Spoilers for Wednesday, 7th May
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Spoilers for Wednesday, 7th May
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 7th May
ZODIACS as an equaller (I think it can be pluralized).
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 7th May
UNCEASING was in one of my audition rounds so got that straight away.
Can you have PETIOLA?
Can you have PETIOLA?
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 7th May
OPTIMAL in round 8...thought DC would be on that one. Dunno what's going on with Peter at the moment, he's missing easy stuff left, right and centre.
Oh - PETIOLAR, Dinos, from PETIOLE. No PETIOLA ,I'm afraid.
Oh - PETIOLAR, Dinos, from PETIOLE. No PETIOLA ,I'm afraid.
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 7th May
Bugger.
I saw MR EXORDIA in that last round and thought of Jo Bo
I saw MR EXORDIA in that last round and thought of Jo Bo
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I was ready to post it as well, but Peter saw it .dinos_the_chemist wrote:Bugger.
I saw MR EXORDIA in that last round and thought of Jo Bo
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 7th May
SARNIES or was this mentioned .
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SASSIER in the last round
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AIRDROME hasn't been mentioned either. To be honest, it was a very strange game. It started with a nine, then went horribly wrong as Peter offered a five when a nine was there, a four when there were at least two sevens and numerous sixes and then another six when there was a nine plus various sevens (POINTER, REPOINT, PROTEIN, POLITER, RETINOL etc). Really odd to be honest, it was as if he was having an attack of nerves or something like that.
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 7th May
INTERPOLE as an equaller.
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In fairness they had that as well, but well spotted anyway.Ben Pugh wrote:INTERPOLE as an equaller.
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 7th May
No UPFORCE in round 4? Downforce was a recent conundrum, can't it have an opposite?
And what was the verdict on ZODIACS, as I risked that also (despite having spotted DISCOED on Friday, I missed it today. The Z always distracts me!)
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And what was the verdict on ZODIACS, as I risked that also (despite having spotted DISCOED on Friday, I missed it today. The Z always distracts me!)
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Tim wrote:No UPFORCE in round 4? Downforce was a recent conundrum, can't it have an opposite?
And what was the verdict on ZODIACS, as I risked that also (despite having spotted DISCOED on Friday, I missed it today. The Z always distracts me!)
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ZODIACS seems to be fine but no UPFORCE - I can see why you'd go for that, but not every word starting in DOWN- can also be UP- and visa versa.
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 7th May
Isn't downforce something to do with gravity ergo you cannot have an upforce^?
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Oh well, I'll settle for 1 disallowed word, and a score of 139.
BTW, there was no round where BARONET was available, you may have the wrong letters for round 7 Ben. FORBEAR may be allowable though.
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BTW, there was no round where BARONET was available, you may have the wrong letters for round 7 Ben. FORBEAR may be allowable though.
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 7th May
No, I don't think SARNIES was mentioned. Not sure if I would have offered it had I been on as I'm the cautious type but found it in the dictionary so I'll know for future reference.Joseph Bolas wrote:SARNIES or was this mentioned .
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That's quite a respectable score!Tim wrote:Oh well, I'll settle for 1 disallowed word, and a score of 139.
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 7th May
I have a tendancy to come up with words that don't exist . I was very doubtful of ZODIACS but have found out its allowed, so maybe I am getting better .Rich Priest wrote:No, I don't think SARNIES was mentioned. Not sure if I would have offered it had I been on as I'm the cautious type but found it in the dictionary so I'll know for future reference.Joseph Bolas wrote:SARNIES or was this mentioned .
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Interesting there are three nines in that round, INTERLOPE, INTERPOLE and REPLETION, but only one 8, which is LEPORINE. I suspect this might be the only selection of nine letters with this property.
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 7th May
Close, but not quite... METRONOME, MONOMETER, MONOTREME has MOTORMEN as the only eight.Martin Gardner wrote:Interesting there are three nines in that round, INTERLOPE, INTERPOLE and REPLETION, but only one 8, which is LEPORINE. I suspect this might be the only selection of nine letters with this property.
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Re: Spoilers for Wednesday, 7th May
Just watched the programme, and got SARNIES and ZODIACS. I was actually eating sarnies while watching the programme. Certainly ZODIAC can be pluralized. It's not mentioned as being a mass noun, and certainly the second definition in the ODEr lends itself to pluralization.