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Some amusing conundrums
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:58 pm
by Charlie Reams
I was flicking through the list of Apterous's list of "deleted conundrums" (i.e. valid conundrums which I felt were just too obscure to include). I found a handful of words which, although definitely too nasty to use in the game, seemed also too nice to ignore completely, so I thought I'd share 10 of the best with you. I'll pose them in puzzle form first of all, so feel free to use guesswork/Google/gigantic vocabularies to have a stab. I'll post the answers later on.
- AACCDHORY
- ACCEHNMMU
- ACIILMQTU
- AEEHHLLOO
- AEGOOSWYZ
- CGHIMMMOU
- DEEKKNSUW
- GLLNOOOOS
- HEEELQRTU
- KHMMNORRU
- Bonus late entry: BDEORSSTU
- Bonus bonus late entry: DEGHKLNOU
- Bonus bonus bonus late entry: BCENOOPPR
- Not-at-all-bonus late entry: EEHIKOPST
Re: Some amusing conundrums
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:59 pm
by Jon Corby
4 is AHOLEHOLE
Re: Some amusing conundrums
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:09 pm
by Frank Rodolf
7 would be SKUNKWEED
Re: Some amusing conundrums
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:48 pm
by Joseph Bolas
I'm not sure of the answers, but these could come in very handy (when I've worked out them out) for when playing Goatdown
Thank you for posting these Charlie
EDIT: Actually if you could please post all the other obscure conundrums you have not included in Apterous Charlie, that would be awesome too
Re: Some amusing conundrums
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:57 pm
by Jon Corby
14 is SHITEPOKE
A fish or something, I believe.
Re: Some amusing conundrums
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:37 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Jon Corby wrote:14 is SHITEPOKE
A fish or something, I believe.
Ah yes, my favourite entry in the ODE, along with PISSABED.
Re: Some amusing conundrums
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:57 pm
by Charlie Reams
Okay, answer time!
1. AACCDHORY -> ADHOCRACY (best portmanteau ever)
2. ACCEHNMMU -> MUMCHANCE (
silent; wonder if this is related to keeping mum?)
3. ACIILMQTU -> QUITCLAIM (legal term; liked it for the WAREHOU factor)
4. AEEHHLLOO -> AHOLEHOLE (the hole in one's anus, perhaps? Talking of which, well done Mr Corby)
5. AEGOOSWYZ -> WAYZGOOSE (not l33t for "where's goose?" but, well, Wikipedia puts it
better than I can.)
6. CGHIMMMOU -> MUMMICHOG (I really wanted this to be the term for a mummy hedgehog, but it's actually a fish)
7. DEEKKNSUW -> SKUNKWEED (well done Frank)
8. GLLNOOOOS -> SONGOLOLO
9. HEEELQRTU -> THREEQUEL
10. KHMMNORRU -> KRUMMHORN (maybe recognisable as crumhorn; a musical instrument)
11. BDEORSSTU -> SODBUSTER
12. DEGHKLNOU -> GUNKHOLED (not to be confused with SUCKHOLED, which is also valid)
13. BCENOOPPR -> COPPERNOB
14. EEHIKOPST -> SHITEPOKE
Re: Some amusing conundrums
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:37 pm
by Joseph Bolas
Charlie Reams wrote:Okay, answer time!
1. AACCDHORY -> ADHOCRACY (best portmanteau ever)
2. ACCEHNMMU -> MUMCHANCE (
silent; wonder if this is related to keeping mum?)
3. ACIILMQTU -> QUITCLAIM (legal term; liked it for the WAREHOU factor)
4. AEEHHLLOO -> AHOLEHOLE (the hole in one's anus, perhaps? Talking of which, well done Mr Corby)
5. AEGOOSWYZ -> WAYZGOOSE (not l33t for "where's goose?" but, well, Wikipedia puts it
better than I can.)
6. CGHIMMMOU -> MUMMICHOG (I really wanted this to be the term for a mummy hedgehog, but it's actually a fish)
7. DEEKKNSUW -> SKUNKWEED (well done Frank)
8. GLLNOOOOS -> SONGOLOLO
9. HEEELQRTU -> THREEQUEL
10. KHMMNORRU -> KRUMMHORN (maybe recognisable as crumhorn; a musical instrument)
11. BDEORSSTU -> SODBUSTER
12. DEGHKLNOU -> GUNKHOLED (not to be confused with SUCKHOLED, which is also valid)
13. BCENOOPPR -> COPPERNOB
14. EEHIKOPST -> SHITEPOKE
You should add these now as conundrums to see if anyone has learnt the words
Re: Some amusing conundrums
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:21 pm
by Frank Rodolf
Joseph Bolas wrote:You should add these now as conundrums to see if anyone has learnt the words
Don't give him any ideas, please...
Re: Some amusing conundrums
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:35 pm
by Kai Laddiman
Sorry, I can't hold back any longer.
OCLITORIS
Re: Some amusing conundrums
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:45 pm
by Joseph Bolas
Kai Laddiman wrote:Sorry, I can't hold back any longer.
OCLITORIS
SOLICITOR
Heres a rude conundrum: WANKEDHOS
Re: Some amusing conundrums
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:55 pm
by Kirk Bevins
Joseph Bolas wrote:Kai Laddiman wrote:Sorry, I can't hold back any longer.
OCLITORIS
SOLICITOR
Heres a rude conundrum: WANKEDHOS
SHAKEDOWN.