Best fluke
Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 4:45 pm
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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Best fluke
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Re: Best fluke
Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 4:49 pm
I did one of these just yesterday.
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 4:56 pm
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.
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 6:03 pm
Why no pencil? No longer alternative is given.Chris Davies wrote:I completely made up this word.
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 6:04 pm
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.
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 6:11 pm
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.
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 6:55 pm
I remember Paul Gallen getting SUNDRIES thinking of SUN-DRIES. That was a bit jammy.
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 6:58 pm
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.
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 7:03 pm
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.
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 7:48 pm
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.
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 7:54 pm
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.
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 10:30 pm
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.
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 10:35 pm
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.
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 9:05 am
Lol...you mean a COYPU.Matt Morrison wrote:I've never heard of a COYPUS before as far as I know,
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 9:39 am
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 10:47 am
Round 3 in this one was my most memorable http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=172017
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 11:30 am
hahaKirk Bevins wrote:Lol...you mean a COYPU.Matt Morrison wrote:I've never heard of a COYPUS before as far as I know,
see, dumb as fuck. every other word is a guess for me!Re: Best fluke
Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 8:13 pm
This was a hopeless guess which amazingly worked. And then Velvet went and buzzed in on 0.7 seconds - talk about being HEARTLESS...
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 9:53 pm
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 7:44 am
My first and only ever successful guess at a hyper conundrum/
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 10:19 am
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/
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 11:08 am
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
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 9:51 pm
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
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 6:11 pm
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.
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 12:30 am
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.
Re: Best fluke
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 4:29 pm
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.