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Whatever / Re: Always a moment I can’t wait for…
« on: March 09, 2024, 02:44:26 PM »
I've been playing the ten-letter puzzle pretty religiously since sometime in 2018 and have only received five rosettes. What is your strategy for obtaining, day after day, the precise number of words required for a rosette? How do you so studiously avoid uncommon words? I play them all the time and, at first, don't even know that they are (held to be) uncommon.

When I first started playing, I used to consult the OED and wound up learning quite a few obsolete words. But I don't do that anymore.

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Words / Re: 2024/0217 Ten Letter ... Er, WHAT?
« on: March 01, 2024, 11:52:30 AM »
Although I got the word, I would not say it's common.

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Words / Re: Nullius worth a look as a word
« on: February 23, 2024, 05:07:13 PM »
Nullius addictus iurare in verba magistri: Bound to echo the sentiments of no master

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The Daily Quest / Re: Peccary in yesterday’s ten letter challenge
« on: January 18, 2024, 06:19:28 PM »
Sorry, I didn't immediately see how long the thread was.

I got peccary, by the way, but am agnostic in terms of how to classify it.

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The Daily Quest / Re: Peccary in yesterday’s ten letter challenge
« on: January 18, 2024, 06:14:00 PM »
I don't get the joke (or reference).

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Words / Re: Signboard
« on: June 02, 2023, 12:58:41 PM »
from the OED: "1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 102/1 –– A Chandler … Dipping of a Staff or Rod of Candles in Tallow … I have seen often times Painted on Sign-boards, to signifie the dwelling-house of a Chandler." Randle Holme (1627-1700) was a herald painter in Chester. To me, signboard is a common word; moreover, no synonym comes immediately to mind.

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Words / Re: Daily Puzzle 14 May 2023 - SPOILER ALERT!
« on: May 15, 2023, 03:11:21 AM »
I completely agree with rhino. "Gallows" is a plural noun usually treated as a singular; the same is true of "measles," a word that came up in yesterday's puzzle as a common word.

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Words / Re: DRUTHERS in yesterday’s UNDERSHIRT ten letter game
« on: January 24, 2023, 09:50:17 PM »
Druthers is only used in the plural. That's why, ridethetalk, you correctly got "unknown" when you played it. There are some words in English that are only used in the plural. I believe "tongs," "pants," "pliers," "suds," "thanks," "trousers," and "remains" would be accepted as common in this game.

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Words / Re: DRUTHERS in yesterday’s UNDERSHIRT ten letter game
« on: January 22, 2023, 10:45:06 PM »
To me, the word DRUTHERS is quite common in the US; my laptop dictionary marks it as "North American informal." That seems to be reason enough to omit it, as I infer from ther subtext of more than a few of the comments above. I have no problem with removing all North American informal words, as long as all UK informal words, Australian informal words, New Zealand informal words, and all informal words used in whatever community of native English speakers are likewise removed.

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Words / Re: Peignoir common?
« on: June 18, 2022, 03:41:20 AM »
Peignoir and negligee (written négligée in French) are completely interchangeable words.

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Words / Re: Sunday 5 September 10-letter INSEMINATE puzzle
« on: September 07, 2021, 01:15:55 AM »
from the OED: A principal channel, duct, or conductor for conveying water, sewage, gas, or (usually in plural) electricity.… Also in plural: the public supply of water, (or electricity, etc.) collectively. In North American usage usually only modified, as in water main(s), etc.

"Mains" is a plural form and so disallowed in Chi.

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Words / Re: mintiness?
« on: August 03, 2021, 07:16:24 PM »
Mintiness is in the OED, with a first recorded usage dating to 1971. Anyone who uses toothpaste would know this word.

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Words / Re: Monday 19th July 7-by-many HEXAMETER puzzle
« on: July 21, 2021, 07:39:36 PM »
Dactylic hexameter, iambic pentameter: I learned those terms in junior high school in New York City fifty years ago, when I was taught how to scan poetry (of a certain type) written in English. Of course, one also scans Latin poetry and poetry written in other languages. To me, hexameter is an extremely common word.

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