This is the 6-letter word game. It works like this: One person is "it". That person thinks of a six-letter word. It must be a real, English word, which can be found in some dictionary. Other players try to guess the word, and their guesses must also be real, English words. The person who is "it" scores the guesses according to how many letters in the guess match those in the word he's thinking of. So for instance, if the word is "spring", then the scoring might go like this: waffle 0 (no letters in common with spring) cranny 1 (both cranny and spring have n as the 5th letter) apples 1 (both apples and spring have p as the 2nd letter) string 5 (string and spring match in 5 places) etc. The game continues until someone guesses a word, and then that person becomes "it", and the whole thing starts over again. Complete rules are in ~rcurl/letter.match . A list of all words used throughout the history of the game is in ~rcurl/l.m.words . It's customary for the person who's "it" to store a list of all the current guesses in a file called letter.match in his or her home directory. So for instance if kentn is "it", the guesses so far will be in ~kentn/letter.match .1055 responses total.
OK, I am "it" since I guessed the last word, which was karate 0 (lastword) BTW if this item has a lot of responses by the time you get here, you may want to skip to the bottom and only read the last 20 or so. To do that in Picospan, hit 'q' at the "More" prompt, then enter "last" followed by "-20" at the "Respond or Pass" prompt.
streak
zealot
uneasy
streak 0 (albaugh) zealot 1 (larsn) uneasy 1 (kentn) Whoa - Kent tries something new!
teepee
tremor
boring
banana
teepee 0 (albaugh) tremor 2 (larsn) boring 0 (bikeman) banana 0 (carson)
filter
author
indoor
filter 0 (kami) author 1 (larsn) indoor 2 (albaugh)
potion
potion 2 (kami)
gnomon Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, from Greek gnOmOn interpreter, pointer on a sundial,
from gignOskein Date: 1546
1 : an object that by the position or length of its shadow serves as an
indicator especially of the hour of the day: as a : the pin of a sundial
b : a column or shaft erected perpendicular to the horizon
2 : the remainder of a parallelogram after the removal of a similar
parallelogram containing one of its corners
gnomon 6 (albaugh) Kevin's up!
unease
icicle
OK, I'm thinking of a new 6-letter word... gnomon 0 (lastword) unease 0 (kentn) icicle 0 (carson)
banana
boring
appear
warped
banana 2 (aruba) boring 1 (bikeman) appear 0 (aruba) warped 0 (larsn) (even if it ain't technically against the rules, please refrain from guessing more than once before scoring)
banish
banish 2 (aruba)
basket
bunkum
minima
basket 2 (kami) minima 1 (kentn) bunkum 6 (aruba) bunkum Variant(s): or buncombe Function: noun Etymology: Buncombe county, N.C.; from a remark made by its congressman, who defended an irrelevant speech by claiming that he was speaking to Buncombe Date: 1845 : insincere or foolish talk : NONSENSE (aka "bunk"; may have lead to "debunk" : to expose the sham or falseness of <debunk a legend>)
Interesting derivation. OK, I'll be thinking of a word the next time I'm on.
OK, I'm thinking of a 6-letter word that's not bunkum 0 (lastword)
losses
losses 0 (orinoco)
trauma
streak
trauma 0 (larsn) streak 2 (albaugh)
unrest
unrest 0 (kentn)
stupid
stupid 2 (albaugh)
statue
squawk
statue 1 (carson) squawk 6 (kentn) Kent's up!
(yow! that was quick. :) congrats, Kent!)
Thanks. Wow, that was a long shot... Okay, I'll try to have a new word next time I log in.
Okay, I'm thinking of a six letter word...and it's not: squawk 0 (last word)
teepee
looses
boring
estral [cycle] Date: 1941 : ESTROUS CYCLE
zealot
is "looses" a word? I know that "loose" is, and "loses" is... my word is: looser
apathy
Yes, "looses" *is* a word, as in "to let loose". "You better get a good head start before he looses the hounds on you!"
(so does loosee - "one who is loosed" - count as a word?) Sure, I'll try it: loosee
MW-online doesn't recognize "loosee", so you'll have to cite a source for kentn to accept that word, I'd guess. Speaking of kentn... (!)
(right. we should hold up until Kent has a chance to respond.)
Aw, man...
Here here here! (Was on vacation for a few days...) teepee 0 (aruba) looses 2 (orinoco) boring 0 (bikeman) estral 0 (albaugh) zealot 0 (larsn) looser 1 (lilmo)
Next group... apathy 0 (carson) (According to my dictionary, one who loosens is a loosener, but one who is loosed is not listed. Examples to support "loosed" in the OED were for "loosed tongues" via too much wine, and a "loosed boat" from unmooring. I could find no ready evidence to support "loosee" so...please provide a cite. Thanks.)
(I don't have a cite either, I was just shooting blind, 'cause it really _should_ be a word..)
limbus Function: noun Etymology: Latin, border Date: 1877 : the marginal region of the cornea of the eye by which it is continuous with the sclera
clouds
limbus 1 (albaugh) clouds 1 (larsn)
likely
likely 0 (lilmo)
menses
odists (plural form of odist noun)
Main Entry: ode Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin,
from Greek OidE, literally, song, from aeidein, aidein to sing;
akin to Greek audE voice Date: 1588
: a lyric poem usually marked by exaltation of feeling and style,
varying length of line, and complexity of stanza forms
menses 2 (kami) odists 3 (albaugh)
A summary of guesses on the current word can be found in the file /a/k/kentn/letter.match. We've only had 13 guesses on this word, the last several getting much closer to a solution, so it is not by any means a lost cause...
beasts
beasts 2 (lilmo)
lassos
lassos 2 (keesan)
frisks
coiled
frisks 4 (albaugh) coiled 1 (lilmo) ...looks close to a solution. If you were waiting for the right time to guess, now wouldn't be too far off. (Review past guesses on this word in /a/k/kentn/letter.match if you need to refresh your memory)
Actually, that path is wrong. The actual path is /a/k/e/kentn/letter.match
Oops, you're correct: /a/k/e/kentn/letter.match Thanks.
prisms
prisms 3 (keesan)
Since nobody else is guessing and it is five days - crisps?
(Assuming "crisps" the verb...or perhaps crisp as in multiple instances of apple crisp.) crisps 3 (keesan)
I thought this was the British word for potato chips, since their word chips is used to refer to what we call French fries, as in fish and chips.
whisks
Whatever...I only need to find a reasonable defn to be satisfied, not all of them. whisks 6 (aruba) ---> Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner! Phew! I was getting worried...I knew I hadn't picked a tough word in terms of obscurity... Your turn, aruba. Now I'm off to my kitchen, to use my whisks... :)
OK, I'm thinking of a 6-letter word. whisks 0 (lastword)
supper (what I should have cooked a few hours ago, but I had such an interesting chat in Bulgarian instead)
unease
supper 1 (keesan) unease 3 (kentn) Another quick one, I guess...
boring (Yes, I am very redundant.... (:P )
unfair
boring 0 (bikeman) unfair 1 (kentn)
sneeze
sneeze 1 (keesan)
ummm....uhhh...?!?!?!?!?
Hi Starwolf, welcome to the six-letter word game. You can see a brief summary of the rules by looking at response 0 in this item, and for more detailed rules you can look at the file ~rcurl/l.m.words . A list of guesses so far is in ~aruba/letter.match .
~rcurl/l.m.words contains all the "target" words that have been used in this game. The rules for the 5 letter version are in ~rcurl/lettermatch.rules, and are easily applied to this 6 letter version.
greasy
Re #101: Oops, my fault. Thanks for the correction, Rane. I wonder if we should put all the lettermatch files somewhere where people can view them from the web, for the benefit of Backtalk users. greasy 4 (carson)
For others to view them, it is easiest for them to be in my home directory. So, can I put a link to them from my www directory? Or somewhere else?
Where'd everyone go?
I have a really good guess to make, but I don't want to be "it" again for a while.
grouse?
grouse 1 (starwolf)
Hmmm - we seem to have hit a lull in the old 6-letter word game. THe guesses so far may be found in ~aruba/letter.match . There's enough information in there to make a pretty informed guess at what the word is.
Here are the guesses so far in the 6-letter word game: whisks 0 (lastword) supper 1 (keesan) unease 3 (kentn) boring 0 (bikeman) unfair 1 (kentn) sneeze 1 (keesan) greasy 4 (carson) grouse 1 (starwolf) There's enough information there to deduce 5 out of the 6 letters.
quests
queasy
quests 3 (kentn) queasy 6 (rcurl) I think Kent was just humoring me. ;) You're up, Rane!
I've been enjoying just lurking for some time, but couldn't resist such a short list of guesses. OK. New word is ready....and I'll be a softy this time and give queasy 0 (oldword)
Uhh...would you remind me again how to run do.lm?
Re 113: well humoring a little...trying to get someone else to guess the word :) Re do.lm: it is an executable and readable shell script in my home directory. If you don't trust programs in other people's directories (and you generally shouldn't) you can read it to see it if contains any nasty surprises. Rane, I think you copied the program to your directory a while back. If it's still there, I'd change the perms to make it executable (chmod 700 do.lm for example) and then run it. It'll tell what it does and then prompt for the word to be guessed, etc. Enough of an example should be included in what it prints to figure out how to use it. You can abort at any time by using ctrl-c or your interrupt key if it is set to something else. do.lm will append to any exising 'letter.match' file, so you should not have an old one around when starting a new game (try ~kentn/do.lmx for a version that looks for previous letter.match files, that is, ones with a 6 in them :).
I know all that, and have do.lm, *but I don't remember how to run it*.
Just type "./do.lm" . teepee
streak
Typing ./do.lm doesn't do anything. I was running it some months ago, but can't recall how. teepee 0 (aruba) streak 0 (albaugh)
Do the words all have to be in English? And is there also a version of this game running where you count the letters if they match your word, no matter what position they are in? That is how I learned the game (Jotto, 5-letter).
The words must all be in an English dictionary and not proper nouns. Jotto has not been played here.
Hmmm - I don't use Kent's system, so I don't really know how it works, but it
certainly seems like it ought to work. You put a "!" in front of it, right?
As in,
Resond or pass? !./do.lm
?
entity
teepee 0 (aruba) streak 0 (albaugh) entity 0 (aruba) OK..back in business. I had tried various commands (!do.lm,....) but not !./do.lm. I don't recall having to have the ./ the last time I ran it. Has something changed? Is this running do.lm from my directory or from /?
opines
"." refers to your home directory, so "./do.lm" is the copy of do.lm in your home directory. banana
opines 0 (albaugh) banana 0 (aruba)
nostoc Function: noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1650 : any of a genus (Nostoc) of blue-green algae that fix nitrogen
adagio (I know it's Italian, but it's in m-w.com so I guess it's entered English.)
boring (I'd put predictable, but that's too long for this game....(;P )
preach
nostoc 1 (albaugh) adagio 1 (aruba) boring 0 (bikeman) preach 0 (kami)
absorb
absorb 0 (albaugh)
fluent
fluent 0 (keesan)
chador Function: noun
Etymology: Hindi & Persian; Hindi caddar, from Persian chaddar, chAdar
Date: 1614 : a large cloth worn as a combination head covering, veil,
and shawl usually by Muslim women especially in Iran
chador 0 (albaugh)
The word was borrowed from Turkish into Bulgarian to mean umbrella, and with slight modification into Serbian to mean tent. drowsy
drowsy 0 (keesan)
victim
victim 2 (albaugh)
murder
murder 0 (keesan)
barter
barter 0 (aruba)
flimsy
limbic Function: adjective Etymology: New Latin limbicus of a border or margin, from Latin limbus Date: 1882 : of, relating to, or being the limbic system of the brain
flimsy 0 (keesan) limbic 6 (albaugh) HEAR HEAR - JOLLY GOOD. albaugh is up. (I observe that using do.lm makes the game easier but less 'fun' than doing it by hand......)
(I guess I should make an effort to include some music and a random sort of interface, just to keep things interesting :) :) :)
At least I think I will make an edition that omits all printout except the input lines - once one has the hang of it, one doesn't need the instructions anymore.
Yeah, that sounds reasonable, or maybe a command line option for "expert" mode. It's something that I'd not like to make assumptions about, since I don't know who will be running the program (and even experienced users forget since do.lm isn't something you run frequently). In the first version, it was easiest to assume help for all runs. For now, I'm leaving ~kentn/do.lm unchanged and making all such (experimental) changes to ~kentn/do.lmx. I'll post here if I make such a change. Thanks for the suggestion.
OK, I'm thinking of another 6-letter word that's not: limbic 0 (lastword)
boring
teepee
squeak
boring 2 (bikeman) teepee 0 (aruba) squeak 0 (rcurl)
unease
timing
unease 0 (kentn) timing 2 (aruba)
I'm just waiting for someone else to make a guess...
(as are we all...)
aching
anoint
aching 2 (coyote) anoint 1 (aruba)
baking
oblong
baking 2 (coyote) oblong 6 (aruba) That sure didn't take long - aruba is it!
It was a lucky guess. OK, I'm thinking of a 6-letter word. oblong 0 (lastword)
streak
streak 0 (albaugh)
boring (I wish predictable was a 6 letter word...)
boring 0 (bikeman)
needed
unease
needed 0 (albaugh) unease 0 (kentn)
acacia
acacia 0 (coyote)
cactus
I'm afraid you just went, Jeff, so you'll have to wait for someone else.
medula
Kami, my dictionary has "medulla" and "medusa", but not "medula". Can you provide a reference?
grumpy
fronds
grumpy 1 (larsn) cactus 0 (coyote) fronds 1 (albaugh)
<oops, forgot about that 2-in-a-row rule up there> dimply
Oops, didn't realize I was short an L. Oh well. croupy
dimply 0 (coyote) croupy 1 (kami)
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
tricot 0 (albaugh)
embryo
embryo 0 (coyote) (That would have made a good word!)
flysch
'Fraid that isn't in my dictionary. Could you give a reference, Lars?
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
rhombi 6 (albaugh) How'd you figure that out?
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.
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...
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)
unease (Am currently reading a book, Foundation's Fear by Gregory Benford, that uses the word "unease" quite often. I don't think I've ever seen it used more than once in a book. This book, four times so far, and I'm only half way through it!)
unease 0 (kentn)
fabled
banana
fabled 0 (coyote) banana 0 (aruba)
wisdom
esteem
geckos
wisdom 0 (kentn) esteem 0 (aruba) geckos 0 (coyote)
critic
oolong
zephyr
critic 1 (larsn) oolong 0 (aruba) zephyr 0 (kami) oolong Function: noun Etymology: Chinese (Beijing) wulong, literally, black dragon Date: 1850 : tea made from leaves that have been partially fermented before firing
writer
humbly
plinth
writer 0 (aruba)
humbly 2 (coyote)
plinth 0 (larsn)
plinth Function: noun
Etymology: Latin plinthus, from Greek plinthos Date: 1601
1 a : the lowest member of a base : SUBBASE
b : a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped
at the bottom
2 : a usually square block serving as a base;
broadly : any of various bases or lower parts -- see BASE illustration
3 : a course of stones forming a continuous foundation or base course
soffit
luxury
cymbal
soffit 0 (kami) luxury 0 (coyote) cymbal 6 (aruba) aruba: How'd you figure that out? :-) You're it!
Lucky guess. :) I'll have a word the next time I log in.
OK, I've got a word. cymbal 0 (lastword)
streak
pieces
uneasy
streak 1 (albaugh) pieces 0 (larsn) uneasy 0 (kentn)
spanks
season
spanks 0 (albaugh) season 1 (larsn)
tender
resent
tender 0 (albaugh) resent 1 (larsn)
macron
macron 3 (coyote)
marmot Function: noun Etymology: French marmotte Date: 1607 : any of a genus (Marmota) of stout-bodied short-legged chiefly herbivorous burrowing rodents with coarse fur, a short bushy tail, and very small ears -- compare WOODCHUCK macron Function: noun Etymology: Greek makron, neuter of makros long Date: 1851 : a mark &hibar; placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is long or placed over a syllable or used alone to indicate a stressed or long syllable in a metrical foot
marmot 6 (albaugh) Ding! Kevin's up.
Marmon - a company involved with commerical truck manufacturing (semi's) OK, I'm thinking of another 6-letter word that's not: marmot 0 (lastword)
zygote
unease
florid
esteem
nearby
zygote 0 (larsn) unease 1 (kentn) florid 1 (orinoco) esteem 0 (aruba) nearby 1 (coyote)
swerve
clouds
swerve 0 (aruba) clouds 1 (orinoco)
fleets
Sorry, orinoco, I can't score your response - someone else has to respond before you can respond again...
drones
drones 1 (larsn)
Right; sorry. fleets
boring
fleets 0 (orinoco) boring 1 (bikeman)
googly
proven
googly 3 (aruba) proven 1 (orinoco)
gouges
gouges 1 (lilmo)
woodsy
woodsy 6 (aruba) Very nice, aruba. Now it's your turn! ;-)
Doh! I knew I shouldn't have guessed that. I'm leaving town in a few hours, so I will forfeit my turn in favor of someone who hasn't been "it" lately. The first such person to say "I'm thinking of a 6-letter word" will be it.
I'm thinking of a 6-letter word......
woodsy = 0
boring
floods
boring - 1 (Yes...amazing, I know other 6 letter words other than "boring".. (:P ) floods - 0
groped
streak
groped - 0 streak - 1
baring
baring - 2
tartly
warren
tartly - 2 warren - 2
earful
carpet
unease (Well, figured 'boring' was worth a shot, you know...)
scraps
earful - 3 carpet - 2 unease - 1 scraps - 1
maraud
maraud - 4
barter
markup
My bad for not analyzing the scoring correctly: marque Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Old Provengal marca, from marcar to mark, seize as pledge, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German marcOn to mark Date: 15th century 1 obsolete : REPRISAL, RETALIATION 2 : LETTERS OF MARQUE
That looks good.
barter - 2
markup - 4
marque - 6
Kevin...you're up!
(Damn it....and I was having fun.... (:P )
OK, I'm thinking of another 6-letter word that's not: marque 0 (lastword)
otters
bionic
unease
otters 0 (orinoco) bionic 0 (joelsg) unease 1 (kentn)
cruise
cruise 2 (lilmo)
boring
clever
nudism
boring 1 (bikeman) clever 0 (lilmo) nudism 3 (kentn)
nudist
punish
nudist 3 (lilmo) punish 6 (kentn) OK, your penance is to think up a 6-letter word and... :-)
Egads, that was it? Okay, I'll delve into my dictionary and try to come up with something by the next time I log in.
Dadgum!
Okay, I'm thinking of a 6-letter word. It's not... punish 0 (last_word) Results of the guessing for this word will be kept in the file ~kentn/letter.match
streak
oodles
streak 0 (albaugh) oodles 1 (aruba)
boring
boring 0 (bikeman)
ounces
ounces 2 (aruba)
powers
powers 1 (lilmo)
tracks
tracks 3 (aruba)
clocks
clocks 2 (joelsg)
erects
quacks
reacts
erupts
erects 2 (albaugh) quacks 3 (rywfol) reacts 3 (aruba) erupts 1 (lilmo)
abacus
abacus 6 (joelsg) ---> Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner! Congratulations! Your word...
I'm thinking of a word, and it's not... abacus 0 (lastword) results to be found in ~joelsg/letter.match
A list of all words used in this game is in ~rcurl/l.m.words. None has as yet been reused.
streak
teepee
unease
streak 0 (albaugh) teepee 1 (aruba) unease 0 (kentn)
This response has been erased.
terran
trusty
terran 0 (aruba) trusty 0 (kentn)
stares
lisped
(Are there rules somewhere and if so could someone point me to the file?)
stares 1 (aruba) lisped 1 (albaugh)
Yes, the rules are in ~rcurl/lettermatch.rules. They were written for the 5-letter version of the game, but it's easy to see how they translate to the 6-letter version. pander
pander 2 (aruba)
quoter
parsed
quoter 1 (albaugh) parsed 1 (aruba)
rondel Variant(s): or rondelle Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, literally, small circle --
more at ROUNDEL Date: 14th century
1 usually rondelle : a circular object;
especially : a circular jewel or jeweled ring
2 a usually rondel : a fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and
consisting usually of 14 lines in three stanzas in which the first two
lines of the first stanza are repeated as the refrain of the second and
third stanzas
b : a poem in this form
c : RONDEAU 1
bonnet
reused (see resp:324 where rcurl says that noone has used this word *grin*)
rondel 3 (albaugh) bonnet 3 (aruba) reused 1 (lilmo)
Re #344: Heh, he did indeed say that, Mark. convex
convex 6 (aruba) We have a winner!
Good word. OK, I'm thinking of another. convex 0 (lastword)
prints
streak
yellow
prints 0 (joelsg) streak 0 (albaugh) yellow 1 (kentn)
tampon
baboon
tampon 0 (albaugh) baboon 1 (kentn)
belfry
belaud Function: transitive verb Date: circa 1849 : to praise usually to excess
This response has been erased.
Sorry, wrong no. of letters praise
belfry 1 (rywfol) belaud 1 (albaugh) praise 0 (lilmo)
nebula
zenith
recoil
nebula 0 (albaugh) zenith 0 (rywfol) recoil 1 (kentn) The guesses so far are collected in ~aruba/letter.match .
aplomb Function: noun
Etymology: French, literally, perpendicularity, from Middle French,
from a plomb, literally, according to the plummet Date: 1828
: complete and confident composure or self-assurance : POISE
synonym see CONFIDENCE
Ack, got here too late. I agree with albuagh's aplomb.
aplomb 6 (albaugh) You guys are good!
OK, I'm thinking of another 6-letter word that's not: aplomb 0 (lastword)
teepee
unease
teepee 0 (aruba) unease 0 (kentn)
voodoo
quarts
voodoo 0 (aruba) quarts 1 (rywfol)
biceps
biceps 1 (kentn)
elbows
elbows 2 (lilmo)
allows
europe
fluids
allows 2 (aruba) fluids 3 (kentn) Sorry, I can't score "europe", since the rules state that proper names aren't allowed, and I have no reference to a non-proper form/definition of europe.
Oops, sorry. flouts
clouds
flouts 2 (rywfol) clouds 2 (joelsg)
plucks
plucks 4 (kentn)
plumbs (what a plumber does)
plumbs 6 (aruba) Hey, aruba, you "piped up" with the right answer. So now you control the faucet! :-)
OK, I'll have a word next time I log in.
plumbs 0 (lastword)
unease
unease 2 (kentn)
Whoa...that's some kinda new record for 'unease' :)
chords
chords 0 (joelsg)
streak
streak 1 (albaugh)
mirage
mirage 0 (kentn)
utmost
unveil
devils
dressy
utmost 6 (albaugh) unvail 1 (kentn) devils 0 (lilmo) dressy 1 (rywfol) Kevin's up again!
OK, I'm thinking of another word that's not: utmost 0 (lastword)
teepee
bellow
wyvern
feared
teepee 0 (aruba) bellow 0 (lilmo) wyvern 0 (rywfol) feared 0 (joelsg) wyvern Function: noun Etymology: alteration of Middle English wyvere viper, from Old North French wivre, modification of Latin vipera Date: 1610 : a mythical animal usually represented as a 2-legged winged creature resembling a dragon
banana
uneasy
banana 0 (aruba) uneasy 0 (kentn)
ironic
voodoo
youths
ironic 0 (rywfol) voodoo 1 (aruba) youths 1 (coyote)
bonnet
corvus
bonnet 1 (aruba) corvus 1 (rywfol) From WWWebster: Corvus Function: noun Etymology: Latin (genitive Corvi), literally, raven : a small constellation adjoining Virgo on the south I am using the etymology of corvus == raven to override the "proper nouns not allowed" rule.
Ah, I was using corvus in the sense of it being the large weighted and spiked planks used (esp. during the Punic wars) to aid in ship boarding and also sink enemy ships. Still, any definition will do. :)
logjam
moduli
volume
logjam 2 (aruba) moduli 2 (joelsg) volume 1 (lilmo)
sodium
sodium 1 (rywfol)
mobcap
dongle
mobcap 3 (aruba) dongle 1 (joelsg) mobcap Function: noun Etymology: mob woman's cap + cap Date: 1795 : a woman's fancy indoor cap made with a high full crown and often tied under the chin (From http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/~reriksso/quark/copy-protection.html "Quark Copy Protection and the Dongle" 4: Recent topics 4.1: What is this dongle? How does it affect me? Quark is experimenting in remote countries, such as Sweden, with a piracy protection scheme involving a hardware key, a "dongle", which hangs in the ADB (keyboard) port of the computer. If the dongle is not there, the program refuses to run.
mortar
moshav
mortal
(joelsg was naughty & guessed twice in a row, but that's academic now:) mortar 3 (joelsg) mortal 3 (rywfol) moshav 6 (aruba) moshav Function: noun Etymology: New Hebrew mOshAbh, from Hebrew, dwelling Date: 1931 : a cooperative settlement of small individual farms in Israel -- compare KIBBUTZ
(Is moshav just another word for kibbutz, then?) moshav 0 (albaugh)
Oops, that should have read: moshav 0 (lastword)
onager
strain
kibbutz Function: noun Etymology: New Hebrew qibbus Date: 1944
: a communal farm or settlement in Israel
onager Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, wild ass, from Latin, from Greek onagros,
from onos ass + agros field -- more at ACRE Date: 14th century
1 : an Asian wild ass (Equus hemionus onager syn. E. onager)
that usually has a broad dorsal stripe and is related to the kiang
2 [Late Latin, from Latin] : a heavy catapult
used in ancient and medieval times
zagged
onager 0 (rywfol) strain 1 (albaugh) zagged 0 (coyote)
unease
unease 0 (kentn)
xebecs (xebec n. A type of 3 masted yacht)
stolen
xebecs 2 (rywfol) stolen 0 (joelsg)
heresy
heresy 1 (rywfol)
abrupt
abrupt 2 (coyote)
abbess
rebait
abbess 3 (rywfol) rebait 3 (albaugh) <--- What you do when the fish steals the worm?
albeit
I think that joelsg has it! :-)
Certainly looks like it.
albeit 6 (joelsg) Indeed. That might be the first conjunction ever used in the 6-letter word game. :) Joel's up!
Cool, I won again! I guess I'd better think of a word. albeit 0 (lastword)
teepee
strain
teepee 0 (aruba) strain 0 (albaugh)
voodoo
unease
endear
voodoo 0 (rywfol) unease 0 (kentn) endear 0 (aruba)
odious
pranks
odious 1 (aruba) pranks 1 (albaugh)
May I cut in with STONES
stones 1 (harish)
hummus
bairns (plural) Function: noun Etymology: Middle English bern, barn, from Old English bearn & Old Norse barn; akin to Old High German barn child Date: before 12th century chiefly Scottish : CHILD
violas
hummus 1 (aruba) bairns 1 (albaugh) violas 2 (rywfol)
banana
digits
banana 0 (lilmo) digits 2 (kentn)
fibres
fibres 3 (rywfol)
fifths
filths
fifths 6 (aruba) Congrats!
OK, I'll have a word whjen next I log in.
OK, I'm thinking of a six-letter word. fifths 0 (lastword)
oxygen
streak
result
convex
uneasy
*gosh* kentn sure makes me feel at home again. What would we do without unease (or uneasy)??
oxygen 0 (rywfol) streak 0 (albaugh) result 0 (e4808mc) convex 0 (joelsg) uneasy 0 (kentn)
tucker (tire: as in "all tuckered out")
tucker 0 (e4808mc)
prince
prince 2 (albaugh)
Where'd everyone go?
Heh, sorry, after a few days away I got lost on what had gone before.. just caught up though, so.. praxis
advice
praxis Function: noun
Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Greek, doing, action, from prassein to do,
practice -- more at PRACTICAL Date: 1581
: ACTION, PRACTICE: as a : exercise or practice of an art, science, or skill
b : customary practice or conduct
praxis 2 (rywfol) advice 1 (albaugh)
pyrite
pyrite 2 (rywfol)
plaque
proper
plaque 6 (albaugh) proper 1 (e4808mc) You're up, Kevin!
OK, I'm thinking of a new 6-letter word that's not: plaque 0 (lastword)
unease
unease 0 (kentn)
pickle
pickle 0 (e4808mc)
easels
absent
easels 1 (aruba) absent 0 (rywfol)
easily
easily 1 (aruba)
frills
frills 0 (rywfol)
facile
facile 1 (aruba)
carver
carver 3 (rywfol)
harped
harped 2 (aruba)
capped
capped 1 (rywfol)
martyr
martyr 4 (kentn)
mortar
mortar 4 (rywfol)
Ack, I hate getting the word when I have to wait for someone else to guess. Grrr. :P
tartar
The "Saucy One", aka aruba, has the word - tartar! :-)
OK, I'll have a word when next I check back.
All the words used to date in 6-letter LetterMatch are listed in /~rcurl/l.m.words.
tripod
tartar Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin tartarum Date: 14th century
1 : a substance consisting essentially of cream of tartar that is derived from
the juice of grapes and deposited in wine casks together with yeast and
other suspended matters as a pale or dark reddish crust or sediment;
especially : a recrystallized product yielding cream of tartar on further
purification
2 : an incrustation on the teeth consisting of salivary secretion,
food residue, and various salts (as calcium carbonate)
or
tartar Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English Tartre, from Middle French Tartare, probably from
Medieval Latin Tartarus, modification of Persian TAtAr -- more at TATAR
Date: 14th century
1 capitalized : a native or inhabitant of Tatary
2 capitalized : TATAR 2
3 often capitalized : a person of irritable or violent temper
4 : one that proves to be unexpectedly formidable
tartar 0 (lastword) tripod 0 (rywfol)
unease
unease 2 (kentn)
streak
streak 0 (albaugh)
unclip
unseat
unclip 0 (mjb) Welcome, mjb! The rules (which you will find in ~rcurl/lettermatch.rules) specify that no one is allowed two guesses in a row. Therefore you need to wait until someone else has gone before guessing again.
exhale
exhale 2 (kentn)
rebate
rebate 1 (albaugh)
Sorry, I just kind of watched for a while, but I guess I missed that. I'll try to stick to the rules...;-)
aghast
engage
aghast 6 (kentn) engage 1 (mjb) Kent's up!
Wow...I'm...like...aghast... Okay, I'll have a word next time...
All right, I'm think of a six-letter word. It's not... aghast 0 (last_word) A summary of guesses for this word can be found in ~kentn/letter.match
teepee
scurry
streak
teepee 0 (aruba) scurry 0 (bradmand) streak 0 (albaugh)
plight
eating
plight 0 (anilkk) eating 1 (aruba)
miasma
hiking
expect
miasma 1 (aruba) hiking 1 (bradmand) expect 0 (mjb)
manful
string
manful 0 (albaugh) string 1 (aruba)
stairs
stairs 2 (anilkk)
wraith
wraith 6 (aruba) ---> Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner! Congrats, aruba, you're up!
OK, I'll have a word when next I log in.
wraith 0 (lastword)
unease
unease 0 (kentn)
object
streak
object 1 (bradmand) streak 0 (albaugh)
abduct
tennis
This response has been erased.
abduct 2 (bradmand) tennis 0 (albaugh)
absurd
Re #583: Hi Karthik, welcome to the 6-letter word game! I'm afraid your guess, if you made one, didn't come through. How about trying again? absurd 2 (bradmand)
abacus
abacus 0 (anilkk)
Hmmm, anyone hungry for some: yogurt
yogurt 6 (albaugh) Kevin's up!
OK, I'm thinking of a new 6-letter word that's not: yogurt 0 (lastword)
frozen
unease
easels
frozen 1 (anilkk) unease 0 (kentn) easels 3 (aruba)
easier
easier 2 (kentn)
eating
payees
eating 1 (aruba) payees 2 (kentn)
casein (milk protein)
That looks good to me.
Me, too.
Anil has it with "casein"! :-)
ok. casein (0)
unease
esteem
unease 0 (kentn) esteem 0 (aruba)
belong
voodoo
belong 1 (kentn) voodoo 1 (aruba)
Where'd everybody go? troops
Respond or pass? !cat ~anilkk/letter.match cat: /a/a/n/anilkk/letter.match: Permission denied Anil, could you type "!chmod 644 letter.match" at the next prompt, so we can read the history of guesses? Thanks. bellow
(Just enter "-20" or something at the Respond or pass? prompt)
troops 0 (kentn) bellow 1 (aruba) Re #612: There is no file by name letter.match in my home directory. Am I missing something?
It's sort of standard practice on this item to provide a summary file called 'letter.match', either created by hand editing or by the ~kentn/do.lm script (which you can look at, copy, or run from my home dir), or by some other script (e.g. by ~srw/match.awk, which btw, do.lm calls, anyway). It's handy to have the summary when grex is being slow about showing dozens of old responses, like right now (and you don't have any idea how far back to read in the item, so maybe you need to run that -20 command, then -25, then -40, etc.).
deadly
More specifically, Anil, enter pico letter.match at an Ok: prompt, and you will be in a (moderately) user friendly editor, in which you can write the words and counts. There is a submenu for editor commands. Or, you can use Kent's script, do.lm, which isn't too hard to set up.
Or you can use my script, which isn't hard either.
deadly 1 (kentn) Ok. I have created letter.match file and have checked the permissions to make sure that it can be read by others. Let me know if you have any problems accessing it. Thanks.
streak
weirdo (someone eccentric)
Respond or pass? !cat ~anilkk/letter.match cat: /a/a/n/anilkk/letter.match: Permission denied
streak 2 (albaugh) weirdo 1 (kentn)
Re #622: You should be able to access it now. The problem was with my home directory permissions.
No, sorry, I still can't view ~anilkk/letter.match. Same error message. verbal
That looks pretty good... Here's another guess (similar): vernal (relating to spring).
verbal 5 (aruba) vernal 6 (kentn) Kent has got it right!
Okay...I'll have new word Real Soon Now...
Okay, I'm thinking of a six-letter word... vernal 0 (last_word)
teepee
teepee 0 (aruba) A summary of guesses on the current word can be found in the file /a/k/e/kentn/letter.match
critic
critic 0 (anilkk) Gee, we're so early in the guessing, almost anything'll be worth the information it provides...
easels
easels 0 (aruba)
augury
voodoo
augury 0 (anilkk) voodoo 0 (aruba)
stylet Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Middle French stilet stiletto, from Old Italian
stiletto -- more at STILETTO Date: 1697
1 a : a slender surgical probe
b : a thin wire inserted into a catheter to maintain rigidity or into a
hollow needle to maintain patency
c : a pointed instrument (as for graving)
2 : a relatively rigid elongated organ or appendage (as a piercing mouthpart)
of an animal
3 : STILETTO
onions
sinner
stylet 0 (albaugh) onions 0 (aruba) sinner 0 (anilkk)
strata
strata 1 (aruba)
kaputt (accepted variant of kaput)
impact
impala
kaputt 0 (albaugh) impact 0 (aruba) impala 1 (anilkk)
usurer
usurer 1 (aruba)
dharma Function: noun Etymology: Sanskrit; akin to Latin firmus firm Date: 1796 1 Hinduism : an individual's duty fulfilled by observance of custom or law 2 Hinduism & Buddhism a : the basic principles of cosmic or individual existence : divine law b : conformity to one's duty and nature
looks like Kevin's got it here's my guess.. ultima Etymology: latin, feminine of ultimus - last the last syllable of a word
Those both look good to me. plasma
You guys aren't going to like these result (or maybe you will): dharma 2 (albaugh) ultima 1 (anilkk) plasma 1 (aruba)
I don't think I've seen so many vowels eliminated in all my years of playing the 6-letter word game...
rhumba, accepted variant of: rumba Function: noun Etymology: American Spanish Date: 1922 : a ballroom dance of Cuban origin in 2/4 or 4/4 time with a basic pattern of step-close-step and marked by a delayed transfer of weight and pronounced hip movements; also : the music for this dance
Yup, that would be all that's left, I think.
Last night when I made the guess I thought when I login next time, it would be a new word to figure out! Atleast now, it looks like that..I think 'rhumba' is the word..I can't think of any other word..
You people are awfully sharp... Was hoping you weren't getting discouraged as all your guesses were plausible (ones I would have guessed, too, were I not running the game). Quite an interesting trail of results, though. Anyway... rhumba 6 (albaugh) ---> Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner! Congratulations, albaugh, you're up!
Good word, Kent.
OK, I'm thinking of a new 6-letter word that's not: rhumba 0 (lastword)
leaves
sneeze
unease
leaves 1 (anilkk) sneeze 0 (aruba) unease 0 (kentn)
light
behind
easily Re #666: Good number, but I'm afraid light has only 5 letters.
oops...forgot about that lights ;-)
idioms
You'd think that with all those 6's in response #666 it would be clear that six letters were required. But maybe the evil of that number affected the submitter... :-) And since kentn made a good faith guess after another's guess (tho invalid), I guess I'll be a nice guy and process his guess, even tho he gets 2 in a row... ;-) behind 0 (kentn) easily 0 (aruba) lights 2 (gypsi) idioms 1 (anilkk)
dither
Hey, it's not up to me to pronounce someone else's guess accceptable or not (and I figured you could let them amend it where it stood). Anyway, thanks... typhus
arches
dither 1 (aruba) typhus 2 (kentn) arches 1 (anilkk)
nimbus
circus
circus 2 (kentn)
Was response 676 disallowed due to a double guess?
Yes, I just didn't feel like pointing it out yet again. I figured the guessed would reguess sooner or later...
basins
Re: 680 Sorry about that..I went thru' the letter.match file and in the process didn't notice that I had guessed previously.. my guess: tigers
cashew
basins 1 (aruba) tigers 2 (anilkk) cashew 0 (kentn)
hippos
Looks like Mark has got it!
Yes indeed, aruba has found those big fat hippos! :-)
I guess that means it's my turn. OK, I'm thinking of a 6-letter word. hippos 0 (lastword)
unease
unease 0 (kentn)
streak
reason
streak 1 (albaugh) reason 0 (anilkk)
adverb
adverb 1 (kentn)
repels
repels 1 (anilkk)
This ain't it, but what the hay: triene Function: noun Date: 1917 : a chemical compound containing three double bonds
mainly
triene 1 (albaugh) mainly 0 (anilkk)
yclept, inflected form of:
clepe Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): cleped; yclept; also cleped or ycleped; cleping
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English clipian to speak, call;
akin to Old Frisian kleppa to ring
Date: before 12th century archaic : NAME, CALL
Use it in a sentence....
"You clepe the bell while I watch." "Rane yclept the bell while I watched."
auteur Function: noun Etymology: French, originator, author, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor Date: 1967 a film director whose practice accords with the auteur theory
yclept 2 (albaugh) auteur 1 (anilkk) When I showed Carol the list of words we've used in the past, she suggested making a rule that anyone who's "it" be required to use his or her word in a sentence at least 5 times in the next week. :)
crying
crying 0 (gypsi)
shaked
Hi Jin, welcome to the 6-letter word game! The rules are that every guess must be a real English word, and I don't believe "shaked" is, so i can't count your guess. Please stick around and try again, though.
object
eczema Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek ekzema, from ekzein to erupt, from ex- out + zein to boil -- more at EX-, YEAST Date: circa 1753 : an inflammatory condition of the skin characterized by redness, itching, and oozing vesicular lesions which become scaly, crusted, or hardened
object 1 (anilkk) eczema 1 (albaugh)
Wouldn't "to shake" mean to apply shakes to a roof? Hence, the roof was shaked.
phlegm
boleti accepted plural form of: boletus Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, mushroom Date: 1601 : any of a genus (Boletus) of boletes (as a c`epe) some of which are poisonous and others edible
phlegm 6 (anilkk) boleti 2 (albaugh) None of the definitions of the verb "shgake" in Merriam Webster Online make any reference to shingles, but of course another dictionary might differ. You're up, anilkk!
Here are a collection of examples of the use of shaked from the Oxford English Dictionary Online. None refer to roof shakes, but are rather just the past tense of shake. You will find some illustrious authors in the list. There are many more, but these will convey the usage. The use does not seem to have survived the 18th century. 1620 Hist. Frier Rush (1810) 32 With his forke he shaked the straw abroad. 1575 Gascoigne Kenelworth ii. v. Wks. 1910 II. 127 Her Majestie came by a close Arbor,..and whiles Silvanus pointed to the same, the principall bush shaked. 1712 Steele Spect. No. 382 1 The Prince.. shaked a Cane at the Officer. 1551 Robinson tr. More's Utopia i. (1895) 71 And as he was thus saying, he shaked his heade, and made a wrie mouth. C. 1489 Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xxiv. 497 He [Bayard] shaked hymselfe for to make falle the water from hym. 1625 Donne Serm. 3 Apr. 6 The righteous is bolde as a Lyon, not easily shaked. 1610 Donne Pseudo-martyr 217 Vpon a mistaking, that the euennesse of his Maiesties disposition might be shaked by this insinuation. 1736 Ainsworth Eng.-Lat. Dict. s.v., She shaked her sides with laughter.
OK, shaked 1 (jin)
ok. I'm thinking of a word that's not phlegm 0 (last word)
streak
teepee
uneasy
streak 0(albaugh) teepee 0(aruba) uneasy 1(kentn)
easily
easily 1(aruba)
crafty
voodoo
crafty 3(kentn) voodoo 0(aruba)
Your turn, Kent. :)
Heh, guess it doesn't do any good to wait for other people :) crumby [miserable, filthy; cheap, worthless]
crumby 2(kentn)
gritty
brandy
gritty 2(aruba) brandy 4(kentn)
brawny
brawny 6(aruba) Mark's up next!
OK, I'm thinking of a 6-letter word. brawny 0 (lastword)
impala
unease
impala 1 (anilkk) unease 0 (kentn)
appeal
appeal 1 (anilkk)
pepper
pepper 0 (kentn)
amoeba
amoeba 2 (anilkk)
aurora
aurora 2 (kentn)
asthma
schema [a diagrammatic presentation: outline; a mental codification
of experience...]
asthma 6 (anilkk) schema 2 (kentn) That sure didn't take long. Wish we could get some more players...
(I'm lurking....but not playing as it *does* consume that one more iota of time that at the moment I feel I don't have).
Re: 751 I agree..I didn't expect it get it right this early! How about adding one more letter? Next time I'll come up with a new word.
Might be interesting to try a seven-letter word game...
Do you remember the time in the beginning when it started with the five letter game and went up to the twenty-eight letter game? It seemed to settle down to six as the best compromise between five and many, in this medium (but don't try more than five when playing the game entirely in your heads while on long car trips).
Well, the situation is a bit different now, though, since we've been playing with 6 letters for a long time. Actually, I think the thing that has changed the game the most is the existence of searchable online dictionaries, and that wouldn't be any different if we played with 7 letters.
Well, we are running of out (obscure) 6 letter words....
True. Most of the obvious candidates have been used. I'm confident that Kent can come up with a few more, though. :)
I agree that the use of online dictionaries help you to narrow down your choices irrespective of the word length..but it might take more time to figure out the word..well... I'm thinking of a new 6 letter(!) word thats not asthma. asthma 0 (lastword)
streak
unease Re 758: yeah...I probably can find a few more 6-letter words :) I guess the fact that a lot of the people who see this item are just passing through means they can't take the time to get involved (and run the game if they guess correctly). That, and we're suffering from a decline in conference usership in general. I don't see where making the word longer will help those problems, though it might revive some of the interest for the former "regulars" if they have the time. With the on-line dictionaries, the game will be more oriented toward the timing of one's guesses, but then it always was. FWIW, there are slightly more non-capitalized 7-letter words in /usr/dict/words than there are 6-letter words. Maybe we need to promote this item more? Or provide some instructions on how to use an on-line dictionary to help? Just a few thoughts.
elated
streak 0 (albaugh) unease 0 (kentn) elated 1 (aruba)
trowel
stated
trowel 0 (kentn) stated 1 (aruba)
refund
charts
refund 1 (kentn) charts 1 (aruba)
hybrid
rhythm
(diversion - guess what the answer is to down 100 Jitters, in the NY Times Crossword published in the 3/21 Detroit News.)
"unease"?
CORRECT!
hybrid 6(kent) rhythm 0(aruba) Kent's up next!
H'okay...I'll see if I can find a suitably obscure word for the next time I log in... Re 772-774: Hmmm...that word pops up all over the place elsewhere once you've seen it in this item enough :)
All right, I'm thinking of a six-letter word... hybrid 0 (lastword) A summary of guesses on the current word is in ~kentn/letter.match
teepee
teepee 0 (aruba)
amoeba
essays
amoeba 0 (anilkk) essays 1 (aruba)
coccyx
coccyx 1 (anilkk)
postal
zephyr
streak
mostly
postal 2 (aruba) zephyr 1 (anilkk) streak 1 (albaugh) mostly 1 (aruba) Whoa, can't complain about participation in that 24 hour period...
koalas
koalas 1 (albaugh)
bonsai
bonsai 1 (aruba)
cushaw squash of any of several cultivars of a winter squash
misted
cushaw 5 (anilkk) misted 1 (albaugh)
Ooh - easy rebound, thanks to anilkk: cushat (a "ringdove")
cushaw Function: noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1698 : a squash of any of several cultivars of a winter squash (Cucurbita mixta)
cushat 6 (aruba) ---> Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner! (cushaw was already guessed)
Thanks Anil! I'll be thinking of a 6-letter word when next I log in.
well...good that I almost got it right!
Ok, I'm thinking of a 6-letter word that's not cushat 1 (lastword)
unease
streak
unease 0 (kentn) streak 1 (albaugh)
amoeba
amoeba 0 (anilkk)
socket
socket 0 (kentn)
banana
banana 1 (lilmo)
rental
dental
killer
rental 1 (albaugh) dental 1 (kentn) killer 1 (lilmo)
jaguar
jaguar 6 (albaugh) I can't seem to pick one that you guys won't crack quickly... You're up, Kevin! Nice job.
Kevin?
Sorry, been too busy lately to grex. Will try to get a word in edgewise tomorrow, so to speak!
OK, I'm thinking of another 6-letter word that's not: jaguar 0 (lastword)
teepee
uneasy
teepee 1 (aruba) uneasy 1 (kentn)
easels
wrench
easels 0 (aruba) wrench 0 (kentn)
abacus
abacus 0 (aruba)
course
decant
course 0 (kentn) decant 2 (aruba)
felony
docent
It's a "crime" :-) that kentn so quickly deduced "felony". He's guilty!
Just for the record, check out definition 1:
felony Function: noun Date: 14th century
1 : an act on the part of a feudal vassal involving the forfeiture of his fee
2 a : a grave crime formerly differing from a misdemeanor under English common
law by involving forfeiture in addition to any other punishment
b : a grave crime declared to be a felony by the common law or by statute
regardless of the punishment actually imposed
c : a crime declared a felony by statute because of the punishment imposed
d : a crime for which the punishment in federal law may be death or
imprisonment for more than one year
vassal Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin vassallus,
from vassus servant, vassal, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh gwas
young man, servant Date: 14th century
1 : a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage
and fealty : a feudal tenant
2 : one in a subservient or subordinate position
Weird.
Okay, so I guess 'felony' was a 6? If so, I'll try to dream up another 6-letter word RSN.
Okay, I'm thinking of a 6-letter word and it's not felony 0 (lastword)
voodoo
streak
voodoo 0 (aruba) streak 0 (albaugh)
elects
trails
banana
elects 2 (aruba) trails 0 (albaugh) banana 0 (lilmo)
icicle
icicle 1 (aruba)
elicit
plucky
cliche
Terrible twos: elicit 2 (albaugh) plucky 2 (aruba) cliche 2 (anilkk)
plight
With a great degree of confidence, I'd like to profer: glycyl Function: noun Date: 1901 : the univalent acyl radical NH2CH2CO - of glycine
plight 3 (aruba) glycyl 1 (albaugh)
plinth
With a somewhat damaged credibility gap :-) still I can confidently say that plinth appears to be it!
I'll second that.
While 'glycyl' was certainly one of the words that met all the conditions up to that point in the game and probably would have been my guess also ;), your confidence in plinth is better-placed: plinth 6 (anilkk) ---> Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner! Congrats, anilkk, you're up!
I should thank Mark for helping me! ok..I shall have a new word when I login next time.
You're welcome, but it's a dog-eat-dog-world here in 6-letter land. Them as eats the pie is not necessarily them as cooks it. ;)
ok..I'm thinking of a new word that's not plinth 1 (last word)
uneasy
eerier
uneasy 0 (kentn) eerier 0 (aruba)
stoned
sphere
bluffs
stoned 0 (albaugh) sphere 1 (aruba) bluffs 0 (kentn)
sneers
puzzle
thatch
sneers 0 (aruba) puzzle 2 (kentn) thatch 0 (albaugh)
psyche
potpie
quiche
psyche 6 (aruba) potpie 2 (albaugh) quiche 3 (kentn) Mark's up next!
I'll have a word when next I log in.
OK, I'm thinking of a 6-letter word that's not psyche 0 (lastword)
streak
streak 0 (albaugh)
unease
amoeba
unease 0 (kentn) amoeba 1 (anilkk)
abhors
aurora
trance
Sorry for the delay... abhors 0 (kentn) aurora 0 (anilkk) trance 0 (albaugh)
voodoo
banana
smoggy
roofer
I'm sorry again for the delay - I was out of town last week. voodoo 1 (kentn) banana 0 (lilmo) smoggy 1 (anilkk) roofer 1 (albaugh) A summary of guesses is in /a/a/r/aruba/letter.match .
myopic
exotic
myopic 3 (anilkk) exotic 6 (kentn) Nice work, Kent - you're up!
H'okay, I'll try to think up a word by the next time I log in.
All right, I'm thinking of a six letter word and it's not exotic 0 (lastword) A summary of guesses on the current word is in ~kentn/letter.match
period
street
period 1 (anilkk) street 0 (aruba)
banana
banana 0 (lilmo)
parted
parted 1 (aruba)
voodoo
strand
voodoo 0 (lilmo) strand 0 (aruba)
Where'd everyone go?
Dunno. Someone other than aruba please guess a six-letter word... Unless we want to suspend or amend that rule... :)
No, I think it's a good rule. It's no fun to play by yourself anyway.
Yeah. Well, we still need someone to guess a six-letter word, any six letter word...
anyone?
That'll do... plants
anyone 0 (rcurl) plants 1 (aruba) (Maybe I should login in under another user id and enter guesses when the game gets stalled?)
Maybe we ought to take a break from 6-letter words after this game, and perhaps try 7-letter words. That might get a few more people interested.
I haven't been able to login for a while. Here's my guess phylum
pillar
phylum 1 (anilkk) pillar 2 (aruba) We can try seven letters, if you think that'll generate more interest.
pacify
pidgin how about adding a link to this item in agora?
prefab
pillow
pacify 2 (carson) pidgin 2 (anilkk) prefab 1 (aruba) pillow 2 (lilmo)
pimply
pimply 2 (aruba)
pickle
tetryl Main Entry: tet7ryl Pronunciation: 'te-tr&l Function: noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1909 : a pale yellow crystalline explosive C7H5N5O8 used especially as a detonator
Unless my tallying of the scoring so far is faulty, I can find no candicate words to satisfy. Here's a test case anyway: picnic
pickle 3 (anilkk) tetryl 3 (aruba) picnic 3 (albaugh) Well, even if you can't find the word in your dictionary, you should be able to logic it out now...
Right. The word has to be "picryl", which is in the dictionary Grex uses to make sure passwords aren't real words, but isn't in my roommate's dictionary or on www.m-w.com. What's it mean?
It is a chemical term, for the trinitrophenyl radical.
Thanks Rane. OK, I think I'm going to start a seven-letter word game as well as continue this one.
I've started a 7-letter word game in item 102.
That is, item 102 in the language conference, in case any of you are reading this in other conferences.)
Just to make it official... picryl 6 (aruba) ---> Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner! Congrats, aruba, and on to the 7-letter item we go...
I'll keep this one going too, for anyone who still wants to play. After all, my brain has been hard-wired for 5 years now to pick interesting 6-letter words out of whatever I'm reading. As a result I am almost always thinking of a 6-letter word. picryl 0 (lastword)
are even six of them in #936.... :)
unease
amoeba
There *was* a There at the beginning of #937...it may yet turn up...
unease 0 (kentn) amoeba 0 (anilkk)
belong
belong 0 (kentn)
strips
forged
strips 1 (albaugh) forged 0 (kentn)
shills
shills 1 (albaugh)
llamas
llamas 0 (kentn)
spills
spills 2 (albaugh)
spunky
spunky 3 (kentn)
sputum
That looks good to me.
sputum 6 (albaugh) Indeed. Kevin's up!
OK, I'm thinking of another 6-letter word that's not: sputum 0 (lastword)
esteem
uneasy
esteem 1 (aruba) unease 0 (kentn)
ballad
weasel
ballad 0 (aruba) weasel 1 (kentn)
banana
tinier
banana 0 (lilmo) tinier 2 (kentn)
abacus
abacus 0 (aruba)
logger
logger 3 (kentn)
robber
robber 3 (aruba)
lumber
coffer
lumber 2 (kentn) coffer 3 (aruba)
gopher
fodder
gopher 3 (kentn) fodder 3 (aruba)
yorker
I'll guess "yooper", but I know it's Michigan slang, so I don't know if it counts. I couldn't point to a reference that contains it.
Lots of *er words left to chose from... dormer
yorker 4 (anilkk) [is there a non-Capitalized definition for this?] yooper 3 (aruba) [I'm going to let it slide - *this* time :-] dormer 3 (kentn)
docked
mocker
hocker
docked 4 (lilmo) mocker 5 (kentn) hocker 6 (aruba) Yes indeed, aruba has "coughed up" the right word! :-) An alternate defn: hocker, one who hocks something, that is, to pawn.
OK, I'm thinking of a 6-letter word. hocker 0 (lastword)
unease
unease 0 (kentn)
stream
Here comes the BID surprise.... <drum roll> banana
stream 0 (albaugh) banana 1 (lilmo)
trails
length
trails 1 (albaugh) length 2 (kentn)
No guesses for a week - where'd everyone go?
snails
feigns (I couldn't guess cuz I had to wait for someone else to go first)
snails 1 (albaugh) feigns 3 (kentn)
fallow
fallow 1 (lilmo)
fungus
Good guess; that may be it. This isn't, in any case: fellow
fungus 6 (kentn) fellow 1 (lilmo) Kent's up!
Okay, I'll try to get a word in mind by the next time I log in.
Okay, I've got a six-letter word in mind and it's not: fungus 0 (lastword) A summary of guesses on the current word can be found in ~kentn/letter.match
amoeba
teepee
amoeba 0 (anilkk) teepee 0 (aruba)
banana
banana 0 (lilmo)
enamor
enamor 0 (aruba)
that seems to have taken care of the e's... struck
postal
struck 2 (albaugh) postal 0 (aruba)
Any guesses on this word?
a's done too... stills
stills 1 (albaugh)
strike
strike 3 (kingjon)
scrimp
Thank you! I was afraid no one was going to guess ;) scrimp 6 (albaugh) ---> Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner! You're up!
scrimp 0 (lastword)
unease
unease 0 (kentn)
My goodness, letter match game participation has certainly dropped off...
(I've been out of town.) eerier
I've been out of the library. banana
Kent?
(I'm not the scorer for this word; was waiting to see the results of recent guesses).
Ooops - sorry, my mistake. It's Kevin's word. (But you haven't guessed this round, Kent, if you want to.)
Actually, my response, 1026, was part of this round ;) Anyway... wooden
By "round" I meant you hadn't guessed since the last time words were scored.
Ah, well, that's true then ;)
eerier 0 (aruba) banana 0 (lilmo) wooden 0 (kentn)
abacus
abacus 1 (aruba)
idiots
snails
idiots 2 (kentn) snails 1 (aruba)
cliffs
object
cliffs 3 (kentn) object 0 (aruba)
flings
blinds
flings 2 kentn blinds 2 aruba
crisis
Looks good to me.
crisis 4 (kentn)
Interesting.... crimps
aruba has it with crimps (6)
The definitions I found interesting:
crimp (3) Function: noun Etymology: perhaps from crimp (1) Date: 1758
: a person who entraps or forces men into shipping as sailors or
into enlisting in an army or navy
crimp (4) Function: transitive verb Date: 1812
: to trap into military or sea service : IMPRESS
impress (3) Function: transitive verb
Etymology: in- (2) + press (3) Date: 1596
1 : to levy or take by force for public service;
especially : to force into naval service
2 a : to procure or enlist by forcible persuasion
b : FORCE <impressed him into a white coat for the Christmas festivities>
I hadn't heard those definitions of crimp before. I think I'll start a new item, since this one has passed the traditional cutoff of 1000 responses. (Though Grex seems to be able to handle the size OK these days; it used to be that items got incredibly slow around this point.)
OK, item 104 in the language conference is now the 8th edition of the 6-letter word game.
You have several choices: