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Spoilers for Wednesday 31st July 2019 (Series 81, Prelim 22)
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 1:31 pm
by Ray Wilding
AMOEBIC in R4.
DRUMFIRE used to be a count noun, but no longer:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140216085 ... h/drumfire
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 31st July 2019 (Series 81, Prelim 22)
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 1:34 pm
by Ray Wilding
UNREASON in R8.
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 31st July 2019 (Series 81, Prelim 22)
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 1:50 pm
by Ray Wilding
More removing of real words by ODO, GOUTIER used to be in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160607041 ... glish/gout
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 31st July 2019 (Series 81, Prelim 22)
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 2:54 pm
by Gavin Chipper
You think? I don't think anyone has used "goutier" in a non-contrived sentence ever.
Edit - I just Googled it, and as I thought the top matches are just dictionary definitions - the perfect sign of a non-word!
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 31st July 2019 (Series 81, Prelim 22)
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 3:39 pm
by Toby McDonald
HOTELING in R1, could have been HOTELINGS though. :/
RONDENAS in R8 also.
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 31st July 2019 (Series 81, Prelim 22)
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 3:44 pm
by Fiona T
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2019 2:54 pm
You think? I don't think anyone has used "goutier" in a non-contrived sentence ever.
I was relieved Corrina got the conundrum - would have hated the game to have been decided on a disallowed goutier! (which my browser hasn't underlined as a misspelling
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 31st July 2019 (Series 81, Prelim 22)
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:42 pm
by Peter Mabey
Alt way for 648: (50+7)x(9+7-4)