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Spoilers for Friday 24th October 2025 - Series 92, Heat 85
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2025 1:47 pm
by Philip A
In case you're wondering, the plural of GENUS is GENERA — not genuses as you might think. I discovered this and got null points. So there's your 'false-agram': NEGUSES.
Re: Spoilers for Friday 24th October 2025 - Series 92, Heat 85
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2025 3:15 pm
by Gavin Chipper
I'm surprised NEGUS was a drink. I always knew it as
some sort of ruler in Ethiopia.
Re: Spoilers for Friday 24th October 2025 - Series 92, Heat 85
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2025 4:06 pm
by John Garcia
Same here. Both terms are listed as definitions [1 & 2]. But Negus the ruler is apparently capitalised.
ACONITE was there as an alt 7 in R7.
Anyone else think the conundrum was pretty easy? Surprised it took a last minute spot from Rachel.
Re: Spoilers for Friday 24th October 2025 - Series 92, Heat 85
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2025 4:08 pm
by John Garcia
Philip A wrote: ↑Fri Oct 24, 2025 1:47 pm
In case you're wondering, the plural of GENUS is GENERA — not genuses as you might think. I discovered this and got null points. So there's your 'false-agram': NEGUSES.
I've always wondered are 'false-agrams' actually useful, or are you better off just learning the correct word (since you are reinforcing e.g. a word which isn't valid)?
Re: Spoilers for Friday 24th October 2025 - Series 92, Heat 85
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2025 5:05 pm
by Philip A
John Garcia wrote: ↑Fri Oct 24, 2025 4:08 pm
Philip A wrote: ↑Fri Oct 24, 2025 1:47 pm
In case you're wondering, the plural of GENUS is GENERA — not genuses as you might think. I discovered this and got null points. So there's your 'false-agram': NEGUSES.
I've always wondered are 'false-agrams' actually useful, or are you better off just learning the correct word (since you are reinforcing e.g. a word which isn't valid)?
Everyone's different. It works for some brains but not all. I remember falling for amorettis x instead of ESTIMATOR.
Re: Spoilers for Friday 24th October 2025 - Series 92, Heat 85
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2025 5:07 pm
by Philip A
I got the conundrum in one second, but unless you've been practising, it's actually not an easy word to unravel. Common word doesn't always mean it's dead easy for everyone. It's quite a party trick, doing anagrams.
Re: Spoilers for Friday 24th October 2025 - Series 92, Heat 85
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2025 6:37 am
by Howie Myers
r6 alt: (9*6)*(7+2)-3/3=485
r13 alt: WARTIME
Re: Spoilers for Friday 24th October 2025 - Series 92, Heat 85
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2025 10:40 pm
by Philip Wilson
Philip A wrote: ↑Fri Oct 24, 2025 5:07 pm
I got the conundrum in one second, but unless you've been practising, it's actually not an easy word to unravel. Common word doesn't always mean it's dead easy for everyone. It's quite a party trick, doing anagrams.
I got it about the same time as Rachel did.