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Words / Mesomorph?
« on: March 10, 2024, 08:08:08 AM »
Does anyone else have difficulty accepting mesomorph as common. Particularly in a game where it was the seed word, while sophomore was available but uncommon. My view is that the status of the two should be reversed.



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Words / Twilit/Spotlit common?
« on: January 22, 2024, 09:00:20 AM »
I got twilit in yesterday's 7byMany, but only because it had cropped up a week or so ago. I wonder whether this form of the word should remain common. Although I am happy with sunlit and moonlit remaining common, I suspect spotlit could also be questioned.

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Words / Word suggestion from the WHATEVER 7bm puzzle
« on: April 21, 2022, 06:37:58 AM »
I tried THEATRETTE several times in the WHATEVER puzzle thinking I had maybe misspelled it. It may very well be parochial to Australia, but theatrettes were all the rage in the late 50s and I spent many hours in the Wynyard theatrette in Sydney while I waited to catch the train to take me back to Gosford. Missed many trains too because of it! A candidate for a word?

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Words / 'Vocalic' common?
« on: August 17, 2019, 12:54:31 PM »
"Vocalic' in yesterday's 7-by-many game was the least common 'common' word accepted (played by 27 out or 220 players). While I don't generally get too uptight about the vagaries of what is classed as 'common' in Chihuahua, I can generally find any unplayed 'common' word hidden away in some distant galaxy in my head. But this one beat me, and I'm wondering if it is mainly my science-based background that is the problem, or whether it was known by others of any background ilk. Presumably it will be known to at least 27 of you, but how many others found it less than common. Is there a quorum for suggesting a change in status?

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Words / mecca? - Standard puzzle 31 July
« on: August 02, 2016, 07:45:18 AM »
Out of curiosity, can anyone tell me why mecca (lower case 'm' ) is a common word?  Or even what it means in that lower case form if it is an acceptable word? All I can find are references to Mecca, Mecca, Makka, etc as the place name. It was my stumbling block in that game.
Rod

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