Best fluke
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Best fluke
It's always fun when you make up a random word and it turns out to be in. Here's my favourite example.
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I did one of these just yesterday.
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Needed this one to fend off a disturbingly adept prune.
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=1 ... 7#r2403557
I speak about 4 words of Dutch, one of which is hemel as I come from Hemel Hempstead. I believe it means heaven.
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=1 ... 7#r2403557
I speak about 4 words of Dutch, one of which is hemel as I come from Hemel Hempstead. I believe it means heaven.
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I completely made up this word.
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Why no pencil? No longer alternative is given.Chris Davies wrote:I completely made up this word.
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Because it's a conundrum.Liam Tiernan wrote:Why no pencil? No longer alternative is given.Chris Davies wrote:I completely made up this word.
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I'll have to start playing more variants.Ryan Taylor wrote:Because it's a conundrum.Liam Tiernan wrote:Why no pencil? No longer alternative is given.Chris Davies wrote:I completely made up this word.
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I remember Paul Gallen getting SUNDRIES thinking of SUN-DRIES. That was a bit jammy.
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Not really, he just couldn't pronounce it.Gavin Chipper wrote:I remember Paul Gallen getting SUNDRIES thinking of SUN-DRIES. That was a bit jammy.
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I had a shocking round recently, and couldn't see anything apart from COPIES. I hadn't seen it in terms of "copies of a document" though, I was declaring it as the plural of COPY (pronounced koh-pee), thinking a copy was some sort of animal or something.
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That's not how I remember it.Kirk Bevins wrote:Not really, he just couldn't pronounce it.Gavin Chipper wrote:I remember Paul Gallen getting SUNDRIES thinking of SUN-DRIES. That was a bit jammy.
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I remember letting that through on the basis that I liked it, rather than that I thought it was remotely fair. Certainly not the only example of that, either.Chris Davies wrote:I completely made up this word.
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Was this http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/COYPUS what you were thinking of?Matt Morrison wrote:I had a shocking round recently, and couldn't see anything apart from COPIES. I hadn't seen it in terms of "copies of a document" though, I was declaring it as the plural of COPY (pronounced koh-pee), thinking a copy was some sort of animal or something.
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Haha, no, I wish it was that sensible. I've never heard of a COYPUS before as far as I know, and I was literally hoping it would mean something, the animal thing was pure optimistic speculation.Liam Tiernan wrote:Was this http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/COYPUS what you were thinking of?Matt Morrison wrote:I had a shocking round recently, and couldn't see anything apart from COPIES. I hadn't seen it in terms of "copies of a document" though, I was declaring it as the plural of COPY (pronounced koh-pee), thinking a copy was some sort of animal or something.
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Lol...you mean a COYPU.Matt Morrison wrote:I've never heard of a COYPUS before as far as I know,
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Round 3 in this one was my most memorable http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=172017
GR MSL GNDT MSS NGVWL SRND NNLYC NNCT
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hahaKirk Bevins wrote:Lol...you mean a COYPU.Matt Morrison wrote:I've never heard of a COYPUS before as far as I know,
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This was a hopeless guess which amazingly worked. And then Velvet went and buzzed in on 0.7 seconds - talk about being HEARTLESS...
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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meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles
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My first and only ever successful guess at a hyper conundrum/
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This is mine. Came up in a hyperunlimited duel and only meself, Paul Howe and Raccoon got it. I remember seeing APPARA- thinking that seems like a plausible prefix before thinking "Nope the rest of the letters don't make any sense I'll just pop them in in a semi-random order!"JackHurst wrote:My first and only ever successful guess at a hyper conundrum/
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Here I picked S for NARIYALS and nearly missed the 9! Also I got a new goatblitz personal best, although I don't think I'dve ever seen that we could've picked RAUWOLFIA! http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=245407
edit: I should point out it has the letter pickers the wrong way round
edit: I should point out it has the letter pickers the wrong way round
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Re: Best fluke
Easily the biggest fluke of all time.
An idiot like me leading Chris Davies from start to finish:
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=246694
And then being just a conundrum away from doing 2 in a row:
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=246698
An idiot like me leading Chris Davies from start to finish:
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=246694
And then being just a conundrum away from doing 2 in a row:
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=246698
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Best winged numbers game evah:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 7#r3491647
I had no idea that the big multiplication would be any good at all.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 7#r3491647
I had no idea that the big multiplication would be any good at all.
meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles
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Ditto, and even more so :http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 7#r3487507Ian Volante wrote:Best winged numbers game evah:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 7#r3491647
I had no idea that the big multiplication would be any good at all.
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When I used to play bullet numbers all the time, I often took massive guesses that put me in the right place. I might have a look for some good ones.Ian Volante wrote:Best winged numbers game evah:
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 7#r3491647
I had no idea that the big multiplication would be any good at all.