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Grex > Language > #114: The seven letter word game, 3rd edition |  |
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aruba
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response 750 of 1021:
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Nov 17 14:09 UTC 2002 |
I must say, John, these games usually move a *little* faster, but I think
Paul isn't logging on very often.
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kentn
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response 751 of 1021:
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Nov 17 16:58 UTC 2002 |
tuxedos
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jep
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response 752 of 1021:
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Nov 18 02:53 UTC 2002 |
It's all right; I'm an M-Netter and don't expect much action in
specialty conferences. (-:
special
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aruba
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response 753 of 1021:
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Nov 20 23:41 UTC 2002 |
On Saturday it will be 2 weeks since Paul last responed. I say we call it
and start a new game if he hasn't returned by then.
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jep
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response 754 of 1021:
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Nov 21 00:47 UTC 2002 |
We can always start a new item and leave this one until he returns.
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aruba
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response 755 of 1021:
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Nov 21 04:26 UTC 2002 |
We could, I suppose. Well, let's wait until Saturday, anyway.
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prp0
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response 756 of 1021:
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Nov 25 02:45 UTC 2002 |
r letter.match7
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prp0
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response 757 of 1021:
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Nov 25 02:46 UTC 2002 |
0 caviare Kentn lastword
0 element aruba
0 unearth kentn
0 digging albaugh
1 referee aruba
1 umpires albaugh
1 refunds aruba
0 allowed kentn
0 replace aruba
0 changed albaugh
1 lexical kentn
2 cheeses aruba
2 schemas kentn
1 oracles albaugh
3 lyceums aruba
1 phenoms jep
3 tuxedos kentn
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aruba
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response 758 of 1021:
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Nov 25 04:28 UTC 2002 |
luggage
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kentn
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response 759 of 1021:
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Nov 25 12:03 UTC 2002 |
lamedhs (lamedh: noun, 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, see Amer
Heritage Dict)
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jep
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response 760 of 1021:
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Nov 25 13:38 UTC 2002 |
freedom
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aruba
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response 761 of 1021:
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Nov 25 18:42 UTC 2002 |
(Paul, don't forget about the 6-letter game.)
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prp0
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response 762 of 1021:
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Nov 25 20:31 UTC 2002 |
0 caviare Kentn lastword
0 element aruba
0 unearth kentn
0 digging albaugh
1 referee aruba
1 umpires albaugh
1 refunds aruba
0 allowed kentn
0 replace aruba
0 changed albaugh
1 lexical kentn
2 cheeses aruba
2 schemas kentn
1 oracles albaugh
3 lyceums aruba
1 phenoms jep
3 tuxedos kentn
I have not forgotten about the six letter game, nor the five letter one.
It is lately when I fire-up picospan someone comes and takes me away, as
has just happened. Only one item from all of cf.list this time.
0 luggage aruba
2 lamedhs kentn (No doubt the predicesor of Lamda)
2 freedom jep
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aruba
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response 763 of 1021:
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Nov 25 21:15 UTC 2002 |
sidecar
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kentn
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response 764 of 1021:
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Nov 26 01:47 UTC 2002 |
zydecos
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jep
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response 765 of 1021:
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Nov 26 14:03 UTC 2002 |
reredos
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aruba
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response 766 of 1021:
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Nov 26 20:04 UTC 2002 |
So, onelook doesn't have "zydecos", and since it's a style of music, I don't
know what its plural would be anyway. Where did you find it, Kent?
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prp0
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response 767 of 1021:
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Nov 26 21:23 UTC 2002 |
0 caviare Kentn lastword
0 element aruba
0 unearth kentn
0 digging albaugh
1 referee aruba
1 umpires albaugh
1 refunds aruba
0 allowed kentn
0 replace aruba
0 changed albaugh
1 lexical kentn
2 cheeses aruba
2 schemas kentn
1 oracles albaugh
3 lyceums aruba
1 phenoms jep
3 tuxedos kentn
0 luggage aruba
2 lamedhs kentn (No doubt the predicesor of Lamda)
2 freedom jep
3 sidecar aruba
7 zydecos kentn
3 reredos jep
And just when it looks like I will be able to give some timely scores.
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kentn
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response 768 of 1021:
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Nov 27 02:12 UTC 2002 |
Re: 766 well, since "zydeco" is a noun, I guess it follows it can
be plural (do a web search and you'll find some uses for it as a plural,
meaning, I think, zydeco dances/performances). It was in my personal
dictionary, I can't recall where it came from. Since it was Paul's
word, I'll let him provide the definition.
Okay, I guess I'll be thinking of a seven-letter word real soon
now...like the next time I log in.
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aruba
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response 769 of 1021:
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Nov 27 14:12 UTC 2002 |
Hmmm. I'm perturbed because I deliberately didn't guess zydecos, because
I couldn't find it in a dictionary. But I guess tht's the way the cookie
crumbles.
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kentn
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response 770 of 1021:
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Nov 28 17:00 UTC 2002 |
What I recall from our previous discussions about challenging guesses
is that you can still guess words you don't have a definition for and
it's up to the person who's "it" to acknowledge, and without the ability
to challenge the guesser, if the word is *correct*. It is also up to
the person who's "it" to ultimately provide a definition for the word
to be guessed. If the word you've guessed is not correct, you may be
challenged to provide a convincing definition. Failing that, you must
withdraw the guess (and/or it will not be scored).
Is that your recollection, also, Mark?
I do, however, generally like having a definition (or at least evidence
that the word is in somewhat common usage) before guessing, just in
case I do get challenged. Plus, much of the fun of the game is finding
the definitions and learning new words.
The only place I could find the plural of zydeco in use was on the
web in a google search, although admittedly I didn't look very long
or in very many dictionaries. There have also been letter match
discussions about the pluralization of nouns as guesses even if they
are not explicitly in a dictionary, but I don't recall if we ever came
to a common understanding of when that's okay and when not. Finding a
definition for "zydeco" as a noun is relatively easy (e.g. m-w.com).
Okay, I'm thinking of a seven-letter word that is not
zydecos 0 (The Last Word)
A summary of guesses on the current word is at ~kentn/letter.match7
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prp0
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response 771 of 1021:
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Nov 28 22:14 UTC 2002 |
www.m-w.com has zydecos. Look it up and it takes you to zydeco. I came
across it trying to find something I've since forgotten. Zydecos was in
the list of words that matched my pattern.
turkeys
I was also thinking that when the scorer has not scored a guess for over
1 week, the first person with a word that matches all the current scores
takes over. How does that sound?
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kentn
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response 772 of 1021:
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Nov 29 03:15 UTC 2002 |
turkeys 0 (prp0)
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aruba
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response 773 of 1021:
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Nov 29 05:03 UTC 2002 |
Re #770: Your recollection is the same as mine. Like you, I don't like to
guess a word that I don't have a definition for. I'm over being annoyed.
Re #771: Hmm, that's interesting. onelook.com indexes m-w, and does
generally show plurals, but it doesn't have zydecos. (It has one entry
for zydeco's, but none for zydecos.) Anyway, what is the plural of a
style of music? I did find a couple of places on the web where "zydeco"
was used to mean an evening of zydeco music, and then the plural makes
sense. But that's not a definition endorsed by m-w, so I wonder what
*they* think the plural means.
ANYWAY, I'm over being annoyed. I wouldn't object to the one-week rule.
rumbles
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kentn
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response 774 of 1021:
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Nov 29 15:26 UTC 2002 |
rumbles 0 (aruba)
The one week rule seems okay to me, too, with the proviso that if
someone announces they'll be gone for a week (on vacation or something)
and the rest of the players are willing to wait, that's okay, too (maybe
you really want to find out what that word is ;). It seemed to me that
the purpose of this one-week rule was for those unexplained absences for
a week or more.
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