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Grex > Language > #85: The Six-letter word game, 6th edition |   |
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kentn
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response 850 of 1012:
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Mar 6 23:15 UTC 1998 |
dynamo 1 (aruba)
lander 0 (albaugh)
kwanza 3 (aruba)
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carson
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response 851 of 1012:
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Mar 7 01:40 UTC 1998 |
(it doesn't appear to be a word in my dictionary [Webster's Ninth
New Collegiate].)
dwarfs
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aruba
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response 852 of 1012:
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Mar 7 05:40 UTC 1998 |
Well, I have a 50-50 chance...
dwangs (whatever that means)
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kentn
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response 853 of 1012:
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Mar 8 06:36 UTC 1998 |
Okay, that's two guesses with guessers admitting they don't have a
definition...I'll give you the letter counts when you can give me
a definition.
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aruba
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response 854 of 1012:
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Mar 8 08:44 UTC 1998 |
Well, in that case I rescind my guess of "dwangs" and guess "kyangs" instead.
(And I admit nothing.)
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kentn
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response 855 of 1012:
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Mar 8 20:50 UTC 1998 |
kyangs 4 (aruba)
(It actually tends to work to your advantage not to admit you don't
know--I may just think you do--but if you say you don't, then I don't
have much choice.)
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carson
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response 856 of 1012:
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Mar 9 02:08 UTC 1998 |
(Kent, the "it" in #851 wasn't referring to "dwarfs," but rather the
word we're guessing. do you *really* need a definition for "dwarfs"?) ;)
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kentn
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response 857 of 1012:
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Mar 9 02:29 UTC 1998 |
dwarfs 4 (carson)
(Well, not really, although if I get the idea the guesser isn't sure if
their word is a word, then I might ask for a citation. I don't think
the point is to encourage guessing random groups of letters in the hopes
that one will be a real word, but rather to know that it is.)
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aruba
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response 858 of 1012:
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Mar 9 07:51 UTC 1998 |
Oh for Christ's sake, here we go again. Well, the word is "dwangs", and no
I don't know what it means, nor do I care, particularly. As I understood
Rane's position on this matter, it's the responsibility of the person who's
"it" to prove that the word in question is really a word. Since Rane wrote
the rules, I think we should go with his opinion (which seems eminently
reasonable to me). I think it's quite *un*reasonable to expect contestants
to have the same reference books as the person who's "it".
I guess you could say that while I do not know what "dwangs" means, I can in
fact prove that that is the word in question, and therefore I do have a
reference for it, namely kentn. kentn has claimed that "dwangs" is a word,
and that's a good enough reference for me.
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aruba
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response 859 of 1012:
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Mar 9 07:52 UTC 1998 |
(Or, at least, it ought to be a good enough reference for you, Kent. :))
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carson
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response 860 of 1012:
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Mar 9 18:46 UTC 1998 |
(I'd have to agree that guessing nonsense words isn't in the spirit of the
game. however, at this point, it *should* be OK for Mark to guess
"dwangs," now that we know the word isn't "kyangs." ;) FWIW, I'd tried to
get to the library yesterday to look at their big dictionary, but I
managed to miss their Sunday business hours.)
drones
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rcurl
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response 861 of 1012:
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Mar 9 18:55 UTC 1998 |
We encountered this problem once before, and it was decided to accept
the correct guess even though it was obtained by elimination. The rules
allow a challenge of a word by the players, but it is unreasonable
for the word poser to challenge a correct guess. The word poser does
challenge incorrect guesses to ask for a citation, which precludes
guessing non-words in the process of conducting an elimination. As has
been pointed out, the word poser *is* the citation for a correct guess.
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kentn
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response 862 of 1012:
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Mar 10 02:38 UTC 1998 |
Okay, I'll go along. Note, that what I don't like is the "I don't
know what it is" more than anything; practically calls for a challenge.
I suppose I could ask someone else to challenge... But this has gone
on far too long...
Yes, "dwangs" is the word! (short pieces of timber used for strutting
a floor). Your word, aruba.
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albaugh
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response 863 of 1012:
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Mar 10 04:40 UTC 1998 |
For us morbidly curious types, can you supply some etymology on dwangs?
I would, but it's a word outside the scope of my ability for that! :-)
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aruba
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response 864 of 1012:
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Mar 10 06:37 UTC 1998 |
Thanks for being gracious, Kent. Ok, I'm thinking of a 6-letter word.
dwangs 0 (lastword)
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albaugh
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response 865 of 1012:
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Mar 10 17:46 UTC 1998 |
streak
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carson
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response 866 of 1012:
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Mar 11 03:55 UTC 1998 |
rocker
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sprice
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response 867 of 1012:
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Mar 11 04:47 UTC 1998 |
splice
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aruba
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response 868 of 1012:
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Mar 11 06:19 UTC 1998 |
streak 0 (albaugh)
rocker 1 (carson)
splice 1 (sprice)
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albaugh
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response 869 of 1012:
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Mar 11 15:31 UTC 1998 |
random
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sprice
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response 870 of 1012:
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Mar 11 19:46 UTC 1998 |
partly
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aruba
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response 871 of 1012:
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Mar 12 07:02 UTC 1998 |
random 0 (albaugh)
partly 0 (sprice)
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carson
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response 872 of 1012:
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Mar 12 17:00 UTC 1998 |
oblong
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albaugh
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response 873 of 1012:
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Mar 12 18:43 UTC 1998 |
apogee (highest point [in orbit])
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aruba
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response 874 of 1012:
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Mar 12 20:33 UTC 1998 |
oblong 5 (carson)
apogee 0 (albaugh)
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