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Grex > Language > #102: The seven letter word game, 1st edition |  |
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aruba
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response 827 of 1177:
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Jul 31 04:23 UTC 2000 |
sisters
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prp
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response 828 of 1177:
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Jul 31 17:16 UTC 2000 |
unknown
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albaugh
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response 829 of 1177:
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Jul 31 23:05 UTC 2000 |
mystery
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kentn
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response 830 of 1177:
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Aug 1 01:53 UTC 2000 |
sisters 2 (aruba)
unknown 0 (prp)
mystery 2 (albaugh)
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aruba
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response 831 of 1177:
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Aug 1 04:17 UTC 2000 |
eugenic
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prp
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response 832 of 1177:
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Aug 1 18:10 UTC 2000 |
pennant
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albaugh
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response 833 of 1177:
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Aug 1 20:54 UTC 2000 |
leagues
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kentn
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response 834 of 1177:
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Aug 2 01:22 UTC 2000 |
eugenic 0 (aruba)
pennant 3 (prp)
leagues 0 (albaugh)
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aruba
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response 835 of 1177:
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Aug 2 05:30 UTC 2000 |
ospreys
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prp
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response 836 of 1177:
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Aug 2 13:32 UTC 2000 |
ostrich
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kentn
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response 837 of 1177:
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Aug 3 02:11 UTC 2000 |
ospreys 1 (aruba)
ostrich 1 (prp)
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albaugh
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response 838 of 1177:
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Aug 3 04:06 UTC 2000 |
watcher
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aruba
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response 839 of 1177:
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Aug 3 21:00 UTC 2000 |
absence
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kentn
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response 840 of 1177:
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Aug 5 03:03 UTC 2000 |
watcher 0 (albaugh)
absence 2 (aruba)
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prp
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response 841 of 1177:
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Aug 6 02:28 UTC 2000 |
neoteny
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kentn
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response 842 of 1177:
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Aug 6 02:57 UTC 2000 |
neoteny 2 (prp)
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aruba
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response 843 of 1177:
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Aug 6 16:31 UTC 2000 |
OK, the word is "obstant", though I have no idea what it means. Proof to
follow.
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prp
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response 844 of 1177:
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Aug 6 18:39 UTC 2000 |
I concur.
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kentn
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response 845 of 1177:
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Aug 6 19:39 UTC 2000 |
obstant 7 (aruba) ---> Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner!
Here's the def'n (from the OED), though the proof should, as usual,
prove interesting:
obstant
'obstant, a. Obs. [ad. L. obstant-em, pr. pple. of obstare to stand
against, f. ob- (ob- 1 b) + stare to stand. ] Standing against;
resisting, opposing.
1513 Douglas Fneis xii. ix. 99 That nother scheild nor obstant
plait of steyll This cativis breist hes helpit neuir a deill.
A. 1592 Greene Selimus Prol., Like a sea or high resurging floud,
All obstant lets, downe with his fury fling.
1623 Cockeram, Obstant, resisting.
Hence 'obstantly adv., resistingly.
1562 in Strype Ann. Ref. (1709) I. xxx. 302 If any person..be
thereof lawfully convicted..and will obstantly stand in the same.
Congrats, Mark, you're up!
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aruba
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response 846 of 1177:
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Aug 6 19:43 UTC 2000 |
Here's my proof, which took me longer than I thought it would:
strange 0 (aruba)
bonkers 0 (albaugh)
sisters 2 (aruba)
picture 1 (prp)
reports 0 (prp)
unknown 0 (prp)
pennant 3 (prp)
alluvia 0 (lastword)
eugenic 0 (aruba)
absence 2 (aruba)
ospreys 1 (aruba)
score(strange) = 0 ==> score(s------) = 0
score(bonkers) = 0 ==> score(----ers) = 0
Now 2 = score(sisters) = score(s------) + score(-ist---) + score(----ers)
= 0 + score(-ist---) + 0 + 0
==> score(-ist---) = 2
==> score(-i-t---) >= 1.
Since score(picture) = 1, that means score(p-c-ure) = 0, and in
particular, score(p------) = 0.
score(reports) = 0 ==> score(-e-----) = 0
score(bonkers) = 0 ==> score(--n----) = 0
score(unknown) = 0 ==> score(---n---) = 0
so score(pennant) = 3 ==> score(----ant) = 3.
score(alluvia) = 0 ==> score(a------) = 0
score(eugenic) = 0 ==> score(---e---) = 0
score(----ant) = 3 ==> score(----nce) = 0
so score(absence) = 2 ==> score(-bs----) = 2.
Now since we know that score(-i-t---) = 0, and score(-b-----) = 1,
we must have score(---t---) = 1.
So score(-bstant) = 6, which means that score(-spreys) = 0. Since
score(ospreys) = 1, that means score(o------) = 1. So score(obstant) = 7.
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aruba
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response 847 of 1177:
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Aug 6 19:45 UTC 2000 |
I'm going out of town in a few days, so it might be better if someone else
was it next. I yield to whomever steps up first.
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rcurl
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response 848 of 1177:
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Aug 6 20:55 UTC 2000 |
So, what did Fneis say in 1513 (in American...)?
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kentn
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response 849 of 1177:
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Aug 8 23:02 UTC 2000 |
Rane, you'd better ask that in another item, I think. Try looking
for Fneis on the web...I consistently came up with no hits.
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kentn
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response 850 of 1177:
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Aug 12 02:10 UTC 2000 |
Well, if you've ever wanted to run the 7-letter Letter Match Game,
now's your chance...
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kentn
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response 851 of 1177:
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Aug 13 14:58 UTC 2000 |
Guess we wait until Mark gets back...
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