Your best apterous word to date?
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Your best apterous word to date?
I got OILFIELDS last week in a 10-sec game which I was rather impressed with. I also got GADABOUTS but only after I saw Paul Howe get it in the singular.
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Classier.
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I think my best spot to date was RHEOSTATS, having not had cause to think about the word since doing A level physics.
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EUKARYOTE, or picking the final U for DEUTERIUM.
I quite like the words that come up as the best picks in goatdown sometimes, e.g. COWABUNGA, JUNKYARD, LIFEBUOY, SYSADMIN, BACCARAT, TRITHEISM and so on.
I quite like the words that come up as the best picks in goatdown sometimes, e.g. COWABUNGA, JUNKYARD, LIFEBUOY, SYSADMIN, BACCARAT, TRITHEISM and so on.
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BARGEPOLE, definitely.
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Ha, I remember that. Mine's probably PARTRIDGE, RHATANIES or COMELIEST.Innis Carson wrote:BARGEPOLE, definitely.
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Mine has to be AEPYORNIS.
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Probably PSORIASIS in a regular letters round.
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In any game, QUANTISER in goatdown probably. I chose the S (was going for URINATES till I remembered that it took a Q, otherwise I'd of course gone Z).
In a 15 rounder, SCIAENID.
In a 15 rounder, SCIAENID.
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I'd say DIDJERIDU would be the greatest spot ever.
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I always like it when I "beat the dictionary" which is to say I get a word which clearly should be in there but isn't, but is longer than anything allowable. Once I got FANBASE (of course it's a word) but then there's the nine-letter DUMBARSES which is surely worthy of a medal.
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ANHEDONIA (although it was Goatdown.)
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KEIRETSU, REQUINTOS, BINDAAS and AVIRULENT (but only because this last one was against Corby and he had VIRULENT mu ha ha)
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My "A" key doesn't work though.David O'Donnell wrote:KEIRETSU, REQUINTOS, BINDAAS and AVIRULENT (but only because this last one was against Corby and he had VIRULENT mu ha ha)
(I cut and pasted that A from elsewhere. And these ones.)
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proud of myself when i got MISSHAPED against David O'Donnell although i did get beat
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I had NERDIEST today, made me happy. Actually i think i've had it before, tis quite a common letters combination? or would be on scrabble... nobody ever did answer my qu about countdown letter frequencies...
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Yeah, well done. My niner radar is a bit awful sometimes but luckily it's never gonna cost me.Eoin.V.Monaghan wrote:proud of myself when i got MISSHAPED against David O'Donnell although i did get beat
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Just got EUTHERIAN against Dinos. Been wanting to get it ever since I learnt it. Incidentally, it stems from HERNIA as such: HERNIA-HAIRNET-HAURIENT-EUTHERIAN.
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There's a topic on it somewhere, but I can't be bothered to try and find itClare Sudbery wrote:I had NERDIEST today, made me happy. Actually i think i've had it before, tis quite a common letters combination? or would be on scrabble... nobody ever did answer my qu about countdown letter frequencies...
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maybe you can just tell me if they have equal nums of all letters on countdown, yay or nay?
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Take a guess.Clare Sudbery wrote:maybe you can just tell me if they have equal nums of all letters on countdown, yay or nay?
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Clearly not, otherwise you might expect on occasion to see Z, X, Q etc coming up more than once per game.Clare Sudbery wrote:maybe you can just tell me if they have equal nums of all letters on countdown, yay or nay?
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There is a thread that Jim Bentley did, which mentioned the Letter Frequency for series 57.Clare Sudbery wrote:maybe you can just tell me if they have equal nums of all letters on countdown, yay or nay?
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Has to be SPINNERET in round 1 of this game. I'd noted it, but wasn't convinced of the spelling, so I was going to declare SPINNER until Plum went first and declared a 9 so I decided I had to go for it. Turned out Plum's word wasn't in the selection so 18-0 to me.
I went to pieces towards the end of the game, but was pleased to get two 9s in the first 6 rounds.
I went to pieces towards the end of the game, but was pleased to get two 9s in the first 6 rounds.
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Nice!Phil Reynolds wrote:Has to be SPINNERET in round 1 of this game. I'd noted it, but wasn't convinced of the spelling, so I was going to declare SPINNER until Plum went first and declared a 9 so I decided I had to go for it. Turned out Plum's word wasn't in the selection so 18-0 to me.
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PANACEAS.
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MIREPOIX
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HENDIADYS
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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.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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Cornflake!
Except...
It's not a valid word
Except...
It's not a valid word
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Yeah, that was so unlucky. it's odd coz I was thinking yesterday about CONFLATES (as you do) and then started wondering whether you could have CORNFLAKE. It's one crazy, crazy world.Neil Zussman wrote:Cornflake!
Except...
It's not a valid word
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I had that as a conundrum recently, saw it but typed the wrong first letter.Jimmy Gough wrote:I'd say DIDJERIDU would be the greatest spot ever.
My best was INTERWOVE
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Got ARBORETUM a few days ago, not sure whether or not it takes the title though.
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Interesting. Cornflake was valid in the series where COD9 was the dictionary of choice.Jimmy Gough wrote:Yeah, that was so unlucky. it's odd coz I was thinking yesterday about CONFLATES (as you do) and then started wondering whether you could have CORNFLAKE. It's one crazy, crazy world.Neil Zussman wrote:Cornflake!
Except...
It's not a valid word
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Yeah, stupid ODE2r only lists CORNFLAKES as a plural noun. So what is one of them called?Gary Male wrote:
Interesting. Cornflake was valid in the series where COD9 was the dictionary of choice.
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Frank Cole?Kirk Bevins wrote:Yeah, stupid ODE2r only lists CORNFLAKES as a plural noun. So what is one of them called?Gary Male wrote:
Interesting. Cornflake was valid in the series where COD9 was the dictionary of choice.
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meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles
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OSTRACIZE, with a Z.
If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
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As opposed to OSTRACIZE without a Z?Martin Gardner wrote:OSTRACIZE, with a Z.
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That's rubbish - you suck.Charlie Reams wrote:Update?
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UPDATING, on the other hand...Michael Wallace wrote:That's rubbish - you suck.Charlie Reams wrote:Update?
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Hahaha you big gay.Charlie Reams wrote:UPDATING, on the other hand...Michael Wallace wrote:That's rubbish - you suck.Charlie Reams wrote:Update?
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Not being given free access to an easy archive of my own nines, I can't really tell you for sure, but HEINOUSLY ranks up there, as does MARTINET which secured a huge comeback.
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I think I'm the only person to have spotted MELIORIST, although it has come up a few times.
Edit - Actually Andrew Hulme has too, but he hadn't last time I checked.
Edit - Actually Andrew Hulme has too, but he hadn't last time I checked.
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Mine, I think, was STUCCO. Not that it's long, but more that it's quite obscure, and was a catalyst in my greatest ever comeback. Maybe a "generous type" could do a handy link to my game?
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I'm not generous yet (although I should have paypal funds by the time of my 1000th game, so that's how I'll celebrate), but I am smart.Adam Dexter wrote:Mine, I think, was STUCCO. Not that it's long, but more that it's quite obscure, and was a catalyst in my greatest ever comeback. Maybe a "generous type" could do a handy link to my game?
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Can I ask nicely for people posting links to game records etc. on apterous to please use the www in front of the domain name (rather than just using apterous.org) as otherwise I have to scroll past adverts to get to the bit I'm supposed to be looking at.
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Well given that this thread was my idea I think I should pick the winner:
Take a bow Mr Briers, HENDIADYS it is!
Take a bow Mr Briers, HENDIADYS it is!
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hmm... let Charlie know about this. The cookie for the website should now be shared across both 'domains', avec 'www.' and sans 'www.' - though maybe you have to specifically log in to both, I dunno?Phil Reynolds wrote:Can I ask nicely for people posting links to game records etc. on apterous to please use the www in front of the domain name (rather than just using apterous.org) as otherwise I have to scroll past adverts to get to the bit I'm supposed to be looking at.
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APERITIFS. Only person to get this in normal (except for Paul Howe in a duel). FLINTLOCK in the same game was pretty good but it was a conundrum guess.
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ENDOSPERM from some game I can't be bothered to find. Also, I think I am the only human user to find either DIGICAM or DIGICAMS.
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I definitely got it against my mom once. Maybe that was before the games got logged or something. It is a good word though.
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PHENOMENA or SAMPHIRES I would say for me.
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Updating my entry to GUAIACOL.
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GUAIACOL is ridiculous!
I would say for me SIXTEENMO
I would say for me SIXTEENMO