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| 25 new of 1055 responses total. |
kentn
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response 175 of 1055:
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Jul 18 21:22 UTC 1998 |
unease
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aruba
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response 176 of 1055:
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Jul 18 23:03 UTC 1998 |
needed 0 (albaugh)
unease 0 (kentn)
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coyote
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response 177 of 1055:
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Jul 19 05:08 UTC 1998 |
acacia
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aruba
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response 178 of 1055:
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Jul 19 14:35 UTC 1998 |
acacia 0 (coyote)
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coyote
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response 179 of 1055:
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Jul 19 23:05 UTC 1998 |
cactus
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aruba
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response 180 of 1055:
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Jul 20 00:40 UTC 1998 |
I'm afraid you just went, Jeff, so you'll have to wait for someone else.
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kami
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response 181 of 1055:
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Jul 20 02:48 UTC 1998 |
medula
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aruba
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response 182 of 1055:
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Jul 20 05:59 UTC 1998 |
Kami, my dictionary has "medulla" and "medusa", but not "medula". Can you
provide a reference?
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larsn
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response 183 of 1055:
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Jul 20 15:37 UTC 1998 |
grumpy
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albaugh
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response 184 of 1055:
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Jul 20 17:41 UTC 1998 |
fronds
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aruba
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response 185 of 1055:
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Jul 20 17:58 UTC 1998 |
grumpy 1 (larsn)
cactus 0 (coyote)
fronds 1 (albaugh)
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coyote
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response 186 of 1055:
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Jul 21 03:56 UTC 1998 |
<oops, forgot about that 2-in-a-row rule up there>
dimply
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kami
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response 187 of 1055:
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Jul 21 05:45 UTC 1998 |
Oops, didn't realize I was short an L. Oh well.
croupy
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aruba
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response 188 of 1055:
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Jul 21 18:41 UTC 1998 |
dimply 0 (coyote)
croupy 1 (kami)
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albaugh
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response 189 of 1055:
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Jul 21 18:56 UTC 1998 |
tricot Function: noun
Etymology: French, from tricoter to knit, from Middle French, to agitate, hop,
ultimately from Old French estriquier to stroke, of Germanic origin;
akin to Old English strIcan to stroke -- more at STRIKE Date: 1872
1 : a plain warp-knitted fabric (as of nylon, wool, rayon, silk, or cotton)
with a close inelastic knit and used especially in clothing (as underwear)
2 : a twilled clothing fabric of wool with fine warp ribs or of wool and
cotton with fine weft ribs
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aruba
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response 190 of 1055:
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Jul 22 06:40 UTC 1998 |
tricot 0 (albaugh)
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coyote
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response 191 of 1055:
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Jul 24 04:20 UTC 1998 |
embryo
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aruba
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response 192 of 1055:
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Jul 24 04:42 UTC 1998 |
embryo 0 (coyote) (That would have made a good word!)
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larsn
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response 193 of 1055:
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Jul 24 16:14 UTC 1998 |
flysch
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aruba
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response 194 of 1055:
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Jul 24 17:44 UTC 1998 |
'Fraid that isn't in my dictionary. Could you give a reference, Lars?
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albaugh
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response 195 of 1055:
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Jul 24 18:43 UTC 1998 |
rhombi (plural of rhombus, also rhombuses) Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, from Greek rhombos piece of wood whirled on a string,
lozenge, from rhembein to whirl Date: circa 1567
: a parallelogram with four equal sides and sometimes one with no right angles
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aruba
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response 196 of 1055:
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Jul 24 21:25 UTC 1998 |
rhombi 6 (albaugh)
How'd you figure that out?
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kentn
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response 197 of 1055:
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Jul 26 21:21 UTC 1998 |
That one was quite easy to guess, given the constraints of the previous
guesses. Generally, 10 guesses are enough to narrow the word down to less
than a dozen possibles.
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larsn
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response 198 of 1055:
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Jul 27 17:00 UTC 1998 |
flysch \Flysch\ (fl?sh), n. [A Swiss word, fr. G. fliessen to
flow, melt.] (Geol.)
A name given to the series of sandstones and schists
overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and
included in the Eocene Tertiary.
Not that it matters now...
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albaugh
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response 199 of 1055:
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Jul 27 19:39 UTC 1998 |
To answer "how": "I get by with a little help from my friends!" Couldn't
get anywhere with out 'em. Other secrets of my success will remain secret.
Meanwhile, I've thought of a new 6-letter word that's not:
rhombi 0 (lastword)
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