Not sure why this hadn't been started already.
"There will not be back-to-back nines from Flo-Glo, because we've got a Q, no U at all."
Has this actually been confirmed, that there are no 9-letter Q-without-U words in the dictionary?
Spoilers for Tuesday 3rd October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 68)
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 3rd October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 68)
Used to be the case. Nowadays you have MGQASHIYO and friends
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 3rd October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 68)
For some reason, MGQASHIYO is a possible regular conundrum on Apterous. Strange, but true. Think it might be the only U-less Q 9? One I know of isn’t a 9, but there’s MBAQANGA which is a style of music in South Africa. It’s a mass noun so it doesn’t take an S.Stewart Gordon wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:20 am Not sure why this hadn't been started already.
"There will not be back-to-back nines from Flo-Glo, because we've got a Q, no U at all."
Has this actually been confirmed, that there are no 9-letter Q-without-U words in the dictionary?
If proper nouns were permitted, Qabalists would also be 9.
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 3rd October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 68)
Nice work. Thanks.Sam Cappleman-Lynes wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 9:25 amHere are all the U-less Q words of 9 letters or more:
ACQHIRING
MGQASHIYO
MGQASHIYOS
MQHASHIYO
MQHASHIYOS
NASTALIQS
NOTARIQON
NOTARIQONS
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 3rd October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 68)
By "all" do you mean "all in the Countdown dictionary" or "all in the English language as a whole"?Sam Cappleman-Lynes wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 9:25 amHere are all the U-less Q words of 9 letters or more:
ACQHIRING
MGQASHIYO
MGQASHIYOS
MQHASHIYO
MQHASHIYOS
NASTALIQS
NOTARIQON
NOTARIQONS
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Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 3rd October 2023 (Series 88, Heat 68)
In the Countdown dictionary.