Spoilers for Friday 7th June 2019

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PAINTIEST? R14
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Cathy Summerside wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 2:12 pm PAINTIEST? R14
That used to be valid, but I'm afraid it's been removed (PAINTY must not be specified) -- have tried it multiple times before on Apto!

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Thanks Johnny - I checked 'PAINTY' on https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/ but I'm not on Apto (yet! - I'm going to keep practising first!)
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Cathy Summerside wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2019 4:39 am Thanks Johnny - I checked 'PAINTY' on https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/ but I'm not on Apto (yet! - I'm going to keep practising first!)
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Johnny Canuck wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2019 1:39 am
Cathy Summerside wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 2:12 pm PAINTIEST? R14
That used to be valid, but I'm afraid it's been removed (PAINTY must not be specified) -- have tried it multiple times before on Apto!

MICROXEA in the COMRADE/EXORDIA round, though I still prefer the full-sized xeas.
So you're saying that for PAINTIEST to be valid, PAINTY must Not be specified? Just checking.....
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Philip Wilson wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2019 8:15 pm
Johnny Canuck wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2019 1:39 am
Cathy Summerside wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 2:12 pm PAINTIEST? R14
That used to be valid, but I'm afraid it's been removed (PAINTY must not be specified) -- have tried it multiple times before on Apto!

MICROXEA in the COMRADE/EXORDIA round, though I still prefer the full-sized xeas.
So you're saying that for PAINTIEST to be valid, PAINTY must Not be specified? Just checking.....
It's not that simple. e.g. girly is allowed, girliest is not. If you look at the examples in the OED it might make sense. My interpretation is PAINTY = paintlike.
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Fiona T wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2019 9:15 pm
Philip Wilson wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2019 8:15 pm
Johnny Canuck wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2019 1:39 am
That used to be valid, but I'm afraid it's been removed (PAINTY must not be specified) -- have tried it multiple times before on Apto!
So you're saying that for PAINTIEST to be valid, PAINTY must Not be specified? Just checking.....
It's not that simple. e.g. girly is allowed, girliest is not. If you look at the examples in the OED it might make sense. My interpretation is PAINTY = paintlike.
Ah right, thanks Fiona. Fwiw I'm using the same dictionary as the one linked in Cathy's post. The examples shown there suggest paintiest would have a meaning - fingers etc.
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Yes, that's where I was going with it, Philip - having had toddlers with 'painty' fingers there could be a competition for who had the 'paintiest' :lol: Thanks, Fiona
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Cathy Summerside wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2019 10:15 am Yes, that's where I was going with it, Philip - having had toddlers with 'painty' fingers there could be a competition for who had the 'paintiest' :lol: Thanks, Fiona
Sounds good to me Cathy, lol. Susie would say it's not used enough, I guess.
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Painty is specified. Paintiest or paintier is not. The rule is that single syllable adjectives can be changed to -er or -est
without them being specified. Unfortunately painty is not single syllable. I came unstuck online recently with unfairest for the same reason.
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Tony Atkins wrote: Tue Jun 11, 2019 2:11 pm Painty is specified. Paintiest or paintier is not. The rule is that single syllable adjectives can be changed to -er or -est
without them being specified. Unfortunately painty is not single syllable. I came unstuck online recently with unfairest for the same reason.
Thanks for the clarification, Tony.
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