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Words / Wednesday 3 January 7-by-many PRIMARILY puzzle
« on: January 04, 2024, 11:39:11 PM »
LILLYPILLY – Australian tree https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lillypilly - I understand that some might write this as two words but the M-W shows it as one...

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Words / Saturday 23 December 10-letter INSTALLING puzzle
« on: January 02, 2024, 03:48:43 PM »
TAILINGS – mine residue after the good stuff is taken out – every example shown uses the plural, I’ve never seen it used in the singular https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tailing

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Words / Saturday 23 December 7-by-many ARROGANCE puzzle
« on: December 24, 2023, 03:44:26 PM »
OCEANGOER – the boat may be small, yet still it is an oceangoer… (the worst thing about this was that I thought I’d got the seed word the arrogance of the man!) https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=oceangoer

AGREEANCE – can we please be in agreeance that this, whilst old-fashioned, is still a word? It’s even coming back into favour… https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=agreeance

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Words / Friday 22 December 7-by-many EFFUSING puzzle
« on: December 23, 2023, 03:14:34 PM »
FUGGINESS/ES – the state of being fuggy https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/fugginess

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Words / Thursday 21 December 7-by-many CAMPUSES puzzle
« on: December 22, 2023, 05:06:21 PM »
MAPCASE – National Geographic seems to think that they are a “thing”… https://ngsingleissues.nationalgeographic.com/mapcases We also use them in the clear plastic variety for holding maps and keeping them safe from the weather when bushwalking or cycle touring…

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Words / Tuesday 19 December 7-by-many SCEPTICISM/PESSIMISTIC puzzle
« on: December 20, 2023, 07:16:35 PM »
EPISTEMICISM – from wiki: A philosophical position asserting that there are facts about the boundaries of a vague predicate (such as "is thin" or "is bald") which cannot be discovered. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/epistemicism and hence:

EPISTEMICIST – one who subscribes to the philosophy of epistemicism. https://www.yourdictionary.com/epistemicist both being potential seed words

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Words / Saturday 2 December 7-by-many PITHINESS puzzle
« on: December 04, 2023, 03:02:29 PM »
SHEEPISHNESS – I was very surprised when this came up as rare – perhaps qualifies as potential reassignment as common. What do others think?

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Words / Saturday 18 November 7-by-many ITCHINESS/SNITCHES puzzle
« on: November 19, 2023, 07:58:02 PM »
ETHNICIST – I thought it was going to be someone who specialises in the study of ethnicities but, apparently, it’s a person who believes a particular ethnicity is superior to others – I like my definition better… 😝😝😝  https://www.yourdictionary.com/ethnicist (Potential seed word)

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Whatever / Not a spoiler
« on: November 15, 2023, 05:36:02 PM »
In the current 7bm puzzle my daughter suggested OMAGURD which made me chuckle and I thought I'd share...  :-R :-R :-R

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Words / MAJORETTE - A case for demotion???
« on: November 15, 2023, 04:43:36 PM »
MAJORETTE – a term that may be local to North America going by its definition – perhaps worthy of demotion to rare as those outside NA are unlikely to have come across it…

I got it purely by chance as the letters E and T were left over after playing MAJOR.  :-P :-P :-P

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Words / Sunday 29 October 7-by-many TURNCOAT puzzle
« on: October 30, 2023, 05:00:40 PM »
TRUNCATOR – one who truncates https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/truncator - this also qualifies as a seed word...

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Words / Wednesday 11 October 7-by-many GNOMISH/MOSHING puzzle
« on: October 12, 2023, 03:44:16 PM »
MOONSHINING – making alcohol (especially distilled alcohol) illegally... ...also used to denote doing something you don’t usually do, as in “The politician, in order to understand his constituents better, was moonshining as a waiter in a local bar.” https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/moonshining Missing potential seed word

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Words / Monday 25 September 7-by-many JERKINESS puzzle
« on: September 26, 2023, 02:02:00 PM »
KEIREN – a type of track cycling event (popular in Japan and now seen worldwide) https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/keiren

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Words / Friday 15 September 7-by-many IMPETUS/STUMPIEST puzzle
« on: September 16, 2023, 02:08:27 PM »
MISPUT – to place wrongly https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misput

MEETUP – an informal gathering https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meetup

And, slightly tongue-in-cheek…
PISSUP – in Australia, an alcohol-fuelled party and an example in its derogatory form “he couldn’t organise a pissup in a brewery”

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Words / Wednesday 13 September 7-by-many OBEDIENCE puzzle
« on: September 14, 2023, 02:28:44 PM »
BOCCONCINI – except for the fact that this is a serious request, I might ask for this one with a cheesy grin… https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bocconcini Dare I say, even worth considering as a common word. (I guess the answer to that question must be “yes” cos I did dare…) 😉😉😉

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