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| 25 new of 594 responses total. |
albaugh
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response 75 of 594:
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Nov 13 00:30 UTC 1996 |
bowman
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kentn
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response 76 of 594:
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Nov 13 03:18 UTC 1996 |
bowman 2 (albaugh)
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aruba
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response 77 of 594:
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Nov 13 14:21 UTC 1996 |
sports
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signet
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response 78 of 594:
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Nov 13 15:21 UTC 1996 |
boucle
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rcurl
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response 79 of 594:
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Nov 13 17:30 UTC 1996 |
caving
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aruba
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response 80 of 594:
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Nov 13 21:48 UTC 1996 |
piqued
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kentn
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response 81 of 594:
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Nov 14 00:14 UTC 1996 |
sports 1 (aruba)
boucle 2 (signet)
caving 0 (rcurl)
piqued 0 (aruba)
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aruba
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response 82 of 594:
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Nov 14 02:20 UTC 1996 |
Guess I should have waited...
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rcurl
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response 83 of 594:
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Nov 14 06:54 UTC 1996 |
boopic - whatever that means...like Betty Boop?
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aruba
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response 84 of 594:
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Nov 14 14:49 UTC 1996 |
Maybe a really scary photograph?
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kentn
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response 85 of 594:
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Nov 14 15:58 UTC 1996 |
Whew, at last...
boopic 6 (rcurl)
I'm sure Rane could have found this definition:
(From 2d ed. OED on the web, http://www.hti.umich.edu/dict/oed/)
"boopic bo,o(hook).pik, a. rare-1. [f. Gr. bowpij (f. bouj, bo- ox + wy
eye). ] Ox-eyed.
1854 Badham Halieut. 66 A collyrium for the eyes of horses and
bo-opic patients."
Okay, it's a little weird (right up there in obscurity with "nuplex"
:), but I see you all were struck by the various interpretations that
come to mind when you don't know the definition... Such a non-intuitive
pronounciation, too.
Did we come close to eliminating most of the letters of the alphabet
on that one?
Congrats, Rane, you're up.
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rcurl
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response 86 of 594:
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Nov 14 22:35 UTC 1996 |
Whew! None of the online dictionaries that permitted searches with
wildcards had the word. Yes, I've looked up the word now - in that /oed/
which is in my bookmarks. Well, that one was a real challenge. First time
I can remember that the game went into a letter elimination. I'll add it
to my book of obscure words (yes, the first and only up to now was
nuplex). I'll be back with a new word when the sweat evaporates....but you
can begin guessing: I won't look before I have a word. 8^}
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aruba
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response 87 of 594:
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Nov 14 23:56 UTC 1996 |
teepee
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aruba
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response 88 of 594:
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Nov 15 00:00 UTC 1996 |
Oh, and we had almost eliminated all the letters for that second "o". It was
clear for a long time that the word was bo*pic, and by the end we knew * had
to be j, k, o, or z.
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kentn
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response 89 of 594:
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Nov 15 16:34 UTC 1996 |
Figured we were running out of letters there (all those zero guesses
toward the end).
yellow
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rcurl
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response 90 of 594:
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Nov 15 18:56 UTC 1996 |
teepee 0 aruba
yellow 0 kentn
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aruba
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response 91 of 594:
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Nov 15 19:01 UTC 1996 |
voodoo
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kentn
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response 92 of 594:
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Nov 15 21:53 UTC 1996 |
willow
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rcurl
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response 93 of 594:
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Nov 16 03:26 UTC 1996 |
voodoo 1 aruba
willow 0 kentn
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aruba
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response 94 of 594:
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Nov 16 06:00 UTC 1996 |
poodle
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kentn
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response 95 of 594:
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Nov 16 19:21 UTC 1996 |
survey
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aruba
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response 96 of 594:
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Nov 16 19:31 UTC 1996 |
rattan
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kentn
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response 97 of 594:
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Nov 17 07:10 UTC 1996 |
chorus
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rcurl
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response 98 of 594:
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Nov 17 18:21 UTC 1996 |
poodle 0 aruba
survey 0 kentn
rattan 1 aruba
chorus 0 kentn
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aruba
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response 99 of 594:
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Nov 17 19:15 UTC 1996 |
villas
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