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| 25 new of 1037 responses total. |
blaise
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response 450 of 1037:
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Jul 12 21:14 UTC 2001 |
wombat
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kentn
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response 451 of 1037:
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Jul 13 03:42 UTC 2001 |
afield 1 (gelinas)
wombat 1 (blaise)
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gelinas
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response 452 of 1037:
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Jul 13 05:50 UTC 2001 |
waning
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kentn
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response 453 of 1037:
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Jul 13 10:48 UTC 2001 |
waning 0 (gelinas)
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blaise
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response 454 of 1037:
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Jul 13 16:15 UTC 2001 |
nudest
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kentn
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response 455 of 1037:
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Jul 13 19:14 UTC 2001 |
nudest 2 (blaise)
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gelinas
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response 456 of 1037:
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Jul 14 01:22 UTC 2001 |
orient
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kentn
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response 457 of 1037:
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Jul 14 12:17 UTC 2001 |
orient 2 (gelinas)
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albaugh
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response 458 of 1037:
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Jul 16 17:57 UTC 2001 |
exsert
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Latin exsertus, past participle of exserere -- more at EXERT
Date: 1836 : to thrust out - exsertile adjective - exsertion noun
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kentn
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response 459 of 1037:
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Jul 17 03:09 UTC 2001 |
exsert 5 (albaugh)
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gelinas
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response 460 of 1037:
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Jul 17 03:31 UTC 2001 |
bounce
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kentn
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response 461 of 1037:
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Jul 17 10:37 UTC 2001 |
bounce 1 (gelinas)
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gelinas
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response 462 of 1037:
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Jul 17 15:55 UTC 2001 |
Someone should be able to finish this one off, now. ;)
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blaise
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response 463 of 1037:
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Jul 17 16:41 UTC 2001 |
expert
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brighn
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response 464 of 1037:
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Jul 17 17:41 UTC 2001 |
Well, there's only six logical possibilities from 459 and 461 alone, and not
all of those are even valid strings in English: bxsert, eosert, exuert,
exsnrt, exsect, exsere.
I'll go with exsect, and if I'm wrong, I'll cut it out.
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gelinas
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response 465 of 1037:
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Jul 17 18:28 UTC 2001 |
lastword was "flours", with a score of 0 so
score(flours) = 0
score(flours) = score(flou-s) + score(----r-) = 0
so score(----r-) = 0
score(exsert) = 5
score(exsert) = score(exse-t) + score(----r-) = score(exse-t) + 0 = 5
so score(exse-t) = 5
score(bounce) = 1
score(bounce) = score(boun-e) + score(----c-) = 1
if score(exse-t) = 5 then score(boun-e) = 0
so score(bounce) = 0 + score(----c-)
so score(----c-) = 1
score(exsect) = score(exse-t) + score(----c-) = 5 + 1 = 6
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brighn
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response 466 of 1037:
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Jul 17 19:19 UTC 2001 |
Oh. I didn't base my response on anything other than the two I mentioned.
The possible words are eosert, exuert, exsect, and exsere. Of those, the third
seemed the most likely as an actual word, and indeed, it's the only one listed
by OneLook, although one could claim exsere means "formerly dry": After the
once-a-decade rain, the excere ground crackled as it absorbed the water.
That seems a bit forced, though. >=}
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kentn
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response 467 of 1037:
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Jul 18 02:48 UTC 2001 |
expert 4 (blaise)
exsect 6 (brighn) ---> Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner!
Congrats, Paul, you're up!
BTW:
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exsect \Ex*sect"\, v. t. [L. exsectio.]
1. A cutting out or away. --E. Darwin.
2. (Surg.) The removal by operation of a portion of a limb;
particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the
vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out.
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brighn
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response 468 of 1037:
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Jul 18 03:02 UTC 2001 |
I'm thinking of a six letter word that isn't
exsect 0 (lastword)
(It isn't "phylum" either...)
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gelinas
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response 469 of 1037:
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Jul 18 04:06 UTC 2001 |
chintz
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brighn
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response 470 of 1037:
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Jul 18 04:56 UTC 2001 |
chintz 0 (gelinas)
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blaise
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response 471 of 1037:
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Jul 18 14:09 UTC 2001 |
glossy
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brighn
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response 472 of 1037:
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Jul 18 17:06 UTC 2001 |
glossy 0 (blaise)
As with the other item, I'll repost the series every 10 guesses or so.
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albaugh
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response 473 of 1037:
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Jul 21 01:21 UTC 2001 |
strain
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brighn
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response 474 of 1037:
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Jul 21 16:54 UTC 2001 |
strain 1 (albaugh)
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