Grex Language Conference

Item 119: The seven letter word game, 4th edition

Entered by aruba on Sun Feb 16 22:40:46 2003:

388 new of 1000 responses total.

#613 of 1000 by kip on Thu Aug 21 10:34:03 2003:

Sorry, it's been a busy week at the library.  Projects, power outage 
cleanup, lots of fun stuff.

I'm thinking of a seven letter word which is not
  poniard  0  (The Last Word)
  ----------

A summary of guesses can be found in ~kip/letter.match7 and tis item.

#614 of 1000 by kentn on Thu Aug 21 11:02:22 2003:

unearth

#615 of 1000 by albaugh on Thu Aug 21 17:17:30 2003:

digging

#616 of 1000 by gelinas on Fri Aug 22 03:03:54 2003:

bananas

#617 of 1000 by kip on Fri Aug 22 19:22:51 2003:

  poniard  0  (The Last Word)
  ----------
  unearth  0  (kentn)
  digging  3  (albaugh)
  bananas  0  (gelinas)
  ----------

#618 of 1000 by albaugh on Fri Aug 22 19:49:54 2003:

tallier

#619 of 1000 by kentn on Fri Aug 22 22:56:33 2003:

erasing

#620 of 1000 by kip on Sun Aug 24 15:57:50 2003:

  poniard  0  (The Last Word)
  ----------
  unearth  0  (kentn)
  digging  3  (albaugh)
  bananas  0  (gelinas)
  ----------
  tallier  2  (albaugh)
  erasing  2  (kentn)
  ----------

#621 of 1000 by gelinas on Mon Aug 25 03:35:55 2003:

tangent

#622 of 1000 by kentn on Mon Aug 25 10:50:32 2003:

violine

#623 of 1000 by albaugh on Mon Aug 25 19:05:26 2003:

violent

(BTW, what is "violine"?  www.m-w.com doesn't know it...)

#624 of 1000 by dcat on Mon Aug 25 23:44:20 2003:

teepees

resp:623 --
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : 

  Violine \Vi"o*line\, n. (Chem.)
     (a) A pale yellow amorphous substance of alkaloidal nature
         and emetic properties, said to have been extracted from
         the root and foliage of the violet ({Viola).
     (b) Mauve aniline. See under Mauve.

(www.dict.org)

#625 of 1000 by kip on Tue Aug 26 15:48:20 2003:

  poniard  0  (The Last Word)
  ----------
  unearth  0  (kentn)
  digging  3  (albaugh)
  bananas  0  (gelinas)
  ----------
  tallier  2  (albaugh)
  erasing  2  (kentn)
  ----------
  tangent  1  (gelinas)
  violine  7  (kentn)   -- Winner!
  violent  5  (albaugh)
  teepees  0  (dcat)
  ----------

That didn't take long and I had an obscure enough word that m-w.com didn't
have.  :)

You're up Kent

#626 of 1000 by kentn on Wed Aug 27 01:38:37 2003:

Okey-doke, I'll try to have new 7-letter word next time I'm on.

#627 of 1000 by kentn on Fri Aug 29 01:05:02 2003:

All right, I'm thinking of a 7-letter word that is not:
 
  violine  0  (lastword)
 
A summary of guesses is in ~kentn/letter.match7 and this item.

#628 of 1000 by gelinas on Fri Aug 29 02:55:53 2003:

reveres

#629 of 1000 by albaugh on Fri Aug 29 14:30:25 2003:

awakens

#630 of 1000 by kentn on Fri Aug 29 22:22:58 2003:

  violine  0  (lastword)
  ----------
  reveres  0  (gelinas)
  awakens  0  (albaugh)
  ----------

#631 of 1000 by gelinas on Sat Aug 30 13:08:32 2003:

bandana

#632 of 1000 by kentn on Sat Aug 30 21:23:22 2003:

  violine  0  (lastword)
  ----------
  reveres  0  (gelinas)
  awakens  0  (albaugh)
  ----------
  bandana  2  (gelinas)
  ----------

#633 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Aug 31 16:55:14 2003:

bastard

#634 of 1000 by gelinas on Mon Sep 1 00:54:57 2003:

Mark, he's really not that bad.

conduit

#635 of 1000 by kentn on Mon Sep 1 01:44:25 2003:

  violine  0  (lastword)
  ----------
  reveres  0  (gelinas)
  awakens  0  (albaugh)
  ----------
  bandana  2  (gelinas)
  ----------
  bastard  4  (aruba)
  conduit  1  (gelinas)
  ----------
 
Looks like this'll be other quickly so I can relax this weekend! :)

#636 of 1000 by kentn on Mon Sep 1 01:46:43 2003:

s/other/over/ I'm in too big a hurry to relax, it seems!

#637 of 1000 by aruba on Tue Sep 2 03:46:38 2003:

mallard

#638 of 1000 by gelinas on Tue Sep 2 04:13:02 2003:

bollard

#639 of 1000 by albaugh on Tue Sep 2 05:02:48 2003:

lardass  :-)

If that's not acceptable, just use "jackass".  ;-)

#640 of 1000 by kip on Tue Sep 2 18:05:40 2003:

bombard

#641 of 1000 by kentn on Wed Sep 3 03:15:28 2003:

  violine  0  (lastword)
  ----------
  reveres  0  (gelinas)
  awakens  0  (albaugh)
  ----------
  bandana  2  (gelinas)
  ----------
  bastard  4  (aruba)
  conduit  1  (gelinas)
  ----------
  mallard  3  (aruba)
  bollard  5  (gelinas)
  jackass  1  (albaugh)
  bombard  7  (kip)  ---> Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner!
  ----------

Kip, it's your word!  I didn't time lookup lardass but it didn't
matter, anyway ;)

#642 of 1000 by kip on Thu Sep 4 16:41:50 2003:

I'm thinking of a seven letter word which is not

  bombard  0  (The Last Word)
  ----------

A summary of guesses can be found at ~kip/letter.match7 and this item.

#643 of 1000 by albaugh on Thu Sep 4 17:23:40 2003:

jetting

#644 of 1000 by aruba on Thu Sep 4 21:01:02 2003:

element

#645 of 1000 by gelinas on Thu Sep 4 23:22:09 2003:

mortify

#646 of 1000 by kentn on Fri Sep 5 01:20:03 2003:

carries

#647 of 1000 by kip on Fri Sep 5 14:17:26 2003:

  bombard  0  (The Last Word)
  ----------
  jetting  0  (albaugh)
  element  0  (aruba)
  mortify  1  (gelinas)
  carries  0  (kentn)
  ----------

#648 of 1000 by gelinas on Fri Sep 5 16:08:03 2003:

misfire

#649 of 1000 by albaugh on Fri Sep 5 18:37:53 2003:

jammies  (pajamas)

If that's no good, use jammers instead.

#650 of 1000 by aruba on Sat Sep 6 02:03:15 2003:

bipedal

#651 of 1000 by kentn on Sat Sep 6 13:51:34 2003:

dynasty

#652 of 1000 by kip on Mon Sep 8 07:02:34 2003:

   bombard  0  (The Last Word)
   ----------
   jetting  0  (albaugh)
   element  0  (aruba)
   mortify  1  (gelinas)
   carries  0  (kentn)
   ----------
   misfire  2  (gelinas)
   jammies  0  (albaugh)
   bipedal  1  (aruba)
   dynasty  0  (kentn)
   ----------

#653 of 1000 by aruba on Mon Sep 8 13:05:03 2003:

millrun

#654 of 1000 by albaugh on Mon Sep 8 17:32:49 2003:

million

#655 of 1000 by kip on Mon Sep 8 19:28:41 2003:

   bombard  0  (The Last Word)
   ----------
   jetting  0  (albaugh)
   element  0  (aruba)
   mortify  1  (gelinas)
   carries  0  (kentn)
   ----------
   misfire  2  (gelinas)
   jammies  0  (albaugh)
   bipedal  1  (aruba)
   dynasty  0  (kentn)
   ----------
  millrun  3  (aruba)
  million  3  (albaugh)
  ----------

#656 of 1000 by gelinas on Mon Sep 8 19:55:34 2003:

milksop

#657 of 1000 by aruba on Mon Sep 8 21:21:41 2003:

midtown

#658 of 1000 by kentn on Tue Sep 9 11:16:28 2003:

militia

#659 of 1000 by kip on Tue Sep 9 13:28:21 2003:

   bombard  0  (The Last Word)
   ----------
   jetting  0  (albaugh)
   element  0  (aruba)
   mortify  1  (gelinas)
   carries  0  (kentn)
   ----------
   misfire  2  (gelinas)
   jammies  0  (albaugh)
   bipedal  1  (aruba)
   dynasty  0  (kentn)
   ----------
  millrun  3  (aruba)
  million  3  (albaugh)
  ----------
  milksop  3  (gelinas)
  midtown  2  (aruba)
  militia  7  (kentn)  Winner!
  ----------

Congratulations Kent, you're up.

#660 of 1000 by kentn on Wed Sep 10 01:11:26 2003:

Woo hoo!  Okay, I'll try to have something in mind next time I'm on.

#661 of 1000 by kentn on Sun Sep 14 18:13:15 2003:

  militia  0  (The Previous Word)
 
All right, I have a 7-letter word in mind with the scores
for the current game stored in ~kentn/letter.match7

#662 of 1000 by gelinas on Sun Sep 14 19:50:28 2003:

commute

#663 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Sep 14 22:09:21 2003:

element

#664 of 1000 by kentn on Mon Sep 15 03:01:25 2003:

  commute  0  (gelinas)
  element  0  (aruba)

#665 of 1000 by gelinas on Mon Sep 15 03:53:24 2003:

aeolian

#666 of 1000 by kip on Mon Sep 15 14:01:37 2003:

knurled

#667 of 1000 by albaugh on Mon Sep 15 17:35:24 2003:

nerdier

#668 of 1000 by aruba on Mon Sep 15 22:12:47 2003:

preachy

#669 of 1000 by kentn on Tue Sep 16 23:35:59 2003:

  militia  0  (The Previous Word)
  ----------
  commute  0  (gelinas)
  element  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  aeolian  1  (gelinas)
  knurled  0  (kip)
  nerdier  0  (albaugh)
  preachy  0  (aruba)
  ----------

#670 of 1000 by albaugh on Wed Sep 17 03:42:16 2003:

fathers

#671 of 1000 by gelinas on Wed Sep 17 04:11:56 2003:

animals

#672 of 1000 by aruba on Wed Sep 17 05:17:54 2003:

foolish

#673 of 1000 by kip on Wed Sep 17 06:35:59 2003:

scandal

#674 of 1000 by kentn on Thu Sep 18 11:25:25 2003:

  militia  0  (The Previous Word)
  ----------
  commute  0  (gelinas)
  element  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  aeolian  1  (gelinas)
  knurled  0  (kip)
  nerdier  0  (albaugh)
  preachy  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  fathers  0  (albaugh)
  animals  0  (gelinas)
  foolish  0  (aruba)
  scandal  1  (kip)
  ----------

#675 of 1000 by aruba on Thu Sep 18 15:16:11 2003:

puceron  (an aphid)

#676 of 1000 by gelinas on Thu Sep 18 17:38:46 2003:

ghastly

#677 of 1000 by albaugh on Thu Sep 18 23:46:06 2003:

sickens

#678 of 1000 by kentn on Fri Sep 19 22:03:09 2003:

  militia  0  (The Previous Word)
  ----------
  commute  0  (gelinas)
  element  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  aeolian  1  (gelinas)
  knurled  0  (kip)
  nerdier  0  (albaugh)
  preachy  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  fathers  0  (albaugh)
  animals  0  (gelinas)
  foolish  0  (aruba)
  scandal  1  (kip)
  ----------
  puceron  1  (aruba)
  ghastly  0  (gelinas)
  sickens  0  (albaugh)
  ----------

#679 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Sep 21 03:22:50 2003:

nosegay

#680 of 1000 by kentn on Sun Sep 21 13:30:30 2003:

  militia  0  (The Previous Word)
  ----------
  commute  0  (gelinas)
  element  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  aeolian  1  (gelinas)
  knurled  0  (kip)
  nerdier  0  (albaugh)
  preachy  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  fathers  0  (albaugh)
  animals  0  (gelinas)
  foolish  0  (aruba)
  scandal  1  (kip)
  ----------
  puceron  1  (aruba)
  ghastly  0  (gelinas)
  sickens  0  (albaugh)
  ----------
  nosegay  1  (aruba)
  ----------

#681 of 1000 by albaugh on Sun Sep 21 19:11:59 2003:

hairier

#682 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Sep 21 22:36:38 2003:

lagoons

#683 of 1000 by kentn on Mon Sep 22 00:22:46 2003:

  militia  0  (The Previous Word)
  ----------
  commute  0  (gelinas)
  element  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  aeolian  1  (gelinas)
  knurled  0  (kip)
  nerdier  0  (albaugh)
  preachy  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  fathers  0  (albaugh)
  animals  0  (gelinas)
  foolish  0  (aruba)
  scandal  1  (kip)
  ----------
  puceron  1  (aruba)
  ghastly  0  (gelinas)
  sickens  0  (albaugh)
  ----------
  nosegay  1  (aruba)
  ----------
  hairier  0  (albaugh)
  lagoons  0  (aruba)
  ----------

#684 of 1000 by albaugh on Mon Sep 22 18:03:28 2003:

creator

#685 of 1000 by kentn on Tue Sep 23 01:24:06 2003:

  militia  0  (The Previous Word)
  ----------
  commute  0  (gelinas)
  element  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  aeolian  1  (gelinas)
  knurled  0  (kip)
  nerdier  0  (albaugh)
  preachy  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  fathers  0  (albaugh)
  animals  0  (gelinas)
  foolish  0  (aruba)
  scandal  1  (kip)
  ----------
  puceron  1  (aruba)
  ghastly  0  (gelinas)
  sickens  0  (albaugh)
  ----------
  nosegay  1  (aruba)
  ----------
  hairier  0  (albaugh)
  lagoons  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  creator  0  (albaugh)
  ----------

#686 of 1000 by gelinas on Tue Sep 23 03:06:47 2003:

outlier

#687 of 1000 by aruba on Tue Sep 23 03:24:24 2003:

upburst

The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak
or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter.

#688 of 1000 by albaugh on Tue Sep 23 04:16:53 2003:

bursted

#689 of 1000 by kip on Tue Sep 23 08:19:08 2003:

perhaps this will get someone closer

bandsaw

Sorry, my girlfriend has been in the hospital the entire past week
following brain surgery.

#690 of 1000 by aruba on Tue Sep 23 13:09:49 2003:

Ack.  Sorry to hear that, Kip.

#691 of 1000 by kentn on Wed Sep 24 02:31:14 2003:

  militia  0  (The Previous Word)
  ----------
  commute  0  (gelinas)
  element  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  aeolian  1  (gelinas)
  knurled  0  (kip)
  nerdier  0  (albaugh)
  preachy  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  fathers  0  (albaugh)
  animals  0  (gelinas)
  foolish  0  (aruba)
  scandal  1  (kip)
  ----------
  puceron  1  (aruba)
  ghastly  0  (gelinas)
  sickens  0  (albaugh)
  ----------
  nosegay  1  (aruba)
  ----------
  hairier  0  (albaugh)
  lagoons  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  creator  0  (albaugh)
  ----------
  outlier  1  (gelinas)
  upburst  0  (aruba)
  bursted  2  (albaugh)
  bandsaw  4  (kip)
  ----------

Well, that did move things along quite a bit, Kip.  I hope your GF
has a speedy, full, recovery.

#692 of 1000 by gelinas on Wed Sep 24 03:53:15 2003:

fizzier

#693 of 1000 by albaugh on Wed Sep 24 04:03:04 2003:

slowing

#694 of 1000 by aruba on Wed Sep 24 13:46:59 2003:

gingham

#695 of 1000 by kentn on Wed Sep 24 13:55:51 2003:

  militia  0  (The Previous Word)
  ----------
  commute  0  (gelinas)
  element  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  aeolian  1  (gelinas)
  knurled  0  (kip)
  nerdier  0  (albaugh)
  preachy  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  fathers  0  (albaugh)
  animals  0  (gelinas)
  foolish  0  (aruba)
  scandal  1  (kip)
  ----------
  puceron  1  (aruba)
  ghastly  0  (gelinas)
  sickens  0  (albaugh)
  ----------
  nosegay  1  (aruba)
  ----------
  hairier  0  (albaugh)
  lagoons  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  creator  0  (albaugh)
  ----------
  outlier  1  (gelinas)
  upburst  0  (aruba)
  bursted  2  (albaugh)
  bandsaw  4  (kip)
  ----------
  fizzier  2  (gelinas)
  slowing  0  (albaugh)
  gingham  1  (aruba)
  ----------

#696 of 1000 by gelinas on Wed Sep 24 17:36:28 2003:

I guess no one wants this one.  It has been a challenge, I'll grant.

        buzzsaw

#697 of 1000 by aruba on Wed Sep 24 19:43:39 2003:

THat would be the word.

#698 of 1000 by kip on Thu Sep 25 14:09:22 2003:

bravo!!

#699 of 1000 by kentn on Thu Sep 25 16:48:59 2003:

  buzzsaw  7  (gelinas)  ---> Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner! 

Yay!  Your word, Joe.

#700 of 1000 by gelinas on Tue Sep 30 01:18:04 2003:

So I'm thinking of a seven-letter word that is not

  buzzsaw  0  (lastword)

#701 of 1000 by aruba on Tue Sep 30 02:33:31 2003:

element

#702 of 1000 by gelinas on Tue Sep 30 02:56:12 2003:

  element  1  (aruba)

#703 of 1000 by albaugh on Tue Sep 30 14:52:52 2003:

dearest

#704 of 1000 by aruba on Tue Sep 30 15:46:46 2003:

referee

#705 of 1000 by gelinas on Tue Sep 30 18:25:02 2003:

  dearest  0  (albaugh)
  referee  0  (aruba)

#706 of 1000 by kentn on Wed Oct 1 10:47:32 2003:

parties

#707 of 1000 by gelinas on Wed Oct 1 14:37:06 2003:

  parties  0  (kentn)

#708 of 1000 by aruba on Wed Oct 1 14:59:58 2003:

blomary  (same as "bloomery": A furnace and forge in which wrought iron in
the form of blooms is made directly from the ore, or (more rarely) from cast
iron)

#709 of 1000 by gelinas on Wed Oct 1 19:31:10 2003:

  blomary  2  (aruba)

The current state of the guess is in the file ~gelinas/letter.match7

#710 of 1000 by kentn on Wed Oct 1 23:35:08 2003:

tympany

#711 of 1000 by gelinas on Thu Oct 2 02:20:28 2003:

  tympany  1  (kentn)

#712 of 1000 by aruba on Thu Oct 2 02:35:53 2003:

olivary  ("Like an olive")

#713 of 1000 by gelinas on Thu Oct 2 03:08:10 2003:

  olivary  1  (aruba)

#714 of 1000 by albaugh on Thu Oct 2 17:14:40 2003:

gardens

#715 of 1000 by gelinas on Thu Oct 2 17:29:40 2003:

  gardens  0  (albaugh)

#716 of 1000 by aruba on Fri Oct 3 02:49:06 2003:

burrito

#717 of 1000 by gelinas on Fri Oct 3 05:34:49 2003:

  burrito  0  (aruba)

#718 of 1000 by kentn on Fri Oct 3 11:07:56 2003:

ecology

#719 of 1000 by gelinas on Fri Oct 3 12:24:48 2003:

  ecology  1  (kentn)

#720 of 1000 by aruba on Fri Oct 3 13:20:32 2003:

crumbly

#721 of 1000 by albaugh on Fri Oct 3 17:29:31 2003:

cookies

#722 of 1000 by gelinas on Fri Oct 3 20:47:03 2003:

  crumbly  7  (aruba)
  cookies  1  (albaugh)

Was that the score you expected, Mark?  BTW, you're up. ;)

#723 of 1000 by aruba on Sat Oct 4 02:59:32 2003:

Well, I knew it was possible, but no, I didn't expect it to be right.

I'll try to have a word next time I log on.

#724 of 1000 by aruba on Sat Oct 4 15:59:24 2003:

OK, I'm thinking of a word with seven letters.  It's not:

crumbly  0  (lastword)

#725 of 1000 by kentn on Sat Oct 4 16:44:12 2003:

parties

#726 of 1000 by aruba on Sat Oct 4 18:08:05 2003:

crumbly  0  (lastword)
parties  1  (kentn)

#727 of 1000 by gelinas on Sat Oct 4 18:41:52 2003:

potable

#728 of 1000 by aruba on Sat Oct 4 21:28:06 2003:

crumbly  0  (lastword)
parties  1  (kentn)
potable  1  (gelinas)

#729 of 1000 by kingjon on Sun Oct 5 00:32:56 2003:

porting

#730 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Oct 5 03:23:41 2003:

crumbly  0  (lastword)
parties  1  (kentn)
potable  1  (gelinas)
porting  4  (kingjon)

#731 of 1000 by kentn on Sun Oct 5 05:03:28 2003:

honking

#732 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Oct 5 05:15:16 2003:

crumbly  0  (lastword)
parties  1  (kentn)
potable  1  (gelinas)
porting  4  (kingjon)
honking  4  (kentn)

Looks like this'll be a quick one...

#733 of 1000 by gelinas on Sun Oct 5 15:14:27 2003:

fouling

#734 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Oct 5 22:05:08 2003:

crumbly  0  (lastword)
parties  1  (kentn)
potable  1  (gelinas)
porting  4  (kingjon)
honking  4  (kentn)
fouling  5  (gelinas)

#735 of 1000 by albaugh on Mon Oct 6 18:05:10 2003:

innings

#736 of 1000 by aruba on Mon Oct 6 20:55:03 2003:

crumbly  0  (lastword)
parties  1  (kentn)
potable  1  (gelinas)
porting  4  (kingjon)
honking  4  (kentn)
fouling  5  (gelinas)
innings  0  (albaugh)

#737 of 1000 by gelinas on Mon Oct 6 22:03:09 2003:

freaked

#738 of 1000 by aruba on Tue Oct 7 01:32:07 2003:

crumbly  0  (lastword)
parties  1  (kentn)
potable  1  (gelinas)
porting  4  (kingjon)
honking  4  (kentn)
fouling  5  (gelinas)
innings  0  (albaugh)
freaked  0  (gelinas)

#739 of 1000 by albaugh on Tue Oct 7 17:02:53 2003:

bowling

#740 of 1000 by aruba on Tue Oct 7 18:04:07 2003:

crumbly  0  (lastword)
parties  1  (kentn)
potable  1  (gelinas)
porting  4  (kingjon)
honking  4  (kentn)
fouling  5  (gelinas)
innings  0  (albaugh)
freaked  0  (gelinas)
bowling  6  (albaugh)

#741 of 1000 by gelinas on Tue Oct 7 22:39:38 2003:

history

#742 of 1000 by aruba on Wed Oct 8 00:20:23 2003:

crumbly  0  (lastword)
parties  1  (kentn)
potable  1  (gelinas)
porting  4  (kingjon)
honking  4  (kentn)
fouling  5  (gelinas)
innings  0  (albaugh)
freaked  0  (gelinas)
bowling  6  (albaugh)
history  0  (gelinas)

#743 of 1000 by kentn on Wed Oct 8 02:40:45 2003:

boiling

#744 of 1000 by gelinas on Wed Oct 8 02:55:30 2003:

(At this point, I have to wait for each guess to be scored.)

#745 of 1000 by aruba on Wed Oct 8 03:52:49 2003:

crumbly  0  (lastword)
parties  1  (kentn)
potable  1  (gelinas)
porting  4  (kingjon)
honking  4  (kentn)
fouling  5  (gelinas)
innings  0  (albaugh)
freaked  0  (gelinas)
bowling  6  (albaugh)
history  0  (gelinas)
boiling  5  (kentn)

#746 of 1000 by gelinas on Wed Oct 8 04:02:17 2003:

fowling

#747 of 1000 by kentn on Wed Oct 8 11:24:26 2003:

yowling

#748 of 1000 by aruba on Wed Oct 8 13:50:32 2003:

crumbly  0  (lastword)
parties  1  (kentn)
potable  1  (gelinas)
porting  4  (kingjon)
honking  4  (kentn)
fouling  5  (gelinas)
innings  0  (albaugh)
freaked  0  (gelinas)
bowling  6  (albaugh)
history  0  (gelinas)
boiling  5  (kentn)
fowling  6  (gelinas)
yowling  7  (kentn)

Kent's up!

#749 of 1000 by kentn on Thu Oct 9 23:22:20 2003:

Okay, new word next time.

#750 of 1000 by kentn on Sun Oct 12 14:28:12 2003:

All right, I'm thinking of a 7-letter word that is not:
 
  yowling  0  (The Previous Word)
 
A summary of guesses is in ~kentn/letter.match7 and this item.

#751 of 1000 by janc on Sun Oct 12 18:13:04 2003:

furnace

#752 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Oct 12 19:38:15 2003:

element

#753 of 1000 by gelinas on Mon Oct 13 03:10:06 2003:

manners

#754 of 1000 by albaugh on Tue Oct 14 15:48:41 2003:

tabloid

#755 of 1000 by dcat on Wed Oct 15 15:51:50 2003:

stapler

#756 of 1000 by kingjon on Thu Oct 16 20:29:09 2003:

yellows

#757 of 1000 by kentn on Fri Oct 17 22:52:05 2003:

  yowling  0  (The Previous Word)
  ----------
  furnace  0  (janc)
  element  0  (aruba)
  manners  0  (gelinas)
  tabloid  1  (albaugh)
  stapler  0  (dcat)
  yellows  0  (kingjon)
  ----------
 
Sorry about the slow scoring...was off the 'net for a few days.

#758 of 1000 by janc on Sat Oct 18 02:24:04 2003:

thirsty

#759 of 1000 by albaugh on Sat Oct 18 06:05:25 2003:

drinker

#760 of 1000 by aruba on Sat Oct 18 19:23:06 2003:

airhead

#761 of 1000 by kentn on Sat Oct 18 21:14:28 2003:

  yowling  0  (The Previous Word)
  ----------
  furnace  0  (janc)
  element  0  (aruba)
  manners  0  (gelinas)
  tabloid  1  (albaugh)
  stapler  0  (dcat)
  yellows  0  (kingjon)
  ----------
  thirsty  0  (janc)
  drinker  0  (albaugh)
  airhead  1  (aruba)
  ----------

#762 of 1000 by gelinas on Sat Oct 18 23:07:36 2003:

anagram

#763 of 1000 by janc on Sun Oct 19 04:40:49 2003:

ferried        (just to test the final d)

#764 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Oct 19 14:12:17 2003:

footrot

#765 of 1000 by kentn on Mon Oct 20 01:21:40 2003:

  yowling  0  (The Previous Word)
  ----------
  furnace  0  (janc)
  element  0  (aruba)
  manners  0  (gelinas)
  tabloid  1  (albaugh)
  stapler  0  (dcat)
  yellows  0  (kingjon)
  ----------
  thirsty  0  (janc)
  drinker  0  (albaugh)
  airhead  1  (aruba)
  ----------
  anagram  1  (gelinas)
  ferried  0  (janc)
  footrot  0  (aruba)
  ----------

#766 of 1000 by albaugh on Mon Oct 20 17:36:28 2003:

athlete

#767 of 1000 by aruba on Mon Oct 20 20:06:55 2003:

algebra

#768 of 1000 by kentn on Tue Oct 21 01:51:39 2003:

  yowling  0  (The Previous Word)
  ----------
  furnace  0  (janc)
  element  0  (aruba)
  manners  0  (gelinas)
  tabloid  1  (albaugh)
  stapler  0  (dcat)
  yellows  0  (kingjon)
  ----------
  thirsty  0  (janc)
  drinker  0  (albaugh)
  airhead  1  (aruba)
  ----------
  anagram  1  (gelinas)
  ferried  0  (janc)
  footrot  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  athlete  1  (albaugh)
  algebra  1  (aruba)
  ----------

#769 of 1000 by gelinas on Tue Oct 21 03:29:19 2003:

ambling

#770 of 1000 by aruba on Tue Oct 21 03:51:51 2003:

ascitic

adjective:  of or relating to or resulting from an abnormal accumulation of
protein and electrolyte rich fluid in the peritoneal cavity

#771 of 1000 by kentn on Tue Oct 21 11:21:28 2003:

  yowling  0  (The Previous Word)
  ----------
  furnace  0  (janc)
  element  0  (aruba)
  manners  0  (gelinas)
  tabloid  1  (albaugh)
  stapler  0  (dcat)
  yellows  0  (kingjon)
  ----------
  thirsty  0  (janc)
  drinker  0  (albaugh)
  airhead  1  (aruba)
  ----------
  anagram  1  (gelinas)
  ferried  0  (janc)
  footrot  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  athlete  1  (albaugh)
  algebra  1  (aruba)
  ----------
  ambling  2  (gelinas)
  ascitic  1  (aruba)
  ----------

#772 of 1000 by gelinas on Tue Oct 21 12:26:59 2003:

auburny

#773 of 1000 by aruba on Tue Oct 21 13:26:53 2003:

hibachi

#774 of 1000 by kip on Tue Oct 21 22:55:14 2003:

pochade  hehe

#775 of 1000 by albaugh on Wed Oct 22 17:04:24 2003:

grilled

#776 of 1000 by kentn on Sun Oct 26 01:28:33 2003:

  yowling  0  (The Previous Word)
  ----------
  furnace  0  (janc)
  element  0  (aruba)
  manners  0  (gelinas)
  tabloid  1  (albaugh)
  stapler  0  (dcat)
  yellows  0  (kingjon)
  ----------
  thirsty  0  (janc)
  drinker  0  (albaugh)
  airhead  1  (aruba)
  ----------
  anagram  1  (gelinas)
  ferried  0  (janc)
  footrot  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  athlete  1  (albaugh)
  algebra  1  (aruba)
  ----------
  ambling  2  (gelinas)
  ascitic  1  (aruba)
  ----------
  auburny  2  (gelinas)
  hibachi  1  (aruba)
  pochade  0  (kip)
  grilled  0  (albaugh)
  ----------

#777 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Oct 26 02:42:29 2003:

obloquy  (I still can't believe that's a word)

#778 of 1000 by kip on Sun Oct 26 16:32:29 2003:

Hmmm, my hint doesn't seem to be taken.  I'll wait another day and see 
if someone gets it otherwise I'll snipe.

#779 of 1000 by cmcgee on Sun Oct 26 19:24:55 2003:

#780 of 1000 by gelinas on Sun Oct 26 22:40:10 2003:

(I'm waiting for obloquy to be scored.)

#781 of 1000 by kip on Mon Oct 27 18:38:09 2003:

I'll guess that it's going to score a 2.

#782 of 1000 by albaugh on Mon Oct 27 19:47:03 2003:

beetles

#783 of 1000 by gelinas on Wed Oct 29 01:53:05 2003:

palazzo

#784 of 1000 by kentn on Wed Oct 29 12:14:19 2003:

  yowling  0  (The Previous Word)
  ----------
  furnace  0  (janc)
  element  0  (aruba)
  manners  0  (gelinas)
  tabloid  1  (albaugh)
  stapler  0  (dcat)
  yellows  0  (kingjon)
  ----------
  thirsty  0  (janc)
  drinker  0  (albaugh)
  airhead  1  (aruba)
  ----------
  anagram  1  (gelinas)
  ferried  0  (janc)
  footrot  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  athlete  1  (albaugh)
  algebra  1  (aruba)
  ----------
  ambling  2  (gelinas)
  ascitic  1  (aruba)
  ----------
  auburny  2  (gelinas)
  hibachi  1  (aruba)
  pochade  0  (kip)
  grilled  0  (albaugh)
  ----------
  obloquy  2  (arua)
  beetles  0  (albaugh)
  palazzo  3  (gelinas)
  ----------

#785 of 1000 by albaugh on Thu Oct 30 19:05:52 2003:

lassoes

#786 of 1000 by gelinas on Thu Oct 30 21:09:09 2003:

palaces

#787 of 1000 by kentn on Fri Oct 31 03:52:58 2003:

  yowling  0  (The Previous Word)
  ----------
  furnace  0  (janc)
  element  0  (aruba)
  manners  0  (gelinas)
  tabloid  1  (albaugh)
  stapler  0  (dcat)
  yellows  0  (kingjon)
  ----------
  thirsty  0  (janc)
  drinker  0  (albaugh)
  airhead  1  (aruba)
  ----------
  anagram  1  (gelinas)
  ferried  0  (janc)
  footrot  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  athlete  1  (albaugh)
  algebra  1  (aruba)
  ----------
  ambling  2  (gelinas)
  ascitic  1  (aruba)
  ----------
  auburny  2  (gelinas)
  hibachi  1  (aruba)
  pochade  0  (kip)
  grilled  0  (albaugh)
  ----------
  obloquy  2  (arua)
  beetles  0  (albaugh)
  palazzo  3  (gelinas)
  ----------
  lassoes  0  (albaugh)
  palaces  0  (gelinas)
  ----------

#788 of 1000 by kip on Fri Oct 31 04:31:04 2003:

abbozzo      The first rough sketch or underpainting, the Italian word for
'sketch' used by English speakers in the art world.

#789 of 1000 by gelinas on Fri Oct 31 04:32:27 2003:

Looks like you got it, Kip.  I finally found it by further exploring your
hint.

#790 of 1000 by kentn on Fri Oct 31 12:18:12 2003:

  abbozzo  7  (kip)  ---> Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner! 
 
All right!  Kip, it's your word.

#791 of 1000 by kip on Thu Nov 6 18:16:45 2003:

Ack!  Should have been here days ago. 

I'm think of a seven letter word that is not
  abbozzo  0  (The Last Word)
  ----------

A summary of guesses can be found at ~kip/letter.match7 and this item.

#792 of 1000 by gelinas on Thu Nov 6 19:48:20 2003:

referee

#793 of 1000 by albaugh on Thu Nov 6 21:32:47 2003:

umpires

#794 of 1000 by aruba on Fri Nov 7 03:07:29 2003:

element

#795 of 1000 by kip on Fri Nov 7 13:46:07 2003:

  abbozzo  0  (The Last Word)
  ----------
  referee  0  (gelinas)
  umpires  1  (albaugh)
  element  0  (aruba)
  ----------

#796 of 1000 by aruba on Fri Nov 7 14:27:58 2003:

bananas

#797 of 1000 by gelinas on Fri Nov 7 15:08:38 2003:

undress

#798 of 1000 by albaugh on Fri Nov 7 19:02:45 2003:

blushed

#799 of 1000 by kentn on Sat Nov 8 16:02:49 2003:

parties

#800 of 1000 by kip on Sat Nov 8 16:22:39 2003:

  abbozzo  0  (The Last Word)
  ----------
  referee  0  (gelinas)
  umpires  1  (albaugh)
  element  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  undress  0  (gelinas)
  bananas  0  (aruba)
  blushed  0  (albaugh)
  parties  1  (kentn)
  ----------

#801 of 1000 by albaugh on Sat Nov 8 17:44:21 2003:

nightly

#802 of 1000 by gelinas on Sat Nov 8 21:27:51 2003:

popeyed

#803 of 1000 by kentn on Sat Nov 8 22:33:18 2003:

diptych  (Anything consisting of two leaves. Especially:
      (a) (Roman Antiq.) A writing tablet consisting of two
          leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and
          shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
      (b) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets
          connected by hinges. See {Triptych}.)

#804 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Nov 9 02:18:12 2003:

abalone

#805 of 1000 by kip on Sun Nov 9 09:54:56 2003:

  abbozzo  0  (The Last Word)
  ----------
  referee  0  (gelinas)
  umpires  1  (albaugh)
  element  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  undress  0  (gelinas)
  bananas  0  (aruba)
  blushed  0  (albaugh)
  parties  1  (kentn)
  ----------
  nightly  0  (albaugh)
  popeyed  1  (gelinas)
  diptych  0  (kentn)
  abalone  0  (aruba)
  ----------

#806 of 1000 by kentn on Sun Nov 9 14:19:14 2003:

pyridic  (Related to, or formed from, pyridin or its homologues)

#807 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Nov 9 14:35:12 2003:

gorilla

#808 of 1000 by albaugh on Mon Nov 10 19:38:56 2003:

fishing

#809 of 1000 by kip on Wed Nov 12 16:33:39 2003:

  abbozzo  0  (The Last Word)
  ----------
  referee  0  (gelinas)
  umpires  1  (albaugh)
  element  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  undress  0  (gelinas)
  bananas  0  (aruba)
  blushed  0  (albaugh)
  parties  1  (kentn)
  ----------
  nightly  0  (albaugh)
  popeyed  1  (gelinas)
  diptych  0  (kentn)
  abalone  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  pyridic  5  (kentn)
  gorilla  2  (aruba)
  fishing  0  (albaugh)
  ----------

#810 of 1000 by aruba on Wed Nov 12 17:32:37 2003:

pyxidia

#811 of 1000 by kentn on Thu Nov 13 00:52:48 2003:

That looks like the word to me.

#812 of 1000 by kip on Fri Nov 14 16:06:18 2003:

  abbozzo  0  (The Last Word)
  ----------
  referee  0  (gelinas)
  umpires  1  (albaugh)
  element  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  undress  0  (gelinas)
  bananas  0  (aruba)
  blushed  0  (albaugh)
  parties  1  (kentn)
  ----------
  nightly  0  (albaugh)
  popeyed  1  (gelinas)
  diptych  0  (kentn)
  abalone  0  (aruba)
  ----------
  pyridic  5  (kentn)
  gorilla  2  (aruba)
  fishing  0  (albaugh)
  ----------
  pyxidia  7  (aruba)  Winner!

pyxidia:  plural of pyxidium, a pod which divides circularly into
an upper and lower half, of which the former acts as a kind of lid

Aruba, you're up, well done!

#813 of 1000 by aruba on Fri Nov 14 16:12:04 2003:

OK, I'm thinking of a 7-letter word that's not

pyxidia  0  (lastword)

#814 of 1000 by gelinas on Fri Nov 14 18:12:59 2003:

typical

#815 of 1000 by albaugh on Fri Nov 14 18:54:41 2003:

commons

#816 of 1000 by aruba on Fri Nov 14 22:46:39 2003:

pyxidia  0  (lastword)
typical  0  (gelinas)
commons  1  (albaugh)

#817 of 1000 by gelinas on Fri Nov 14 22:53:41 2003:

chintzy

#818 of 1000 by aruba on Fri Nov 14 23:03:58 2003:

pyxidia  0  (lastword)
typical  0  (gelinas)
commons  1  (albaugh)
chintzy  0  (gelinas)

#819 of 1000 by kentn on Sun Nov 16 04:25:18 2003:

unearth

#820 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Nov 16 14:36:42 2003:

pyxidia  0  (lastword)
typical  0  (gelinas)
commons  1  (albaugh)
chintzy  0  (gelinas)
unearth  1  (kentn)

#821 of 1000 by albaugh on Tue Nov 18 19:26:46 2003:

digging

#822 of 1000 by aruba on Tue Nov 18 19:35:02 2003:

pyxidia  0  (lastword)
typical  0  (gelinas)
commons  1  (albaugh)
chintzy  0  (gelinas)
unearth  1  (kentn)
digging  0  (albaugh)

#823 of 1000 by gelinas on Wed Nov 19 02:17:12 2003:

botanic

#824 of 1000 by kentn on Wed Nov 19 12:24:11 2003:

breezes

#825 of 1000 by aruba on Wed Nov 19 19:25:03 2003:

pyxidia  0  (lastword)
typical  0  (gelinas)
commons  1  (albaugh)
chintzy  0  (gelinas)
unearth  1  (kentn)
digging  0  (albaugh)
botanic  0  (gelinas)
breezes  0  (kentn)

#826 of 1000 by gelinas on Thu Nov 20 05:00:27 2003:

glamour

#827 of 1000 by aruba on Thu Nov 20 05:15:58 2003:

pyxidia  0  (lastword)
typical  0  (gelinas)
commons  1  (albaugh)
chintzy  0  (gelinas)
unearth  1  (kentn)
digging  0  (albaugh)
botanic  0  (gelinas)
breezes  0  (kentn)
glamour  1  (gelinas)

#828 of 1000 by albaugh on Fri Nov 21 18:21:41 2003:

ketchup

#829 of 1000 by aruba on Fri Nov 21 19:50:47 2003:

pyxidia  0  (lastword)
typical  0  (gelinas)
commons  1  (albaugh)
chintzy  0  (gelinas)
unearth  1  (kentn)
digging  0  (albaugh)
botanic  0  (gelinas)
breezes  0  (kentn)
glamour  1  (gelinas)
ketchup  0  (albaugh)

#830 of 1000 by gelinas on Fri Nov 21 20:00:34 2003:

compost

#831 of 1000 by aruba on Fri Nov 21 22:07:53 2003:

pyxidia  0  (lastword)
typical  0  (gelinas)
commons  1  (albaugh)
chintzy  0  (gelinas)
unearth  1  (kentn)
digging  0  (albaugh)
botanic  0  (gelinas)
breezes  0  (kentn)
glamour  1  (gelinas)
ketchup  0  (albaugh)
compost  0  (gelinas)

#832 of 1000 by kentn on Sat Nov 22 04:44:49 2003:

stomach

#833 of 1000 by aruba on Sat Nov 22 20:00:21 2003:

pyxidia  0  (lastword)
typical  0  (gelinas)
commons  1  (albaugh)
chintzy  0  (gelinas)
unearth  1  (kentn)
digging  0  (albaugh)
botanic  0  (gelinas)
breezes  0  (kentn)
glamour  1  (gelinas)
ketchup  0  (albaugh)
compost  0  (gelinas)
stomach  3  (kentn)

#834 of 1000 by gelinas on Sat Nov 22 23:09:01 2003:

stimuli

#835 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Nov 23 15:24:41 2003:

pyxidia  0  (lastword)
typical  0  (gelinas)
commons  1  (albaugh)
chintzy  0  (gelinas)
unearth  1  (kentn)
digging  0  (albaugh)
botanic  0  (gelinas)
breezes  0  (kentn)
glamour  1  (gelinas)
ketchup  0  (albaugh)
compost  0  (gelinas)
stomach  3  (kentn)
stimuli  2  (gelinas)

#836 of 1000 by kentn on Sun Nov 23 18:41:49 2003:

vibrato

#837 of 1000 by aruba on Mon Nov 24 06:10:31 2003:

pyxidia  0  (lastword)
typical  0  (gelinas)
commons  1  (albaugh)
chintzy  0  (gelinas)
unearth  1  (kentn)
digging  0  (albaugh)
botanic  0  (gelinas)
breezes  0  (kentn)
glamour  1  (gelinas)
ketchup  0  (albaugh)
compost  0  (gelinas)
stomach  3  (kentn)
stimuli  2  (gelinas)
vibrato  3  (kentn)

#838 of 1000 by gelinas on Mon Nov 24 07:37:23 2003:

(I get the feeling Kent knows the word we're trying for.)

stunted

#839 of 1000 by kentn on Mon Nov 24 19:31:27 2003:

Maybe...
 
offline

#840 of 1000 by aruba on Mon Nov 24 20:07:29 2003:

pyxidia  0  (lastword)
typical  0  (gelinas)
commons  1  (albaugh)
chintzy  0  (gelinas)
unearth  1  (kentn)
digging  0  (albaugh)
botanic  0  (gelinas)
breezes  0  (kentn)
glamour  1  (gelinas)
ketchup  0  (albaugh)
compost  0  (gelinas)
stomach  3  (kentn)
stimuli  2  (gelinas)
vibrato  3  (kentn)
stunted  2  (gelinas)
offline  1  (kentn)

I get the feeling you both know it, so someone ought to step up and guess
it. :)

#841 of 1000 by albaugh on Mon Nov 24 20:20:33 2003:

missing

#842 of 1000 by aruba on Mon Nov 24 22:46:07 2003:

pyxidia  0  (lastword)
typical  0  (gelinas)
commons  1  (albaugh)
chintzy  0  (gelinas)
unearth  1  (kentn)
digging  0  (albaugh)
botanic  0  (gelinas)
breezes  0  (kentn)
glamour  1  (gelinas)
ketchup  0  (albaugh)
compost  0  (gelinas)
stomach  3  (kentn)
stimuli  2  (gelinas)
vibrato  3  (kentn)
stunted  2  (gelinas)
offline  1  (kentn)
missing  0  (albaugh)

#843 of 1000 by gelinas on Mon Nov 24 23:21:32 2003:

Kent knew it, I didn't.  I refuse to define it here, although it does seem
appropriate:

        sfumato

#844 of 1000 by aruba on Tue Nov 25 00:57:09 2003:

pyxidia  0  (lastword)
typical  0  (gelinas)
commons  1  (albaugh)
chintzy  0  (gelinas)
unearth  1  (kentn)
digging  0  (albaugh)
botanic  0  (gelinas)
breezes  0  (kentn)
glamour  1  (gelinas)
ketchup  0  (albaugh)
compost  0  (gelinas)
stomach  3  (kentn)
stimuli  2  (gelinas)
vibrato  3  (kentn)
stunted  2  (gelinas)
offline  1  (kentn)
missing  0  (albaugh)
sfumato  7  (gelinas)

Yup, that's it.  I learned "sfumato" when I was reading The DaVinci Code. 
It's a style of painting of which the Mona Lisa is the most famous example.

#845 of 1000 by gelinas on Tue Nov 25 11:48:40 2003:

So I am thinking of a seven-letter word that is not

  sfumato  0  (lastword)

The State of the Guess is in ~gelinas/letter.match7

#846 of 1000 by aruba on Tue Nov 25 15:24:13 2003:

element

#847 of 1000 by albaugh on Tue Nov 25 19:03:29 2003:

heating

#848 of 1000 by gelinas on Tue Nov 25 20:15:39 2003:

  element  0  (aruba)
  heating  1  (albaugh)

#849 of 1000 by kentn on Tue Nov 25 23:03:38 2003:

parties

#850 of 1000 by gelinas on Wed Nov 26 03:11:10 2003:

  parties  2  (kentn)

#851 of 1000 by aruba on Wed Nov 26 03:46:50 2003:

tardies  (as in, number of times you were late)

#852 of 1000 by gelinas on Wed Nov 26 03:51:44 2003:

  tardies  2  (aruba)

#853 of 1000 by albaugh on Wed Nov 26 19:50:16 2003:

absents

#854 of 1000 by kentn on Wed Nov 26 21:10:36 2003:

outlier

#855 of 1000 by gelinas on Wed Nov 26 23:21:05 2003:

  absents  1  (albaugh)
  outlier  1  (kentn)

#856 of 1000 by aruba on Thu Nov 27 06:39:39 2003:

dismiss

#857 of 1000 by gelinas on Thu Nov 27 11:25:55 2003:

  dismiss  3  (aruba)

#858 of 1000 by kentn on Thu Nov 27 15:31:43 2003:

liquids

#859 of 1000 by gelinas on Thu Nov 27 20:29:48 2003:

  liquids  5  (kentn)

#860 of 1000 by aruba on Fri Nov 28 03:28:35 2003:

deposit

#861 of 1000 by dcat on Fri Nov 28 04:23:05 2003:

congius

("a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal 
to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters [syn: gallon, Imperial gallon]")

#862 of 1000 by gelinas on Fri Nov 28 05:01:57 2003:

  deposit  2  (aruba)
  congius  2  (dcat)

#863 of 1000 by aruba on Fri Nov 28 17:40:18 2003:

lipoids  (lipoid: an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in
organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with
proteins and carbohydrates))

#864 of 1000 by gelinas on Fri Nov 28 18:10:43 2003:

  lipoids  7  (aruba)

That's the word.  You're up, Mark. :)

#865 of 1000 by kentn on Fri Nov 28 22:10:48 2003:

I knew if I just waited a bit Mark or someone would come up with the
correct word ;)

#866 of 1000 by aruba on Sat Nov 29 23:05:51 2003:

OK, I'm thinking of a 7-letter word that's not

lipoids  1  (lastword)

#867 of 1000 by gelinas on Sat Nov 29 23:19:35 2003:

lasting

#868 of 1000 by dcat on Sat Nov 29 23:42:05 2003:

shouldn't 'lipoids' be a 0?

editors

#869 of 1000 by gelinas on Sun Nov 30 00:30:45 2003:

Doesn't have to be.  We usually choose a word that scores 0 to make it harder.

#870 of 1000 by albaugh on Sun Nov 30 06:42:58 2003:

letters

#871 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Nov 30 06:47:20 2003:

lipoids  1  (lastword)
lasting  0  (gelinas)
editors  2  (dcat)
letters  1  (albaugh)

#872 of 1000 by gelinas on Sun Nov 30 08:10:30 2003:

extorts

#873 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Nov 30 23:48:35 2003:

lipoids  1  (lastword)
lasting  0  (gelinas)
editors  2  (dcat)
letters  1  (albaugh)
extorts  1  (albaugh)

#874 of 1000 by gelinas on Mon Dec 1 02:20:08 2003:

("extorts" was my guess, not albaugh's.)

#875 of 1000 by aruba on Mon Dec 1 04:38:05 2003:

Opps.  My bad.

lipoids  1  (lastword)
lasting  0  (gelinas)
editors  2  (dcat)
letters  1  (albaugh)
extorts  1  (gelinas)

#876 of 1000 by kentn on Mon Dec 1 13:15:58 2003:

furious

#877 of 1000 by aruba on Tue Dec 2 13:55:44 2003:

lipoids  1  (lastword)
lasting  0  (gelinas)
editors  2  (dcat)
letters  1  (albaugh)
extorts  1  (gelinas)
furious  3  (kentn)

#878 of 1000 by gelinas on Tue Dec 2 16:53:44 2003:

entered

#879 of 1000 by aruba on Tue Dec 2 17:19:46 2003:

lipoids  1  (lastword)
lasting  0  (gelinas)
editors  2  (dcat)
letters  1  (albaugh)
extorts  1  (gelinas)
furious  3  (kentn)
entered  0  (gelinas)

#880 of 1000 by albaugh on Tue Dec 2 20:42:54 2003:

caveman

#881 of 1000 by gelinas on Tue Dec 2 21:25:58 2003:

furnace

#882 of 1000 by aruba on Tue Dec 2 22:49:37 2003:

lipoids  1  (lastword)
lasting  0  (gelinas)
editors  2  (dcat)
letters  1  (albaugh)
extorts  1  (gelinas)
furious  3  (kentn)
entered  0  (gelinas)
caveman  0  (albaugh)
furnace  0  (gelinas)

#883 of 1000 by albaugh on Wed Dec 3 19:26:43 2003:

smelled

#884 of 1000 by aruba on Wed Dec 3 20:46:04 2003:

lipoids  1  (lastword)
lasting  0  (gelinas)
editors  2  (dcat)
letters  1  (albaugh)
extorts  1  (gelinas)
furious  3  (kentn)
entered  0  (gelinas)
caveman  0  (albaugh)
furnace  0  (gelinas)
smelled  0  (albaugh)

#885 of 1000 by gelinas on Wed Dec 3 22:15:26 2003:

holiday

#886 of 1000 by aruba on Wed Dec 3 22:33:46 2003:

lipoids  1  (lastword)
lasting  0  (gelinas)
editors  2  (dcat)
letters  1  (albaugh)
extorts  1  (gelinas)
furious  3  (kentn)
entered  0  (gelinas)
caveman  0  (albaugh)
furnace  0  (gelinas)
smelled  0  (albaugh)
holiday  0  (gelinas)

#887 of 1000 by dcat on Wed Dec 3 22:44:46 2003:

arduous

#888 of 1000 by aruba on Thu Dec 4 14:55:12 2003:

lipoids  1  (lastword)
lasting  0  (gelinas)
editors  2  (dcat)
letters  1  (albaugh)
extorts  1  (gelinas)
furious  3  (kentn)
entered  0  (gelinas)
caveman  0  (albaugh)
furnace  0  (gelinas)
smelled  0  (albaugh)
holiday  0  (gelinas)
arduous  4  (dcat)

#889 of 1000 by gelinas on Thu Dec 4 15:07:21 2003:

antenna

#890 of 1000 by dcat on Thu Dec 4 15:49:28 2003:

azygous

"occurring singly; not one of a pair"

#891 of 1000 by aruba on Thu Dec 4 18:55:22 2003:

lipoids  1  (lastword)
lasting  0  (gelinas)
editors  2  (dcat)
letters  1  (albaugh)
extorts  1  (gelinas)
furious  3  (kentn)
entered  0  (gelinas)
caveman  0  (albaugh)
furnace  0  (gelinas)
smelled  0  (albaugh)
holiday  0  (gelinas)
arduous  4  (dcat)
antenna  1  (gelinas)
azygous  6  (dcat)

#892 of 1000 by gelinas on Thu Dec 4 21:23:01 2003:

carmine

#893 of 1000 by dcat on Thu Dec 4 21:46:17 2003:

apyrous

"Incombustible; capable of sustaining a strong heat
 without alteration of form or properties."

#894 of 1000 by aruba on Fri Dec 5 02:21:28 2003:

lipoids  1  (lastword)
lasting  0  (gelinas)
editors  2  (dcat)
letters  1  (albaugh)
extorts  1  (gelinas)
furious  3  (kentn)
entered  0  (gelinas)
caveman  0  (albaugh)
furnace  0  (gelinas)
smelled  0  (albaugh)
holiday  0  (gelinas)
arduous  4  (dcat)
antenna  1  (gelinas)
azygous  6  (dcat)
carmine  1  (gelinas)
apyrous  5  (dcat)

#895 of 1000 by kentn on Fri Dec 5 13:00:22 2003:

azymous  (unleavened, unfermented)

#896 of 1000 by aruba on Fri Dec 5 15:14:20 2003:

lipoids  1  (lastword)
lasting  0  (gelinas)
editors  2  (dcat)
letters  1  (albaugh)
extorts  1  (gelinas)
furious  3  (kentn)
entered  0  (gelinas)
caveman  0  (albaugh)
furnace  0  (gelinas)
smelled  0  (albaugh)
holiday  0  (gelinas)
arduous  4  (dcat)
antenna  1  (gelinas)
azygous  6  (dcat)
carmine  1  (gelinas)
apyrous  5  (dcat)
azymous  7  (kentn)

Kent's up!

#897 of 1000 by kentn on Sun Dec 7 18:53:33 2003:

Interesting word.  Okay, I'll try to have a new word in mind
next time I'm on.

#898 of 1000 by kentn on Tue Dec 9 01:03:04 2003:

All right, I have a 7-letter word in mind and it is not
 
  azymous  0  (The Previous Word)
 
A summary of guesses is in ~kentn/letter.match7.

#899 of 1000 by gelinas on Tue Dec 9 01:34:45 2003:

referee

#900 of 1000 by aruba on Tue Dec 9 15:23:34 2003:

element

#901 of 1000 by albaugh on Tue Dec 9 20:25:54 2003:

heating

#902 of 1000 by kentn on Wed Dec 10 13:04:35 2003:

  referee  0  (gelinas)
  element  0  (aruba)
  heating  0  (albaugh)

#903 of 1000 by gelinas on Wed Dec 10 14:13:35 2003:

pacific

#904 of 1000 by aruba on Wed Dec 10 15:48:56 2003:

abalone

#905 of 1000 by albaugh on Wed Dec 10 18:01:57 2003:

baloney

#906 of 1000 by kentn on Fri Dec 12 04:22:24 2003:

  pacific  0  (gelinas)
  abalone  0  (aruba)
  baloney  1  (albaugh)

#907 of 1000 by aruba on Fri Dec 12 05:10:57 2003:

balance

#908 of 1000 by gelinas on Fri Dec 12 05:25:21 2003:

citizen

#909 of 1000 by kentn on Fri Dec 12 12:04:09 2003:

  balance  0  (aruba)
  citizen  1  (gelinas)

#910 of 1000 by aruba on Fri Dec 12 14:56:47 2003:

inboard

#911 of 1000 by kentn on Sat Dec 13 14:15:20 2003:

  inboard  0  (aruba)

#912 of 1000 by gelinas on Sat Dec 13 17:02:52 2003:

chintzy

#913 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Dec 14 01:03:44 2003:

bitwise

#914 of 1000 by kentn on Sun Dec 14 14:41:06 2003:

  chintzy  5  (gelinas)
  bitwise  0  (aruba)

#915 of 1000 by gelinas on Mon Dec 15 02:55:15 2003:

glinted

#916 of 1000 by aruba on Mon Dec 15 03:43:35 2003:

charmed

#917 of 1000 by dcat on Mon Dec 15 04:07:46 2003:

drizzle

#918 of 1000 by albaugh on Mon Dec 15 16:07:32 2003:

raining

#919 of 1000 by kentn on Tue Dec 16 02:37:28 2003:

  glinted  2  (gelinas)
  charmed  2  (aruba)
  drizzle  1  (dcat)
  raining  2  (albaugh)

#920 of 1000 by gelinas on Tue Dec 16 02:46:59 2003:

holiday

#921 of 1000 by naftee on Tue Dec 16 04:36:59 2003:

bell

festival!

#922 of 1000 by aruba on Tue Dec 16 05:11:04 2003:

caribou

#923 of 1000 by kentn on Tue Dec 16 12:34:15 2003:

  holiday  1  (gelinas)
  caribou  1  (aruba)

#924 of 1000 by gelinas on Tue Dec 16 13:33:40 2003:

borscht

#925 of 1000 by albaugh on Tue Dec 16 18:20:41 2003:

sausage

#926 of 1000 by kentn on Wed Dec 17 12:48:32 2003:

  borscht  2  (gelinas)
  sausage  0  (albaugh)

#927 of 1000 by gelinas on Wed Dec 17 13:17:39 2003:

(I'm inclined to let let this one pass, because I stooped to wildcard-matching
at onelook.  But if no one else is playing . . . . )

#928 of 1000 by aruba on Wed Dec 17 16:29:19 2003:

Well, you've proved it already:

  chintzy  5  (gelinas)
  borscht  2  (gelinas)
  charmed  2  (aruba)
  raining  2  (albaugh)
  balance  0  (aruba)
  baloney  1  (albaugh)

Since chintzy and borscht have no letters in common and the sum of 
their scores is 7, all correct letters must come from one of them.
So much can be concluded from other scores:

score(charmed) = 2  =>  score(ch-----) = 2
score(raining) = 2  =>  score(--in---) = 2
score(balance) = 0  =>  score(b------) = 0
score(baloney) = 1  =>  score(b-----y) = 1

And from the last two we can conclude that score(------y) = 1.
So score(chin--y) = 5, which means the other two letters come from
borscht.  So the word is chinchy.

#929 of 1000 by gelinas on Wed Dec 17 18:22:55 2003:

I chose "borscht" after wild-carding. ;)

#930 of 1000 by kentn on Thu Dec 18 15:28:48 2003:

  chinchy  7  (aruba)  ---> Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner! 

Your word, Mark! 
 
From OED 2nd ed:

chinchy                           
   'chinchy, a. Now chiefly U.S. colloq. Also 5 chynchy, 7 chichie. [f.
   chinch as sb. + -y. ] Niggard, stingy.

also from WordNet:

  chinchy
       adj : embarrassingly stingy [syn: {cheap}, {chintzy}]

#931 of 1000 by aruba on Thu Dec 18 21:42:28 2003:

OK, I'm thinking of a 7-letter word that's not

chinchy  0  (lastword)

#932 of 1000 by gelinas on Fri Dec 19 03:35:23 2003:

referee

#933 of 1000 by aruba on Fri Dec 19 04:26:56 2003:

chinchy  0  (lastword)
referee  0  (gelinas)

#934 of 1000 by kentn on Fri Dec 19 15:11:28 2003:

parties

#935 of 1000 by aruba on Fri Dec 19 15:22:57 2003:

chinchy  0  (lastword)
referee  0  (gelinas)
parties  0  (kentn)

#936 of 1000 by albaugh on Fri Dec 19 17:09:15 2003:

twofold

#937 of 1000 by gelinas on Fri Dec 19 17:30:02 2003:

abandon

#938 of 1000 by aruba on Fri Dec 19 18:15:44 2003:

chinchy  0  (lastword)
referee  0  (gelinas)
parties  0  (kentn)
twofold  0  (albaugh)
abandon  1  (gelinas)

#939 of 1000 by albaugh on Sat Dec 20 17:15:50 2003:

shipper

#940 of 1000 by kentn on Sat Dec 20 20:59:12 2003:

squalor

#941 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Dec 21 02:20:35 2003:

chinchy  0  (lastword)
referee  0  (gelinas)
parties  0  (kentn)
twofold  0  (albaugh)
abandon  1  (gelinas)
shipper  0  (albaugh)
squalor  2  (kentn)

#942 of 1000 by gelinas on Sun Dec 21 03:09:15 2003:

aquifer

#943 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Dec 21 04:00:38 2003:

chinchy  0  (lastword)
referee  0  (gelinas)
parties  0  (kentn)
twofold  0  (albaugh)
abandon  1  (gelinas)
shipper  0  (albaugh)
squalor  2  (kentn)
aquifer  0  (gelinas)

#944 of 1000 by dcat on Sun Dec 21 05:09:01 2003:

ethanol

#945 of 1000 by albaugh on Sun Dec 21 05:49:29 2003:

alcohol

#946 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Dec 21 15:28:18 2003:

chinchy  0  (lastword)
referee  0  (gelinas)
parties  0  (kentn)
twofold  0  (albaugh)
abandon  1  (gelinas)
shipper  0  (albaugh)
squalor  2  (kentn)
aquifer  0  (gelinas)
ethanol  2  (dcat)
alcohol  1  (albaugh)

#947 of 1000 by gelinas on Sun Dec 21 15:39:32 2003:

bicycle

#948 of 1000 by kentn on Sun Dec 21 16:43:46 2003:

disavow

#949 of 1000 by albaugh on Sun Dec 21 17:16:42 2003:

knowing

#950 of 1000 by aruba on Sun Dec 21 19:08:18 2003:

chinchy  0  (lastword)
referee  0  (gelinas)
parties  0  (kentn)
twofold  0  (albaugh)
abandon  1  (gelinas)
shipper  0  (albaugh)
squalor  2  (kentn)
aquifer  0  (gelinas)
ethanol  2  (dcat)
alcohol  1  (albaugh)
bicycle  1  (gelinas)
disavow  2  (kentn)
knowing  0  (albaugh)

#951 of 1000 by gelinas on Sun Dec 21 20:08:19 2003:

bureaus

#952 of 1000 by kentn on Sun Dec 21 21:43:54 2003:

bugaboo

#953 of 1000 by aruba on Mon Dec 22 04:17:33 2003:

chinchy  0  (lastword)
referee  0  (gelinas)
parties  0  (kentn)
twofold  0  (albaugh)
abandon  1  (gelinas)
shipper  0  (albaugh)
squalor  2  (kentn)
aquifer  0  (gelinas)
ethanol  2  (dcat)
alcohol  1  (albaugh)
bicycle  1  (gelinas)
disavow  2  (kentn)
knowing  0  (albaugh)
bureaus  2  (gelinas)
bugaboo  7  (kentn)

Kent's up!

#954 of 1000 by kentn on Mon Dec 22 16:05:41 2003:

That word had a good run...
  
I'll try to have a new word in mind next time I'm on.

#955 of 1000 by kentn on Tue Dec 23 16:03:50 2003:

Okay, I'm thinking of a 7-letter word that is not:
 
  bugaboo  0  (The Previous Word)
 
A summary of guesses is in ~kentn/letter.match7

#956 of 1000 by albaugh on Tue Dec 23 18:26:03 2003:

boobies

#957 of 1000 by gelinas on Tue Dec 23 18:33:54 2003:

abalone

#958 of 1000 by dcat on Tue Dec 23 20:56:44 2003:

motored

#959 of 1000 by kentn on Wed Dec 24 03:44:39 2003:

  boobies  0  (albaugh)
  abalone  0  (gelinas)
  motored  2  (dcat)

#960 of 1000 by gelinas on Wed Dec 24 03:55:08 2003:

matched

#961 of 1000 by albaugh on Wed Dec 24 04:55:13 2003:

setting

#962 of 1000 by naftee on Wed Dec 24 05:24:59 2003:

monster

#963 of 1000 by kentn on Thu Dec 25 03:22:44 2003:

  matched  1  (gelinas)
  setting  1  (albaugh)
  monster  0  (naftee)

#964 of 1000 by gelinas on Thu Dec 25 03:47:05 2003:

referee

#965 of 1000 by dcat on Thu Dec 25 05:51:50 2003:

selling

#966 of 1000 by kentn on Thu Dec 25 17:27:43 2003:

  referee  0  (gelinas)
  selling  0  (dcat)

#967 of 1000 by naftee on Fri Dec 26 05:20:47 2003:

astound

#968 of 1000 by gelinas on Sat Dec 27 03:37:36 2003:

unfound

#969 of 1000 by albaugh on Sat Dec 27 06:11:25 2003:

detects

#970 of 1000 by kentn on Sat Dec 27 21:50:42 2003:

  astound  2  (naftee)
  unfound  1  (gelinas)
  detects  1  (albaugh)

#971 of 1000 by gelinas on Sat Dec 27 22:48:16 2003:

erasure

#972 of 1000 by naftee on Sun Dec 28 19:40:48 2003:

catcher

#973 of 1000 by kentn on Mon Dec 29 03:37:35 2003:

  bugaboo  0  (The Previous Word)
  boobies  0  (albaugh)
  abalone  0  (gelinas)
  motored  2  (dcat)
  matched  1  (gelinas)
  setting  1  (albaugh)
  monster  0  (naftee)
  referee  0  (gelinas)
  selling  0  (dcat)
  astound  2  (naftee)
  unfound  1  (gelinas)
  detects  1  (albaugh)
  erasure  0  (gelinas)
  catcher  1  (naftee)

#974 of 1000 by albaugh on Mon Dec 29 04:20:50 2003:

battery

#975 of 1000 by naftee on Mon Dec 29 05:26:07 2003:

stopped

#976 of 1000 by aruba on Mon Dec 29 06:47:58 2003:

finicky

#977 of 1000 by kentn on Mon Dec 29 17:14:39 2003:

  battery  1  (albaugh)
  stopped  0  (naftee)
  finicky  0  (aruba)

#978 of 1000 by gelinas on Mon Dec 29 19:39:17 2003:

isotope

#979 of 1000 by naftee on Mon Dec 29 19:39:28 2003:

footbar

#980 of 1000 by aruba on Tue Dec 30 16:49:16 2003:

gymslip

"a sleeveless tunic worn by English girls as part of a school uniform"

#981 of 1000 by kentn on Wed Dec 31 06:09:44 2003:

  isotope  0  (gelinas)
  footbar  1  (naftee)
  gymslip  0  (aruba)

#982 of 1000 by gelinas on Wed Dec 31 06:17:37 2003:

octogon

#983 of 1000 by kentn on Wed Dec 31 15:37:21 2003:

  octogon  4  (gelinas)

#984 of 1000 by aruba on Wed Dec 31 17:04:01 2003:

optical

#985 of 1000 by albaugh on Thu Jan 1 07:04:40 2004:

alusion   :-)

#986 of 1000 by kentn on Thu Jan 1 20:57:07 2004:

  optical  4  (aruba)
  alusion  0  (albaugh)
 
Note that 'alusion' is spelled 'allusion' in English, but 'alusion'
in Spanish.  This is not intended to indicate, by allusion or otherwise,
that Spanish words are always acceptable.  In general this game uses
English and foreign words enter in when they have some general usage
in English.  In the spirit of the season, however, and because it was
a funny followup to 'optical,' I've scored 'alusion.'

#987 of 1000 by gelinas on Thu Jan 1 21:09:46 2004:

optimal

#988 of 1000 by naftee on Thu Jan 1 23:05:38 2004:

domical

#989 of 1000 by kentn on Fri Jan 2 20:23:40 2004:

  optimal  4  (gelinas)
  domical  2  (naftee)

#990 of 1000 by aruba on Fri Jan 2 20:30:40 2004:

scratch

#991 of 1000 by gelinas on Fri Jan 2 22:14:10 2004:

octodon (a small, South American rodent)

#992 of 1000 by kentn on Sat Jan 3 03:41:12 2004:

  scratch  1  (aruba)
  octodon  4  (gelinas)

#993 of 1000 by aruba on Sat Jan 3 05:57:06 2004:

spinner

#994 of 1000 by albaugh on Sat Jan 3 07:17:31 2004:

records

#995 of 1000 by gelinas on Sat Jan 3 10:10:27 2004:

octonal

#996 of 1000 by kentn on Sat Jan 3 18:06:32 2004:

  spinner  1  (aruba)
  records  1  (albaugh)
  octonal  7  (gelinas)  ---> Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner! 
 
Yay! You're up, Joe! 
 
   (From OED, 2d ed)
   octonal o /enticons/ogon.gif .ktona /enticons/breve.gif l, a. [f. L.
   octo /enticons/macr.gif n-i /enticons/macr.gif eight at a time, by  
   eights, f. octo eight + -al1. ] Proceeding by eights: = octonary A.
     * 1883 L. F. Ward Dynamic Sociol. II. 65 The advantages of the   
       octonal system.                                              
     * 1887 Longm. Mag. Sept. 517 The advantages possessed by a decimal 
       over a duodecimal or octonal system [of coinage].

#997 of 1000 by naftee on Sat Jan 3 19:28:53 2004:

CONGRATS , Joe!

#998 of 1000 by gelinas on Sat Jan 3 22:49:18 2004:

I can't freeze this item, but I'm going to start a new one anyway.

#999 of 1000 by gelinas on Sat Jan 3 23:07:42 2004:

The game continues in Item 128.  Would someone link that item to Puzzle? 

Thanks.

#1000 of 1000 by aruba on Sat Jan 3 23:38:04 2004:

I'll freeze this one.  Thanks Joe.

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