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Jacki

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Don't you hate it when...
« on: November 22, 2018, 07:08:53 PM »
You miss words like MEND and SLANT!!! Aargh!!
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Re: Don't you hate it when...
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2018, 08:53:45 PM »
yes jacki..and iris too

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Re: Don't you hate it when...
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2018, 09:46:35 AM »
Answer = don't look at the solution.

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Re: Don't you hate it when...
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2018, 11:13:26 AM »
Answer = don't look at the solution.

I would hate it more if I didn’t know what I missed than when I know I’ve missed something common but hard to see like acre and isle.  :'(
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Re: Don't you hate it when...
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2018, 11:43:53 AM »
My solution in such cases -you are one word short and you just know that it's an easy word that you have overlooked - is to turn off the computer, get a pen and a piece of paper and play the game 'the old fashioned way'.
Then compare your hand-written list with what you have on the computer.
It doesn't work every time, but it is surprising how many times it does.
The nostalgic game was a case in point; a massive target (84) for a 9-letter game, and so many -ing words that it was easy to miss one of them;
my pen and paper found it, though  - casing.

 
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Jacki

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Re: Don't you hate it when...
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2018, 12:40:23 PM »
Yes, the nostalgic game was the one I missed SLANT in.  I always look at the solution (after it's closed) - how else do you learn?
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Re: Don't you hate it when...
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2018, 02:10:45 PM »
Yup, I do it all the time - it drives me nuts.  Sometimes I am convinced I had the word(s) written on my list to play.
My truth may not be your truth.  That makes neither of us right or wrong, only different.

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Re: Don't you hate it when...
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2018, 06:21:12 PM »
Another one I miss a lot is sedan.
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Re: Don't you hate it when...
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2018, 08:20:54 PM »
Ashamed to admit it, but a word I sometimes miss is nest! (Longtime forumites will know why that would be embarrassing for me.)