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Grex > Language > #128: The seven letter word game, 5th edition |   |
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aruba
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response 375 of 1031:
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Apr 22 02:32 UTC 2004 |
actress
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gelinas
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response 376 of 1031:
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Apr 22 03:00 UTC 2004 |
burgers
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kentn
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response 377 of 1031:
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Apr 23 02:52 UTC 2004 |
vicious
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albaugh
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response 378 of 1031:
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Apr 23 17:29 UTC 2004 |
actress 1 (aruba)
burgers 1 (gelinas)
vicious 1 (kentn)
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gelinas
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response 379 of 1031:
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Apr 24 01:31 UTC 2004 |
chigger
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kentn
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response 380 of 1031:
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Apr 24 03:17 UTC 2004 |
unlocks
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aruba
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response 381 of 1031:
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Apr 24 04:27 UTC 2004 |
tripsis (shampoo)
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albaugh
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response 382 of 1031:
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Apr 26 17:18 UTC 2004 |
chigger 0 (gelinas)
unlocks 2 (kentn)
tripsis 1 (aruba)
(get your coat, we're going on a tripsis... ;-)
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gelinas
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response 383 of 1031:
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Apr 27 00:47 UTC 2004 |
cheeses
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kentn
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response 384 of 1031:
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Apr 27 02:54 UTC 2004 |
myxomas
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aruba
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response 385 of 1031:
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Apr 27 15:41 UTC 2004 |
soursop (a large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard
apples)
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albaugh
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response 386 of 1031:
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Apr 27 19:24 UTC 2004 |
cheeses 1 (gelinas)
myxomas 5 (kentn)
soursop 0 (aruba)
myxoma : a soft tumor made up of gelatinous connective tissue like that of
the umbilical cord
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gelinas
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response 387 of 1031:
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Apr 28 04:16 UTC 2004 |
miasmas
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aruba
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response 388 of 1031:
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Apr 28 04:50 UTC 2004 |
abysmal
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albaugh
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response 389 of 1031:
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Apr 28 16:46 UTC 2004 |
miasmas 3 (gelinas)
abysmal 2 (aruba)
miasma Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, defilement, from miainein to pollute
1 : a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease;
also : a heavy vaporous emanation or atmosphere <a miasma of tobacco smoke>
2 : an influence or atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt <freed from the
miasma of poverty -- Sir Arthur Bryant>; also : an atmosphere that obscures :
FOG <retreated into an asexual mental miasma -- Times Literary Supplement>
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aruba
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response 390 of 1031:
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Apr 28 17:01 UTC 2004 |
Don't think I'm gonna get this one without onelook. I think I've made
myself a policy to only use onelook for picking guesses I know will be
wrong, though, and for finding words for other people to guess.
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twenex
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response 391 of 1031:
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Apr 28 19:26 UTC 2004 |
One wonders when "New Latin" will morph into "Newer Latin" and "Even Newer
Latin", or maybe "Postnew Latin" on the model of "Postmodern Art".
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gelinas
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response 392 of 1031:
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Apr 29 21:20 UTC 2004 |
myeloid
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slackd
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response 393 of 1031:
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Apr 30 01:55 UTC 2004 |
minute
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blaise
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response 394 of 1031:
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Apr 30 15:10 UTC 2004 |
zygotes
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albaugh
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response 395 of 1031:
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Apr 30 17:04 UTC 2004 |
myeloid 1 (gelinas)
zygotes 5 (blaise)
(I can't score "minute" because it's only 6 letters)
myeloid Function: adjective
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary
: of, relating to, or resembling bone marrow
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aruba
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response 396 of 1031:
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Apr 30 18:57 UTC 2004 |
Well, the word has to be "zygomas". Proof to follow.
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aruba
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response 397 of 1031:
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Apr 30 19:07 UTC 2004 |
estates 1 (aruba)
myxomas 5 (kentn)
zygotes 5 (blaise)
score(estates) = 1 ==> score(----tes) <= 1
score(zygotes) = 5 ==> score(zygo---) + score(----tes) = 5
==> 5 - score(zygo---) <= 1
==> score(zygo---) >= 4
==> score(zygo---) = 4.
So score(myxo---) = 2, ==> 5 = score(myxomas) = 2 + score(----mas)
==> score(----mas) = 3
==> score(zygomas) = 7.
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albaugh
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response 398 of 1031:
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May 3 20:24 UTC 2004 |
Well, with a proof like that, who can argue? You're up aruba! :-)
Plural of:
zygoma Function: noun Etymology: New Latin zygomat-, zygoma, from
Greek zygOma, from zygoun to join, from zygon yoke
1 a : ZYGOMATIC ARCH b : a slender bony process of the zygomatic arch
2 : ZYGOMATIC BONE
zygomatic arch Function: noun : the arch of bone that extends along the
front or side of the skull beneath the orbit
zygomatic bone Function: noun : a bone of the side of the face below the eye
that in mammals forms part of the zygomatic
arch and part of the orbit -- called also cheekbone
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aruba
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response 399 of 1031:
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May 3 22:36 UTC 2004 |
OK, I'm thinking of a 7-letter word that's not
zygomas 0 (lastword)
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