Some amusing conundrums

[Charlie Reams]

I was flicking through the list of Apterous's list of "deleted conundrums" (i.e. valid conundrums which I felt were just too obscure to include). I found a handful of words which, although definitely too nasty to use in the game, seemed also too nice to ignore completely, so I thought I'd share 10 of the best with you. I'll pose them in puzzle form first of all, so feel free to use guesswork/Google/gigantic vocabularies to have a stab. I'll post the answers later on.

• AACCDHORY
• ACCEHNMMU
• ACIILMQTU
• AEEHHLLOO
• AEGOOSWYZ
• CGHIMMMOU
• DEEKKNSUW
• GLLNOOOOS
• HEEELQRTU
• KHMMNORRU
• Bonus late entry: BDEORSSTU
• Bonus bonus late entry: DEGHKLNOU
• Bonus bonus bonus late entry: BCENOOPPR
• Not-at-all-bonus late entry: EEHIKOPST

[Jon Corby]

4 is AHOLEHOLE

[Frank Rodolf]

7 would be SKUNKWEED

[Joseph Bolas]

I'm not sure of the answers, but these could come in very handy (when I've worked out them out) for when playing Goatdown

Thank you for posting these Charlie

EDIT: Actually if you could please post all the other obscure conundrums you have not included in Apterous Charlie, that would be awesome too

[Jon Corby]

14 is SHITEPOKE A fish or something, I believe.

[Kirk Bevins]

14 is SHITEPOKE A fish or something, I believe.

Ah yes, my favourite entry in the ODE, along with PISSABED.

[Charlie Reams]

Okay, answer time!

1. AACCDHORY -> ADHOCRACY (best portmanteau ever)
2. ACCEHNMMU -> MUMCHANCE (silent; wonder if this is related to keeping mum?)
3. ACIILMQTU -> QUITCLAIM (legal term; liked it for the WAREHOU factor)
4. AEEHHLLOO -> AHOLEHOLE (the hole in one's anus, perhaps? Talking of which, well done Mr Corby)
5. AEGOOSWYZ -> WAYZGOOSE (not l33t for "where's goose?" but, well, Wikipedia puts it better than I can.)
6. CGHIMMMOU -> MUMMICHOG (I really wanted this to be the term for a mummy hedgehog, but it's actually a fish)
7. DEEKKNSUW -> SKUNKWEED (well done Frank)
8. GLLNOOOOS -> SONGOLOLO
9. HEEELQRTU -> THREEQUEL
10. KHMMNORRU -> KRUMMHORN (maybe recognisable as crumhorn; a musical instrument)
11. BDEORSSTU -> SODBUSTER
12. DEGHKLNOU -> GUNKHOLED (not to be confused with SUCKHOLED, which is also valid)
13. BCENOOPPR -> COPPERNOB
14. EEHIKOPST -> SHITEPOKE

[Joseph Bolas]

Okay, answer time!

1. AACCDHORY -> ADHOCRACY (best portmanteau ever)
2. ACCEHNMMU -> MUMCHANCE (silent; wonder if this is related to keeping mum?)
3. ACIILMQTU -> QUITCLAIM (legal term; liked it for the WAREHOU factor)
4. AEEHHLLOO -> AHOLEHOLE (the hole in one's anus, perhaps? Talking of which, well done Mr Corby)
5. AEGOOSWYZ -> WAYZGOOSE (not l33t for "where's goose?" but, well, Wikipedia puts it better than I can.)
6. CGHIMMMOU -> MUMMICHOG (I really wanted this to be the term for a mummy hedgehog, but it's actually a fish)
7. DEEKKNSUW -> SKUNKWEED (well done Frank)
8. GLLNOOOOS -> SONGOLOLO
9. HEEELQRTU -> THREEQUEL
10. KHMMNORRU -> KRUMMHORN (maybe recognisable as crumhorn; a musical instrument)
11. BDEORSSTU -> SODBUSTER
12. DEGHKLNOU -> GUNKHOLED (not to be confused with SUCKHOLED, which is also valid)
13. BCENOOPPR -> COPPERNOB
14. EEHIKOPST -> SHITEPOKE

You should add these now as conundrums to see if anyone has learnt the words

[Frank Rodolf]

You should add these now as conundrums to see if anyone has learnt the words

Don't give him any ideas, please...

[Kai Laddiman]

Sorry, I can't hold back any longer.

OCLITORIS

[Joseph Bolas]

Sorry, I can't hold back any longer.

OCLITORIS

SOLICITOR

Heres a rude conundrum: WANKEDHOS

[Kirk Bevins]

Sorry, I can't hold back any longer.

OCLITORIS

SOLICITOR

Heres a rude conundrum: WANKEDHOS

SHAKEDOWN.