Spoilers for Friday 7th June 2019

[Ray Wilding]

(25*5-7)*7-3 in R3.

[Cathy Summerside]

PAINTIEST? R14

[Johnny Canuck]

PAINTIEST? R14

That used to be valid, but I'm afraid it's been removed (PAINTY must not be specified) -- have tried it multiple times before on Apto!

MICROXEA in the COMRADE/EXORDIA round, though I still prefer the full-sized xeas.

[Cathy Summerside]

Thanks Johnny - I checked 'PAINTY' on https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/ but I'm not on Apto (yet! - I'm going to keep practising first!)

[Fiona T]

Thanks Johnny - I checked 'PAINTY' on https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/ but I'm not on Apto (yet! - I'm going to keep practising first!)

Apto is the place to practise!

[Philip Wilson]

PAINTIEST? R14

That used to be valid, but I'm afraid it's been removed (PAINTY must not be specified) -- have tried it multiple times before on Apto!

MICROXEA in the COMRADE/EXORDIA round, though I still prefer the full-sized xeas.

So you're saying that for PAINTIEST to be valid, PAINTY must Not be specified? Just checking.....

[Fiona T]

PAINTIEST? R14

That used to be valid, but I'm afraid it's been removed (PAINTY must not be specified) -- have tried it multiple times before on Apto!

MICROXEA in the COMRADE/EXORDIA round, though I still prefer the full-sized xeas.

So you're saying that for PAINTIEST to be valid, PAINTY must Not be specified? Just checking.....

It's not that simple. e.g. girly is allowed, girliest is not. If you look at the examples in the OED it might make sense. My interpretation is PAINTY = paintlike.

[Philip Wilson]

That used to be valid, but I'm afraid it's been removed (PAINTY must not be specified) -- have tried it multiple times before on Apto!

So you're saying that for PAINTIEST to be valid, PAINTY must Not be specified? Just checking.....

It's not that simple. e.g. girly is allowed, girliest is not. If you look at the examples in the OED it might make sense. My interpretation is PAINTY = paintlike.

Ah right, thanks Fiona. Fwiw I'm using the same dictionary as the one linked in Cathy's post. The examples shown there suggest paintiest would have a meaning - fingers etc.

[Cathy Summerside]

Yes, that's where I was going with it, Philip - having had toddlers with 'painty' fingers there could be a competition for who had the 'paintiest' Thanks, Fiona

[Philip Wilson]

Yes, that's where I was going with it, Philip - having had toddlers with 'painty' fingers there could be a competition for who had the 'paintiest' Thanks, Fiona

Sounds good to me Cathy, lol. Susie would say it's not used enough, I guess.

[Tony Atkins]

Painty is specified. Paintiest or paintier is not. The rule is that single syllable adjectives can be changed to -er or -est
without them being specified. Unfortunately painty is not single syllable. I came unstuck online recently with unfairest for the same reason.

[Fiona T]

Painty is specified. Paintiest or paintier is not. The rule is that single syllable adjectives can be changed to -er or -est
without them being specified. Unfortunately painty is not single syllable. I came unstuck online recently with unfairest for the same reason.

Thanks for the clarification, Tony.