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For those games which are neither brag nor scrag, just agonising.

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=56781

The line on the clock told me the conundrum hadn't revealed the last letter (bug); I had ADIEU but was unsure of the spelling, and was unaware of the plural.
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My round 4 pick hasn't made it to the ODE, would've been one of my best ever picks otherwise.
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=57844
86 points after 7 rounds and then just 28, thought about DELETIONS but in the end left it, should have got the conundrum, this couldve been such a high score! :( :(
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16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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MEMES MEMES MEMES MEMES MEMES MEMES everywhere.

It would be cool if someone compiled a list of OED words from newest to oldest.
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Lost out on a perfect game from a nine I hadn't heard of, touch annoyed about missing purloin but missing the easy numbers game fluffed any chance of the high score table.
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=58726
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Probably the closest I'll ever come to a max speedgoat :( http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=63888
Only one darrenic round, so it was pretty easily, but it would've been nice nonetheless.
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Neil Zussman wrote:Probably the closest I'll ever come to a max speedgoat :( http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=63888
Only one darrenic round, so it was pretty easily, but it would've been nice nonetheless.
That's a great game.
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16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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Innis Carson wrote:http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=68917

14 maxes, and one chicken.
Wow! Extreme frustration. Well played.
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Arrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhh

I even pressed the B before Rexy cut in :(
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Paul Howe wrote:Arrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhh

I even pressed the B before Rexy cut in :(
Quite outstanding Paul, very unlucky.
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=69126 A really good and close game, 12 maxes between us.
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Epic game Paul well done :)
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Daniel O'Dowd wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=69126 A really good and close game, 12 maxes between us.
I can see a reasonably allowable 8 in Rd 13 :?
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Kai Laddiman wrote:
Daniel O'Dowd wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=69126 A really good and close game, 12 maxes between us.
I can see a reasonably allowable 8 in Rd 13 :?
And a similarly scatological 7, but sadly neither are valid.
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Funnily enough (or not) I did quite strongly consider offering shitpile, though I'm thankful I didn't. It's odd, isn't it, how when you're out of form slightly in Standard, the interactive element of Goat (or What If?, in fact, Charlie could that be implemented as a variant?) tends to spur the mind to greater things :)
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=69967

Nearly my very first perfect game. Admittedly its in juniors, so not much in terms of bragging right compared to others, but still very frustrating! Personally i'd never heard of the conundrum before though.
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J.Levison wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=69967

Nearly my very first perfect game. Admittedly its in juniors, so not much in terms of bragging right compared to others, but still very frustrating! Personally i'd never heard of the conundrum before though.
Very good, I know from my own experience that getting a max junior game is considerably harder than it looks.
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J.Levison wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=69967

Nearly my very first perfect game. Admittedly its in juniors, so not much in terms of bragging right compared to others, but still very frustrating! Personally i'd never heard of the conundrum before though.
Did they not teach technology in you school?
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Eoin Monaghan wrote:
J.Levison wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=69967

Nearly my very first perfect game. Admittedly its in juniors, so not much in terms of bragging right compared to others, but still very frustrating! Personally i'd never heard of the conundrum before though.
Did they not teach technology in you school?
Do they not teach grammar in you school? ;)
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Dinos Sfyris wrote:
Eoin Monaghan wrote:
J.Levison wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=69967

Nearly my very first perfect game. Admittedly its in juniors, so not much in terms of bragging right compared to others, but still very frustrating! Personally i'd never heard of the conundrum before though.
Did they teach technology in you school?
Do they not teach grammar in you school? ;)
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=70050

Frustrating - damn numbers. Would have been a sweet max game, especially since it was a 10 seconder.
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Kirk Bevins wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=70050

Frustrating - damn numbers. Would have been a sweet max game, especially since it was a 10 seconder.
Ouch, especially so as Speed 15 has never been perfected.
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http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=74027

Victory denied! Round 13 is why you must always check your spelling.
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Ben Hunter wrote:http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=74027

Victory denied! Round 13 is why you must always check your spelling.
What was the word you misspelled?
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Phil Reynolds wrote:
Ben Hunter wrote:http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=74027

Victory denied! Round 13 is why you must always check your spelling.
What was the word you misspelled?
Apron.
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http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=74101

Same deal but worse D: (conundrum)
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Ben Hunter wrote:http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=74101

Same deal but worse D: (conundrum)
AAPA!
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Yay, I've got a 9! Oh dammit, it's Hyper Unlimited.
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 2332349181

Would have been a sweet max game with lots of darrens and obscure words.
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16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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Sorry to cut in, but how does this situation work? Do you have to apologise to yourself, Kai, or does someone else act as a proxy and apologise for you? :)
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=81333

Grr I even had MENACE in round 2 but forgot CONMEN was two words. What a prick.
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Kirk Bevins wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=81333

Grr I even had MENACE in round 2 but forgot CONMEN was two words. What a prick.
Pay attention chap!
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Kirk Bevins wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=81333

Grr I even had MENACE in round 2 but forgot CONMEN was two words. What a prick.
I decided not to give a shit in the last 2 rounds, so it's all incidental anyway. Innit, Kirk?
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Matt Morrison wrote:
Kirk Bevins wrote:http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=81333

Grr I even had MENACE in round 2 but forgot CONMEN was two words. What a prick.
Pay attention chap!
Haha! I know CONMAN^ is two words. I have no idea why I went for it. I see it on TV often and always avoid it. I had a lapse of concentration.
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What's the longest word ever offered? I offered a 15 in SENSELESSNESSES today but sadly the new dictionary isn't up yet and it was disallowed. What's been the longest valid offering?
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Kirk Bevins wrote:What's the longest word ever offered? I offered a 15 in SENSELESSNESSES today but sadly the new dictionary isn't up yet and it was disallowed. What's been the longest valid offering?
I put RELENTLESSNESS, shoulda stuck -ES on the end though :|

Still waiting for UNCONSCIOUSNESSES
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in hyper unlimited you could play POSSESSIONLESSNESSES, which, if nothing else, is the word with the most Ss in it.
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James Hall wrote:in hyper unlimited you could play POSSESSIONLESSNESSES, which, if nothing else, is the word with the most Ss in it.
Of course you could play it, but it's not in the dictionary.

(Besides it'd be playable in normal Unlim anyway)
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This inevitably calls to mind Rowan Atkinson's monologue as Sir Marcus Browning MP:
We must have purpose. We mustn't be purposeless. We must not exhibit purposelessness. We must be... purposelessnessless.
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=85431

With two rounds to go I looked certain to better my 11 max record. But no!

All annoying misses, although still I feel some nice finds in the game.
The quest continues..
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=90227

Arrrggghhh - frustratingly close to my first speedgoat max game.
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=90484

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=90497

Not frustrating at all, and my opponents played really well, but it would've been nice to have eeked out a victory somewhere. If I'd stuck with TORNADO in the first game and spotted HANDLES in the second I'd have won both :lol:.
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http://81.154.103.125/viewgame.php?game=104011

Probably the best chance I'll ever get to break the dreaded Flat 15 record.
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Innis Carson wrote:http://81.154.103.125/viewgame.php?game=104011

Probably the best chance I'll ever get to break the dreaded Flat 15 record.
Ouch. Someone please tell Jason that 1 large is easiest to choose. He chooses 2 large and then can't do them, even the really easy ones.
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Oh dearie me!
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Would have been my sweetest max game, grrr

http://217.36.210.230/viewgame.php?key= ... 3077070291
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http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=104458

Would've beaten the Hulme-meister if I'd remembered to put an S on the end of a word.
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Kirk Bevins wrote:
Innis Carson wrote:http://81.154.103.125/viewgame.php?game=104011

Probably the best chance I'll ever get to break the dreaded Flat 15 record.
Ouch. Someone please tell Jason that 1 large is easiest to choose. He chooses 2 large and then can't do them, even the really easy ones.
Two large generates the highest percentage of solvable solutions. I assume Jason took this into consideration when he made his selection.
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ARGH!! Would have been my sweetest max game to date including 2 nice nines, the latter gaining me a pencil.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 4160975177
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Missed out on a max game and personal high score by missing a very gettable 9:

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=105184
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Played through this game already, frustrating yes but the woeful miss (by your high standards) was counter-balanced by sufficient awesomeness.
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And then straight afterwards, a very gettable 6 missed, meaning the max was missed.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=105291
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