7 by many club

[mkenuk]

I can type and mouse fairly quickly – hey, did I just invent a new verb?

If it isn't a verb already, then it probably should be - a regular verb, preterite and past participle 'moused'
After all, Chi now recognizes the verb 'remote' - 'to use a remote control device'
Why not 'to mouse'?
Alan?

[Maudland]

Blimey, not sure how often I’d score ‘best’ without including rare words. My aim, if I can’t get a rosette, is to exceed ‘best’ and have common words in single figures. But I go by the total score list when I’m looking at benchmark players.
I think I was once the first player to get a rosette - perhaps my Chi peak! But many moons ago …
I love the crazy long words you can find, too. …nesses are a good source, especially if you can throw an ‘un’ on as well!

I can now answer the question - it is MUCH more frustrating when the word that costs you a rosette is one you should’ve found… eddied 😞

[Maudland]

I can type and mouse fairly quickly – hey, did I just invent a new verb?

If it isn't a verb already, then it probably should be - a regular verb, preterite and past participle 'moused'
After all, Chi now recognizes the verb 'remote' - 'to use a remote control device'
Why not 'to mouse'?
Alan?

Isn’t it something a cat might do, too? A good mouser? 😼

[ridethetalk]

Blimey, not sure how often I’d score ‘best’ without including rare words. My aim, if I can’t get a rosette, is to exceed ‘best’ and have common words in single figures. But I go by the total score list when I’m looking at benchmark players.

This is my strategy as well! Though I also attempt, in the first instance (call me OCD), to get one word using unique first letters for all the individual letters in the puzzle (in alphabetical order - OCD again?) before going hell for leather...

[les303]

I can see now why so many people choose to use the " no rares " scoreboard, as John says " very enlightening ".
Now i find myself regularly bouncing from one to the other.

I generally manage to start both the standard & 7 by many games on time ( although i'm running late today ) but aside from that, my schedule is all over the place & very random.

Maud beat me to the " cat / mouse " joke.

[les303]

Congrats to rogue mother & Maudland on their rosettes in yesterday's game.

[Alan W]

I can type and mouse fairly quickly – hey, did I just invent a new verb?

If it isn't a verb already, then it probably should be - a regular verb, preterite and past participle 'moused'
After all, Chi now recognizes the verb 'remote' - 'to use a remote control device'
Why not 'to mouse'?
Alan?

Moused and mousing are both accepted as common words. The online Oxford gives a few verb meanings for mouse: to hunt for mice; to prowl around as if searching; and - yes - to use a mouse to move a cursor on a computer screen.

[les303]

I also see that blackrockrose, mkenuk, Janciska & auntiemo all missed out by just one word.
It would be fascinating to find out if they all missed the same word.
I missed leveled & divvied so i am guessing that it will be one of them?

[mkenuk]

Believe it or mot, Les, having played both 'caviled' and 'cavilled' (the first words I played, I think), I missed the rosette because I didn't play cavil!!

I seem to make a habit of this - in a game last week, having played 'unplugging', I missed 'unplug' and that too cost me a rosette.

[blackrockrose]

Cavalcade was my downfall.

[jancsika]

"Ivied" for me. I don't think it's a word I'd use too often (I'd probably use a circumlocution like "covered in ivy" or something), but I'm prepared to accept that it's a common word!

[les303]

Thanks for your responses & isn't that interesting, i was certain that it would be one or two of the same words that everyone missed.

[les303]

Quote from Mike ;  "Finish third on an 'all words included board?
 Never in a month of Sundays! "

And yet there you are, currently sitting in a comfortable third position on the open scoreboard.

[les303]

Better make that fourth and lookout Ozzyjune is coming with a late charge

[auntiemo]

Hi Les. Late answer.....leveled, duh!!