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| 25 new of 1103 responses total. |
kentn
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response 825 of 1103:
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Dec 10 23:21 UTC 2002 |
chrome 0 (jep) Sat Dec 7 09:18:26 2002
teepee 0 (aruba)
wonder 0 (jep)
easels 0 (aruba)
livers 1 (prp0)
voodoo 0 (aruba)
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listed 1 (prp0)
phoney 0 (albaugh)
banana 1 (aruba)
mixing 1 (jep)
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aruba
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response 826 of 1103:
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Dec 11 03:15 UTC 2002 |
bigamy
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kentn
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response 827 of 1103:
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Dec 11 17:14 UTC 2002 |
bigamy 2 (aruba)
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albaugh
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response 828 of 1103:
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Dec 11 18:28 UTC 2002 |
wiving
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aruba
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response 829 of 1103:
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Dec 11 18:58 UTC 2002 |
bimbos
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kentn
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response 830 of 1103:
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Dec 12 12:14 UTC 2002 |
wiving 1 (albaugh)
bimbos 2 (aruba)
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albaugh
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response 831 of 1103:
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Dec 12 19:00 UTC 2002 |
blonde
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aruba
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response 832 of 1103:
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Dec 13 03:44 UTC 2002 |
limaon
Li`ma`on" (?), n. [F. limaon, lit., a snail.] (Geom.) A curve of the fourth
degree, invented by Pascal. Its polar equation is r = a cos + b.
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kentn
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response 833 of 1103:
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Dec 14 17:12 UTC 2002 |
blonde 1 (albaugh)
limaon 2 (aruba)
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albaugh
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response 834 of 1103:
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Dec 14 17:15 UTC 2002 |
lemons
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aruba
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response 835 of 1103:
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Dec 15 02:10 UTC 2002 |
yaffil
Yaffle \Yaf"fle\, n. [Probably imitative of its call or cry.] (Zo["o]l.)
The European green woodpecker (Picus, or Genius, viridis). It is noted for
its loud laughlike note. Called also eccle, hewhole, highhoe, laughing
bird, popinjay, rain bird, yaffil, yaffler, yaffingale, yappingale,
yackel, and woodhack.
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kentn
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response 836 of 1103:
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Dec 15 15:17 UTC 2002 |
chrome 0 (jep) Sat Dec 7 09:18:26 2002
teepee 0 (aruba)
wonder 0 (jep)
easels 0 (aruba)
livers 1 (prp0)
voodoo 0 (aruba)
listed 1 (prp0)
phoney 0 (albaugh)
banana 1 (aruba)
mixing 1 (jep)
bigamy 2 (aruba)
wiving 1 (albaugh)
bimbos 2 (aruba)
blonde 1 (albaugh)
limaon 2 (aruba)
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lemons 0 (albaugh)
yaffil 3 (aruba)
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albaugh
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response 837 of 1103:
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Dec 15 19:52 UTC 2002 |
pecker
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aruba
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response 838 of 1103:
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Dec 15 23:26 UTC 2002 |
The word is "biffin":
mixing 1 (jep)
bigamy 2 (aruba)
bimbos 2 (aruba)
blonde 1 (albaugh)
limaon 2 (aruba)
yaffil 3 (aruba)
Since the last three words have no letters in common and their scores sum
to 6, all correct letters must come from one of them. So
score(mixing) = 1 ==> score(-i----) = 1
score(bigamy) = 2 ==> score(bi-a--) = 2 ==> score(b--a--) = 1
score(bimbos) = 2 ==> score(bim-o-) = 2 ==> score(b-m-o-) = 1
If the initial b were wrong we'd have to have -ima-- or -i-ao-, both of
which are incompatible with score(limaon) = 2. So we must have
score(bi----) = 2 ==> score(li----) = 1, score(--mao-) = 0
==> score(limao-) = 1 ==> score(-----n) = 1.
So
score(bi---n) = 3 ==> score(ya---l) = 0 ==> score(--ffi-) = 3.
Therefore score(biffin) = 6.
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kentn
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response 839 of 1103:
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Dec 17 12:08 UTC 2002 |
biffin 6 (aruba) ---> Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner!
Your turn, Mark!
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biffin \Bif"fin\, n. [Cf. {Beaufin}.]
1. A sort of apple peculiar to Norfolk, Eng.
Note: [Sometimes called beaufin; but properly beefin (it is
said), from its resemblance to raw beef.] --Wright.
2. A baked apple pressed down into a flat, round cake; a
dried apple. --Dickens.
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aruba
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response 840 of 1103:
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Dec 17 14:32 UTC 2002 |
OK, I'll think of something before I log in next.
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aruba
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response 841 of 1103:
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Dec 17 14:46 UTC 2002 |
OK, Carol gave me a word:
biffin 0 (lastword)
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kentn
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response 842 of 1103:
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Dec 18 02:40 UTC 2002 |
unease
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aruba
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response 843 of 1103:
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Dec 18 02:55 UTC 2002 |
unease 0 (kentn)
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albaugh
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response 844 of 1103:
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Dec 18 16:41 UTC 2002 |
tensed
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aruba
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response 845 of 1103:
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Dec 18 17:19 UTC 2002 |
tensed 1 (albaugh)
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kentn
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response 846 of 1103:
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Dec 21 04:29 UTC 2002 |
abroad
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aruba
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response 847 of 1103:
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Dec 21 05:28 UTC 2002 |
biffin 0 (lastword)
unease 0 (kentn)
tensed 1 (albaugh)
abroad 0 (kentn)
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albaugh
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response 848 of 1103:
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Dec 21 20:09 UTC 2002 |
travel
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aruba
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response 849 of 1103:
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Dec 21 23:02 UTC 2002 |
biffin 0 (lastword)
unease 0 (kentn)
tensed 1 (albaugh)
abroad 0 (kentn)
travel 1 (albaugh)
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