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Grex > Language > #102: The seven letter word game, 1st edition |  |
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aruba
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response 9 of 1177:
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Jun 16 13:02 UTC 1999 |
stomach 2 (kami)
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anilkk
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response 10 of 1177:
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Jun 16 16:26 UTC 1999 |
stomata
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aruba
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response 11 of 1177:
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Jun 16 19:08 UTC 1999 |
stomata 2 (anilkk)
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kentn
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response 12 of 1177:
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Jun 17 00:17 UTC 1999 |
sextant
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aruba
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response 13 of 1177:
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Jun 17 13:33 UTC 1999 |
sextant 1 (kentn)
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kami
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response 14 of 1177:
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Jun 17 17:19 UTC 1999 |
stipple
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aruba
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response 15 of 1177:
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Jun 18 02:18 UTC 1999 |
Main Entry: 1stip7ple
Pronunciation: 'sti-p&l
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): stip7pled; stip7pling /-p(&-)li[ng]/
Etymology: Dutch stippelen to spot, dot
Date: circa 1762
1 : to engrave by means of dots and flicks
2 a : to make by small short touches (as of paint or ink) that
together produce an even or softly graded shadow b : to apply (as
paint) by repeated small touches
3 : SPECKLE, FLECK
- stip7pler /-p(&-)l&r/ noun
Neat word.
stipple 0 (kami)
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kami
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response 16 of 1177:
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Jun 18 02:34 UTC 1999 |
Poo! I thought it was the st. Oh well.
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albaugh
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response 17 of 1177:
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Jun 18 18:42 UTC 1999 |
travels
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kentn
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response 18 of 1177:
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Jun 18 19:46 UTC 1999 |
avocado
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aruba
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response 19 of 1177:
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Jun 19 11:16 UTC 1999 |
travels 0 (albaugh)
avocado 7 (kentn)
And Kent wins the first 7-letter word game! You're up, Kent!
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rcurl
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response 20 of 1177:
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Jun 19 15:29 UTC 1999 |
I've been maintaining the word list for the 6-letter game (in
/a/r/c/rcurl/l.m.words). If anyone wants to maintain one for this
7-letter version, please do.
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kentn
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response 21 of 1177:
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Jun 19 20:35 UTC 1999 |
Hmmm...what would that file be called, l.m7.words?
I'll try to have a new word in mind when I log in next.
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rcurl
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response 22 of 1177:
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Jun 20 01:28 UTC 1999 |
or 7l.m.words? I could rename my 6l.m.words.
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kentn
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response 23 of 1177:
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Jun 20 15:10 UTC 1999 |
That works, too. Whatever it is, now that we have 5, 6, and 7
letter games, we should be consistent it differentiating between
the files associated with each.
Okay, I'm thinking of a 7-letter word, and it's not
avocado 0 (lastword)
A summary of guesses on the current word is in ~kentn/letter.match7
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orinoco
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response 24 of 1177:
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Jun 20 20:43 UTC 1999 |
mormons
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aruba
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response 25 of 1177:
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Jun 20 22:47 UTC 1999 |
abalone
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kentn
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response 26 of 1177:
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Jun 21 02:13 UTC 1999 |
abalone 0 (aruba)
orinoco, can you provide me with some evidence that "mormons" is
not a proper noun? My dictionary shows "Mormon" as a proper noun.
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orinoco
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response 27 of 1177:
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Jun 21 17:36 UTC 1999 |
This response has been erased.
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albaugh
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response 28 of 1177:
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Jun 21 18:31 UTC 1999 |
blasted
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aruba
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response 29 of 1177:
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Jun 21 19:40 UTC 1999 |
elevate
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orinoco
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response 30 of 1177:
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Jun 21 22:07 UTC 1999 |
I do appear to be losing my mind.
article
...is _definitely_ not a proper noun. For real.
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kentn
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response 31 of 1177:
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Jun 21 23:28 UTC 1999 |
blasted 0 (albaugh)
elevate 1 (aruba)
article 0 (orinoco)
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aruba
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response 32 of 1177:
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Jun 22 02:42 UTC 1999 |
brevity
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orinoco
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response 33 of 1177:
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Jun 22 16:31 UTC 1999 |
emerges
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