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Grex > Language > #85: The Six-letter word game, 6th edition |   |
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kentn
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response 825 of 1012:
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Feb 28 22:05 UTC 1998 |
whangs 4 (aruba)
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bruin
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response 826 of 1012:
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Mar 1 01:16 UTC 1998 |
wrings
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aruba
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response 827 of 1012:
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Mar 1 07:54 UTC 1998 |
clangs
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kentn
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response 828 of 1012:
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Mar 1 21:22 UTC 1998 |
wrings 3 (bruin)
clangs 4 (aruba)
(The summary of guesses for the current games can be found in the
file /a/k/e/kentn/letter.match)
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aruba
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response 829 of 1012:
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Mar 2 04:36 UTC 1998 |
This word is not in the online Merriam Webster dictionary...
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albaugh
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response 830 of 1012:
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Mar 2 16:56 UTC 1998 |
Unless I've been inaccurate in my tracking, I must disagree with aruba in
#829. How about:
prangs (plural form) Function: transitive verb
Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1941
chiefly British : to have an accident with : cause to crash
- prang noun, chiefly British
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aruba
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response 831 of 1012:
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Mar 2 20:27 UTC 1998 |
If prangs were right, wrings would have been a 4.
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rcurl
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response 832 of 1012:
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Mar 3 00:17 UTC 1998 |
The British do say "it's prang on" when it "hits the nail on the head".
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kentn
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response 833 of 1012:
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Mar 3 01:14 UTC 1998 |
prangs 4 (albaugh)
I guess I wouldn't be giving anything a way to say that I
never looked to see if this word was in the online MW dict.
I, of course, was able to find it in at least one dictionary.
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aruba
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response 834 of 1012:
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Mar 3 07:30 UTC 1998 |
queasy
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albaugh
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response 835 of 1012:
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Mar 3 17:29 UTC 1998 |
Yep, aruba, my bad. I know this ain't it, but just for confirmation:
stang Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse stanga to prick;
akin to Old Norse stinga to sting Date: 14th century
chiefly Scottish : STING
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aruba
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response 836 of 1012:
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Mar 3 19:10 UTC 1998 |
Do you want to make that plural?
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kentn
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response 837 of 1012:
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Mar 4 00:10 UTC 1998 |
queasy 0 (aruba)
(Waiting to hear what's to become of stang, which right now has
only 5 letters).
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albaugh
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response 838 of 1012:
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Mar 4 16:18 UTC 1998 |
Yep, my bad again. Please go with "stangs".
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carson
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response 839 of 1012:
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Mar 4 19:29 UTC 1998 |
cringe
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aruba
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response 840 of 1012:
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Mar 4 20:33 UTC 1998 |
united
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kentn
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response 841 of 1012:
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Mar 5 03:30 UTC 1998 |
stangs 4 (albaugh)
cringe 2 (carson)
united 0 (aruba)
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carson
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response 842 of 1012:
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Mar 5 17:11 UTC 1998 |
orange
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aruba
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response 843 of 1012:
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Mar 5 21:19 UTC 1998 |
impact
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albaugh
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response 844 of 1012:
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Mar 5 21:57 UTC 1998 |
island
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carson
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response 845 of 1012:
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Mar 6 00:26 UTC 1998 |
flange
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kentn
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response 846 of 1012:
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Mar 6 01:43 UTC 1998 |
orange 3 (carson)
impact 0 (aruba)
island 0 (albaugh)
flange 3 (carson)
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aruba
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response 847 of 1012:
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Mar 6 06:09 UTC 1998 |
dynamo
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albaugh
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response 848 of 1012:
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Mar 6 16:07 UTC 1998 |
lander
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aruba
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response 849 of 1012:
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Mar 6 19:00 UTC 1998 |
kwanza <-- Merriam Webster has this uncapitalized; I gather it is the
name of a currency.
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