Spoilers for Wednesday, 5th of March
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Spoilers for Wednesday, 5th of March
PAYOUT is in my NODE, which beats POUTY
If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 5th of March
Did DC mention SOLENOID in round 8?
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 5th of March
Carol's way to the 925 in round 5 was nice, but I had a nicer one, I think:
(7 x 6) + 8 = 50
5 x 4 = 20
50 x 20 = 1000
1000 - 75 = 925
You could even do (8 x 7) - 6 for the fifty if you were feeling a bit saucy.
PAYOUT is fine (I got that!), also CAUDEX (solver-assisted) in round 7.
(7 x 6) + 8 = 50
5 x 4 = 20
50 x 20 = 1000
1000 - 75 = 925
You could even do (8 x 7) - 6 for the fifty if you were feeling a bit saucy.
PAYOUT is fine (I got that!), also CAUDEX (solver-assisted) in round 7.
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 5th of March
I agree, that is nice.jimbentley wrote:Carol's way to the 925 in round 5 was nice, but I had a nicer one, I think:
Any thoughts on TREASONS anyone?
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 5th of March
I'd say yeah to TREASONS. Not in the usual sense of betraying one's country, but in the more general sense of betraying anyone - petty treasons, and all that.
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 5th of March
Yeah, you're right. It doesn't specifically say [count noun] for that definition, but I seem to remember the contestant notes (or something) saying about how mass nouns which are "the action of" can be pluralized.jimbentley wrote:I'd say yeah to TREASONS. Not in the usual sense of betraying one's country, but in the more general sense of betraying anyone - petty treasons, and all that.
I'm a little happier adding it to my game's dictionary now
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You didn't have it in before this? We might need to merge again...I promise it'll be a painless* operation, and you can ignore any of the dodgy mass nouns that I let through.
* sedatives and/or hypnotics may be required
* sedatives and/or hypnotics may be required
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 5th of March
No they only got OLOGIES. After saying "ALONGSIDE is nearly there" I missed SIDELONG doh!Joseph Bolas wrote:Did DC mention SOLENOID in round 8?
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 5th of March
No, I didn't have it in. I'm fairly confident the only differences in our dictionaries are due to mass nouns (of which this is one) so I'm happy to pick up the odd straggler like this. I have already been through and screened them all manually once after all....jimbentley wrote:You didn't have it in before this? We might need to merge again...I promise it'll be a painless* operation, and you can ignore any of the dodgy mass nouns that I let through.
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 5th of March
Actually I got SIDELONG as well, was that a DC-beater?dinos_the_chemist wrote:No they only got OLOGIES. After saying "ALONGSIDE is nearly there" I missed SIDELONG doh!Joseph Bolas wrote:Did DC mention SOLENOID in round 8?
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 5th of March
Just offer SENATORS. It's a bit like offering MANTICORE when CREMATION is there.Corby wrote:
Any thoughts on TREASONS anyone?
If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 5th of March
Yeah, I didMartin Gardner wrote:Just offer SENATORS. It's a bit like offering MANTICORE when CREMATION is there.
I'd have been pretty narked for my opponent to then offer TREASONS though. Well, I wouldn't, because I've accepted that it should be allowed, but there are probably other instances where you've bothered to learn an alternative anagram to a dodgy mass noun plural, and it would be irritating to have your opponent pick up the points with the mass noun. MAGENTAS/MAGNATES would be a good example, I still don't see why MAGENTAS is allowed.