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Grex > Language > #102: The seven letter word game, 1st edition |  |
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kentn
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response 385 of 1177:
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Jan 22 04:33 UTC 2000 |
Wow, great detective work... Sorry to disappoint, but 'humbuzz'
is a word even though it may not be in your dictionary. From the
OED:
'hum'buzz. dial. [f. hum v. + buzz v. ]
1. A local name of the cockchafer.
1756 Toldervy Two Orphans I. 124 What are there called humbuzes,
by the Londoners cock-chafers.
C. 1820 Mrs. Sherwood May-bee 13 William had caught another
may-bee, or cockchafer, or humbuzz (for so that insect is called
in different places).
2. A thin piece of wood with a notched edge which is swung round rapidly
by a string, and emits a loud humming sound, like the flight of a
cockchafer; a bull-roarer. 1847-78 in Halliwell.
.... Anyway...aruba, you're up!
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aruba
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response 386 of 1177:
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Jan 22 16:10 UTC 2000 |
OK, I'll try to be thinking of a seven-letter word when next I log in.
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aruba
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response 387 of 1177:
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Jan 22 16:13 UTC 2000 |
(I think 45 guesses is by far the longest 6- or seven-letter word game here
on Grex. Dunno about the 5-letter games.)
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kentn
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response 388 of 1177:
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Jan 22 18:16 UTC 2000 |
Yeah, I was getting worried I'd be scoring forever, but I could see some
people were eliminating letters, so figured it would fall eventually.
Hadn't really expected it to be that difficult, though, especially after
'humbugs'...
uncanny
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orinoco
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response 389 of 1177:
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Jan 22 19:53 UTC 2000 |
remotes
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lilmo
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response 390 of 1177:
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Jan 22 22:38 UTC 2000 |
parable
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aruba
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response 391 of 1177:
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Jan 23 05:40 UTC 2000 |
uncanny 1 (kentn)
remotes 0 (orinoco)
parable 0 (lilmo)
humbuzz 0 (lastword)
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kentn
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response 392 of 1177:
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Jan 23 17:00 UTC 2000 |
trident
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orinoco
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response 393 of 1177:
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Jan 23 19:52 UTC 2000 |
ugliest
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aruba
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response 394 of 1177:
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Jan 23 20:03 UTC 2000 |
trident 0 (kentn)
ugliest 1 (orinoco)
A list of guesses dso far is in ~aruba/letter.match7 .
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prp
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response 395 of 1177:
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Jan 24 19:36 UTC 2000 |
upturns
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albaugh
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response 396 of 1177:
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Jan 25 00:36 UTC 2000 |
downers
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aruba
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response 397 of 1177:
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Jan 25 00:48 UTC 2000 |
upturns 2 (prp)
downers 0 (albaugh)
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orinoco
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response 398 of 1177:
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Jan 25 01:19 UTC 2000 |
untruth
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aruba
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response 399 of 1177:
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Jan 25 17:04 UTC 2000 |
untruth 2 (orinoco)
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prp
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response 400 of 1177:
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Jan 25 19:59 UTC 2000 |
urolith
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aruba
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response 401 of 1177:
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Jan 25 20:21 UTC 2000 |
urolith 1 (prp) Ouch!
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orinoco
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response 402 of 1177:
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Jan 25 21:55 UTC 2000 |
heiress.
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aruba
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response 403 of 1177:
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Jan 26 04:04 UTC 2000 |
heiress 1 (orinoco)
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prp
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response 404 of 1177:
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Jan 26 19:48 UTC 2000 |
upbraid
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aruba
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response 405 of 1177:
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Jan 26 21:30 UTC 2000 |
upbraid 7 (prp)
You're up again, Paul!
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prp
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response 406 of 1177:
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Jan 27 20:49 UTC 2000 |
upbraid 0 (aruba)lastword
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orinoco
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response 407 of 1177:
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Jan 27 21:16 UTC 2000 |
removes
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prp
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response 408 of 1177:
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Jan 27 22:38 UTC 2000 |
removes 0 (orinoco)
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aruba
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response 409 of 1177:
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Jan 27 22:59 UTC 2000 |
evening
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