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Words / Re: Wednesday 3 January 7-by-many PRIMARILY puzzle
« on: January 24, 2024, 11:10:03 PM »Sorry. Of course I meant to say as rare words. What a silly Billy!
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Words / Re: Wednesday 3 January 7-by-many PRIMARILY puzzle
« on: January 24, 2024, 07:49:24 PM »
Are you sure you meant to say you'll add them as common words, Alan? That would go against the general 'rule' of making common a word that's generally only known in one country. And as you say yourself, it's most commonly written as two words anyway.
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Words / Re: Meerkat
« on: January 21, 2024, 12:13:59 AM »
Here's a collared peccary in Costa Rica.
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Words / Re: Meerkat
« on: January 20, 2024, 07:05:42 PM »I feel we have unfairly targeted the Peccaries of the world!
I think it's perhaps indicative of our lack of knowledge of the creatures we share this planet with.
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The Daily Quest / Re: Peccary in yesterday’s ten letter challenge
« on: January 14, 2024, 11:02:36 PM »
My vote would be for both words to be common. (Even thought I've never actually played either of them 😆.)
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The Daily Quest / Re: Peccary in yesterday’s ten letter challenge
« on: January 14, 2024, 11:55:18 AM »
Seems common enough to me.
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Words / Re: Daily 10 Letter, 16 April - SPOILER!
« on: January 01, 2024, 09:31:48 PM »...both monopolising and monopolised are classed as common (though in practice they can't appear in any of our puzzles).
... at least not until we get 11- and 12- letter puzzles! 😄
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Words / Monopolise rare?
« on: December 29, 2023, 11:43:36 PM »
Monopolise was classed as rare in the monopolies puzzle, presumably because it ends in 'ise' rather than 'ize'. It was my understanding that when there's a difference between UK and USA word endings then both are classified the same. Is there a reason why the rules don't apply to this word?
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Words / Re: Saturday 23 December 7-by-many ARROGANCE puzzle
« on: December 25, 2023, 01:32:34 AM »
If oceangoer is a word it's a noun. Ocean-going would be a verb to describe what an oceangoer does.
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Whatever / Christmas quiz
« on: December 15, 2023, 10:13:48 PM »
The GCHQ - the UK's intelligence, security and cyber agency, sets an annual christmas puzzle, aimed at 11-18 year-olds, although many adults struggle with it. It says this year's is its hardest yet. I've managed to work out half of the answers but I'm still battling with the rest. I hope you can read it OK.
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Words / Re: suttee
« on: December 02, 2023, 08:39:30 PM »Ah, Erik Satie , Gymnopedies, can’t beat it!
Strange, isn't it. I think I've only heard one of them but i found it utterly boring.
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Words / Re: pleb common?
« on: November 18, 2023, 10:20:20 AM »
In the UK the meaning is more or less the same as the word from which pleb is derived, namely plebeian, although I suspect that a lot of people who use it don't realize that.