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Grex > Iq > #166: The Five Letter Word Game, Fourth Edition |  |
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blaise
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response 1222 of 1578:
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Jun 3 15:04 UTC 2005 |
livid
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albaugh
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response 1223 of 1578:
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Jun 3 17:55 UTC 2005 |
video
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kentn
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response 1224 of 1578:
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Jun 4 02:06 UTC 2005 |
lodge 0 (gelinas)
apple 0 (aruba)
livid 0 (blaise)
video 0 (albaugh)
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aruba
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response 1225 of 1578:
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Jun 4 03:12 UTC 2005 |
peach
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gelinas
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response 1226 of 1578:
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Jun 4 03:18 UTC 2005 |
revet
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kentn
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response 1227 of 1578:
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Jun 4 16:32 UTC 2005 |
peach 1 (aruba)
revet 2 (gelinas)
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aruba
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response 1228 of 1578:
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Jun 4 22:49 UTC 2005 |
heist
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kentn
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response 1229 of 1578:
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Jun 5 03:53 UTC 2005 |
heist 4 (aruba)
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gelinas
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response 1230 of 1578:
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Jun 5 04:48 UTC 2005 |
hoist
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aruba
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response 1231 of 1578:
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Jun 5 05:34 UTC 2005 |
feist
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kentn
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response 1232 of 1578:
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Jun 5 17:59 UTC 2005 |
hoist 3 (gelinas)
feist 4 (aruba)
(OED: feist, var. fist sb.2)
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gelinas
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response 1233 of 1578:
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Jun 6 02:50 UTC 2005 |
wrung
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kentn
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response 1234 of 1578:
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Jun 6 02:55 UTC 2005 |
wrung 0 (gelinas)
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aruba
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response 1235 of 1578:
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Jun 6 07:04 UTC 2005 |
ghost
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gelinas
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response 1236 of 1578:
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Jun 6 16:18 UTC 2005 |
flats
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albaugh
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response 1237 of 1578:
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Jun 6 22:27 UTC 2005 |
geist (joyman for ghost, so I'm told)
BTW, this item should be restarted, now that there are > 1K responses...)
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kentn
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response 1238 of 1578:
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Jun 7 00:50 UTC 2005 |
ghost 2 (aruba)
flats 0 (gelinas)
geist 4 (albaugh)
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aruba
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response 1239 of 1578:
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Jun 7 02:39 UTC 2005 |
Well, obviously no one knows this word. So we keep going until somone gets
it by trial and error, or someone looks it up. :)
waist
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gelinas
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response 1240 of 1578:
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Jun 7 04:23 UTC 2005 |
The only definition I could find for "geist" was an expansion of an acronym.
Is there another?
dodge
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kentn
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response 1241 of 1578:
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Jun 7 11:24 UTC 2005 |
waist 3 (aruba)
dodge 1 (gelinas)
OED 2d ed:
geist g /enticons/ipa322.gif ist. [G., = spirit: see ghost sb. ] Spirit;
spirituality; intellectuality; intelligence.
(You've probably seen it in "zeitgeist")
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aruba
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response 1242 of 1578:
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Jun 7 18:28 UTC 2005 |
OK, that makes the word
deist
What's it mean?
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rcurl
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response 1243 of 1578:
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Jun 7 19:36 UTC 2005 |
deist di/enticons/macr.gif.ist. [a. Fr. diste, f. L. de-us god: see -ist. ]
One who acknowledges the existence of a God upon the testimony of reason, but
rejects revealed religion. (OED)
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albaugh
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response 1244 of 1578:
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Jun 7 21:22 UTC 2005 |
heist
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kentn
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response 1245 of 1578:
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Jun 8 02:37 UTC 2005 |
deist 5 (aruba) ---> Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner!
heist 4 (albaugh)
Your word again, Mark.
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aruba
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response 1246 of 1578:
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Jun 8 03:22 UTC 2005 |
Doh! I see, I was pronouncing it wrong, which is why I didn't recognize the
word.
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