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Grex > Language > #102: The seven letter word game, 1st edition |  |
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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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aruba
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response 852 of 1177:
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Aug 16 20:14 UTC 2000 |
I won't be back until after Labor Day (though my house is occupied - so
please don't rob it!), so it would be better if someone else stepped up.
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kentn
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response 853 of 1177:
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Aug 22 23:53 UTC 2000 |
Labor Day here we come!
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prp
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response 854 of 1177:
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Aug 29 19:41 UTC 2000 |
Well I am back to a place where I have regular access to the net, so I'll give
it a shot.
obstant 0 last word.
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kentn
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response 855 of 1177:
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Aug 29 23:09 UTC 2000 |
unearth
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prp
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response 856 of 1177:
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Aug 31 23:15 UTC 2000 |
unearth 0 (kentn)
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albaugh
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response 857 of 1177:
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Sep 1 14:14 UTC 2000 |
digging
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prp
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response 858 of 1177:
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Sep 2 04:26 UTC 2000 |
unearth 0 (kentn)
digging 1 (abaugh)
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kentn
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response 859 of 1177:
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Sep 2 23:48 UTC 2000 |
zippers
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