pm
hokie carla
oh, I see
12:35 pm
hurshy
there are 3 5 &6 pairs
12:35 pm
hokie carla
it was my lack of motion I couldn't get it
12:36 pm
hurshy
if you're done with S, i need one. if there is an SK then it is that.
12:36 pm
hokie carla
I still have 2 S
12:39 pm
hurshy
how about N
12:40 pm
hokie carla
need one N
12:45 pm
hurshy
phantom: recent
12:47 pm
MollyL
Don't see any N words that look weird
12:48 pm
hokie carla
oh, uk spelling
12:48 pm
hurshy
man i hate Ks
12:48 pm
hokie carla
that's a little weird, just not unusual for here
12:48 pm
hurshy
i think i am missing a different one than you then, i think i have what you just found
12:49 pm
hokie carla
me too. ftr, I made up a few k5's that took. still need 3 k's.
12:49 pm
MollyL
I have gotten so used to the oddball UK spellings that I play them in Scrabble
12:50 pm
hokie carla
I think I'm getting slightly better at seeing them but that is not this day
12:50 pm
hokie carla
do you have the card game? check your pairs?
12:50 pm
hokie carla
and your adj
12:50 pm
hurshy
cards yes
12:51 pm
hurshy
have two pairs that are a 4 and an adj
12:51 pm
hurshy
only one plural, the ni6
12:51 pm
hurshy
scratch that also have no5/18
12:51 pm
hokie carla
your scottish word for a veggie?
12:51 pm
hurshy
one pair with a person who
12:52 pm
hurshy
and louse eggs and christmas
12:52 pm
hokie carla
xmas word?
12:53 pm
hokie carla
I think we have named everything so must be a plural
12:53 pm
MollyL
The one that rhymes with Lucy's Ethel?
12:53 pm
hurshy
that's the card game hokie mentioned, yeah
12:54 pm
MollyL
The Spanish one
12:54 pm
hurshy
oh sure but that's from the right
12:55 pm
hokie carla
no6?
12:55 pm
MollyL
Well, I think all the n words have been mentioned then
12:55 pm
hurshy
NOW you mention there's an no6
12:56 pm
MollyL
I thought you guys already went over the plurals
12:56 pm
hokie carla
well, it's a plural which I said to check!
12:56 pm
hurshy
ahhh dang it
12:56 pm
MollyL
I can't believe she has the five and not the six
12:56 pm
hurshy
i only tried the 4 pluralized, not the 5
12:56 pm
hokie carla
I reread where she mentioned that set and deduced she did not have the 6
12:57 pm
MollyL
Probably ought to refer to words like that as a trio
12:57 pm
hokie carla
molly, do you have the Y's?
12:57 pm
hurshy
good deducing! we'll have to call you sherlokie now
12:57 pm
MollyL
I have the y's
12:57 pm
hokie carla
I have 2 4/10. what am I missing?
12:58 pm
hokie carla
geez, got it
12:58 pm
hokie carla
it's always the more regular word
12:58 pm
MollyL
Were you two slamming Tequila last night?
12:58 pm
hokie carla
and I even looked for 4's earlier.
12:59 pm
hurshy
i don't drink. but i exercised this morning, that might have screwed me up.
12:59 pm
hokie carla
I only had half cup of coffee this morning because I did an early tennis.
1:00 pm
hurshy
right col grey!
1:00 pm
hokie carla
found another k
1:00 pm
hurshy
found an 8 and 9 pair!
1:00 pm
hokie carla
2-2-4-3
1:01 pm
hokie carla
keep looking, you might find the other one
1:02 pm
hurshy
left col grey!
1:03 pm
hurshy
name that proper noun! sad donkey
1:03 pm
hokie carla
I have T SS R KK D CCC P so let me know when you have any ideas on those or need something I have gray.
1:04 pm
hokie carla
eyeore. I never know how to spell it.
1:04 pm
hokie carla
yeah, that looks more right. righter.
1:05 pm
MollyL
Eyeore is what you mine out of the corners of your eyes
1:06 pm
hurshy
i'm missing more than you on everything but the S
1:06 pm
hokie carla
yuk yuk
1:07 pm
hurshy
did you get st6/30?
1:07 pm
hokie carla
yep, I made up quite a few
1:07 pm
hurshy
and that without the R
1:07 pm
hurshy
and st7, a past tense, and other st7, a person who
1:08 pm
hurshy
i gots 2 su
1:08 pm
hokie carla
probably missing a regular everyday word
1:09 pm
hokie carla
do you have the 5 that usually has de- in front of it
1:09 pm
hurshy
yeah, that's the one that has the past tense 7
1:09 pm
hokie carla
aha, that's one of mine
1:10 pm
hurshy
so you had the 7 but not the 5?
1:10 pm
hokie carla
no, I had the 5 but not the 7
1:10 pm
hokie carla
didn't see your post about 7s
1:10 pm
hurshy
oh i thought your yep covered my st7 post
1:11 pm
hokie carla
I was yepping the one before
1:12 pm
hurshy
ok i've hit 200, gtg back to work
1:12 pm
hokie carla
I need to get moving as well. 10 left.
1:15 pm
periwinkle
hi all. hel p witheither de8 or de9 please I know there are 2 of each and I have none
1:17 pm
hokie carla
think of a thing used to look for metal on a beach
1:18 pm
hokie carla
just 2 different spellings
1:18 pm
hokie carla
mooooo
1:18 pm
moolingwa
hey hoke
1:18 pm
moolingwa
happy tuesday
1:18 pm
moolingwa
also know here as April 23rd
1:18 pm
hokie carla
any snow this morning?
1:18 pm
periwinkle
ty carla
1:18 pm
moolingwa
nope, should be in the 70s today I think
1:19 pm
hokie carla
70 here right now but a little breezy
1:19 pm
hokie carla
np peri
1:20 pm
moolingwa
59 here...working our way up...was 74 yesterday
1:20 pm
periwinkle
hellp with Middle O and the E beneath it please
1:20 pm
hokie carla
I am quite positive I have called someone dorkus more than once in my life. I bet the enable makers heard it in their lives.
1:20 pm
moolingwa
still trying to make my way through this board the first time
1:21 pm
hokie carla
the middle O is alright and the E is the volcano
1:21 pm
periwinkle
found one of the middle O words
1:21 pm
hokie carla
still stuck with 10
1:21 pm
periwinkle
sheesh ty for those carka
1:21 pm
moolingwa
59 here
1:22 pm
periwinkle
100 here but I went to exercise class and did errands
1:22 pm
hokie carla
lol, peri. I couldn't see the o set either. ruru had to help me.
1:22 pm
moolingwa
50 now...and am on the bottom row
1:23 pm
hokie carla
and I know carka was a typo, but my cousin used to call me that
1:23 pm
moolingwa
okay, gonna call that first pass....44 to go
14-14-12-4
1:24 pm
hokie carla
yeah, I think I had 50 or 60 after first pass. it's a slow burn one. lots of hard to see regular words.
1:30 pm
moolingwa
one stubborn C away from 3
1:31 pm
moolingwa
there we go...3OFOET
1:32 pm
hokie carla
I still need 3 C or I would have 2OFOET
1:32 pm
moolingwa
have I mentioned today yet that I dislike K's?
1:33 pm
hokie carla
I think hurshy did earlier, but not sure about you.
1:33 pm
hokie carla
need 2 k's
1:33 pm
moolingwa
they're the most makey-up of made up words
1:34 pm
hokie carla
true dat
1:34 pm
moolingwa
I still need 3 on S, N, R, D, C and P...so got some work to do there
1:35 pm
moolingwa
cross the s off
1:35 pm
hokie carla
I am pretty sure I have tried all kombos of 4s and 5s possible on the K's so must be bigger
1:35 pm
moolingwa
and the n
1:35 pm
hokie carla
what was your S? hurshy & I could not find the last one.
1:36 pm
moolingwa
oh, still have 2 more there, meant to get under 3
1:36 pm
moolingwa
but I did find a dr seussian st6
1:36 pm
hokie carla
I made up quite a few ST words, so probably have it
1:38 pm
moolingwa
now just need one C to get 2OFOET
1:39 pm
hokie carla
ooh, found one!
1:39 pm
moolingwa
5-8-5-3
1:39 pm
hokie carla
2-2-3-2
1:42 pm
moolingwa
found another made up k
1:43 pm
hokie carla
I have 7 and think 5 are made up words
1:44 pm
hokie carla
and the other two are spelling out letters
1:44 pm
moolingwa
I have 8 and I think they're all made up
1:44 pm
hokie carla
which is dumb
1:45 pm
moolingwa
well one isn't, it's a currency so I'll give them that
1:46 pm
MollyL
Estonian currency that hardly anyone knows
3:12 pm
periwinkle
I don' like C words or K words. Only haveone kword
3:14 pm
hokie carla
there's a ka4 and 6 set that is a boxing term, short for knockout, and then for some reason they decided to spell out the letters.
3:15 pm
periwinkle
thank you carla
3:15 pm
periwinkle
have 4 K words now
3:16 pm
periwinkle
not doing well with this grid but will plod along
3:23 pm
hokie carla
still just stuck at 9 left but doing other things instead
3:49 pm
hokie carla
decided to list. these 2 c's are still a mystery.
3:49 pm
hokie carla
just had to type that and then saw them
3:53 pm
moolingwa
still 16 to go here
3:53 pm
moolingwa
TT SS NN RR K DD CCC PP
3:54 pm
hokie carla
well, struggled with the K's too.
3:54 pm
hokie carla
and now the P
3:54 pm
moolingwa
found a t
3:56 pm
hokie carla
and now the R. glad I didn't keep looking for these blind.
3:57 pm
Gillie
I assume you prefer "OK" (short for "oll korrect") to "okay"?
3:57 pm
hokie carla
I do use OK more. but honestly had no idea about oll korrect. is that german/
3:58 pm
hokie carla
I just thought okay was the word but ok was the short version
3:59 pm
Gillie
Hi - no there was a weird fad for abbreviations of misspellings when it came into to use
4:00 pm
cybernan
hello everyone - just starting out :)
4:01 pm
Gillie
"OK" started as joke, basically, but somehow caught on
4:02 pm
hokie carla
weird, thanks
4:03 pm
Gillie
The spelled-out version of the knockout word probably came into use because it's easier to use as a verb (rather than "KOed" or "KO'ed")
4:05 pm
hokie carla
it was probably invented by the scrabble folks to have more k words. like za.
4:05 pm
72 Temple Owl
yes i just heard of za. ridic
4:06 pm
hokie carla
well, it's also really 'za, so when did scrabble start allowing words with apostrophes too?
4:06 pm
72 Temple Owl
beats me. i no longer play
4:08 pm
hokie carla
my son & I occasionally play scrabble when he visits and I used to have the 2 letters memorized, but we agree to be able to use the 2 letter list and I think they've added a lot.
4:11 pm
Gillie
Well, I think "kayo" has been used legitimately as a word in the past, but it doesn't help that all of the examples of its use given by dictionary.com are in some other language.
4:14 pm
Gillie
And I think some other words that should have apostrophes have made it into Scrabble, although possibly by accident (e.g. "'twas", short for "it was")
4:14 pm
Gillie
But "za" does sound pretty suspect
4:18 pm
Gillie
K words do seem to be pretty weird in general
4:19 pm
Gillie
Definitely not my favorite letter
4:33 pm
cybernan
not liking this grid at all - 2's 0 minutes and only 99 words, no 8, no 9 and one 7
4:34 pm
cybernan
darn keyboard is sticking on me again
4:39 pm
Gillie
I recently popped a batch of keys off mine and cleared out a surprising amount of gunk - it's working a lot better now (especially the space bar)
4:40 pm
Gillie
Probably easier just to buy a new keyboard, though
4:41 pm
Gillie
(the space bar was trickier to put back on than I'd anticipated, but I managed it)
4:48 pm
Gillie
One of the 8/9 pairs is pretty ordinary, but a bit twisty. The other is slightly unusual spelling of the same.
4:53 pm
Gillie
You could say that they are hard to de6
4:55 pm
hokie carla
rehi - I need to take my macbook to apple. they will clean the keyboard and it's gross right now.
4:56 pm
Gillie
An excellent eco-friendly alternative
4:58 pm
Gillie
I think nan has left the chat, however
5:05 pm
hokie carla
elvis has left the building
5:10 pm
72 Temple Owl
intrlerk
5:51 pm
cybernan
hi again - yes, I did leave the chat
5:53 pm
hurshy
of course i had the less-ordinary of the two do6-7 combos...
5:53 pm
cybernan
wish that top o was an a -- a lot of -tion words then
5:54 pm
cybernan
no that wouldn't work either! the s needs to be an a
5:54 pm
hurshy
there wouldn't be any, actually, lol
5:55 pm
cybernan
think I need to go to the chat from last night to see what the 8's and 9's are
5:55 pm
hurshy
or i can tell ya
5:56 pm
hurshy
they are all de
5:56 pm
hurshy
alt sps of each other, singulars and plurals. a quartet, you might say.
5:58 pm
cybernan
ty hurshy
6:27 pm
cybernan
still need k x3 - suspect they are "words" never seen or heard of before
6:28 pm
grannyrose
morning nan
6:29 pm
grannyrose
oh, hurshy, g'day
6:29 pm
grannyrose
would you like a hand with those k words?
6:36 pm
cybernan
sure -- have ka x2, ko, kr x2,
6:37 pm
cybernan
guess I need 4 more
6:41 pm
grannyrose
kr 5, how Bing Crosby sang, with a k instead of a c
6:41 pm
grannyrose
then add a vowel for kr 6
6:42 pm
cybernan
had the 5, ty for the 6
6:42 pm
grannyrose
ka 4, what it is called when a boxer is punched unconscious, ka 6, past tense
6:43 pm
cybernan
have those, ty
6:44 pm
grannyrose
kr 5, slow and very quiet walking, but spelled with a k
6:45 pm
cybernan
see that christopher robin's friend is in the grid
6:46 pm
cybernan
ty again
7:43 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
hi all, diving in, doink doink
7:57 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
nbs woot
8:07 pm
Book Doctor Gwen
nbt at last