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Re: 7 by many club
« Reply #420 on: September 08, 2021, 02:01:13 PM »
Very nice double, Rose.

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Re: 7 by many club
« Reply #421 on: September 08, 2021, 02:35:42 PM »
Thank you Les.

I only ever get a maven by accident, in persisting until I find all the common words. Then I stop.

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Re: 7 by many club
« Reply #422 on: September 08, 2021, 03:07:43 PM »
I only ever get a maven by accident, in persisting until I find all the common words. Then I stop.

I am much the same but, as a result, I seldom stop...  :-P :-P :-P
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Re: 7 by many club
« Reply #423 on: September 08, 2021, 03:38:11 PM »
:laugh:
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Re: 7 by many club
« Reply #424 on: September 08, 2021, 08:34:09 PM »
missed PUSSES, cost me a rosette. Particularly annoying as I played pusser and pussier.
Mike marches on, the only one of the club to get a rosette, well done.
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Re: 7 by many club
« Reply #425 on: September 09, 2021, 01:09:05 AM »
I missed peeress and peeresses. I also missed pisser which was a bit of a pisser.

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Re: 7 by many club
« Reply #426 on: September 09, 2021, 08:21:05 AM »
I missed spiffier, which is not so smart.

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Re: 7 by many club
« Reply #427 on: September 09, 2021, 08:32:21 AM »
Yet another 'common' word described by COD as 'North American informal'

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Re: 7 by many club
« Reply #428 on: September 09, 2021, 09:23:29 AM »
It’s especially annoying because I had a vague stirring, and tried ‘spiff’ …

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« Reply #429 on: September 09, 2021, 09:47:33 AM »
I know spiffing, but it's very British;
You'd expect to see it in, for example, public school stories featuring Billy Bunter and those of his ilk.

'Wizard, chaps! Spiffing japes. Cripes! *Cavy. you fellows, Old Squelch is on the prowl.'

I don't think anyone ever spoke like that, at least not in the real world, but it's certainly to be found in P.G.Wodehouse and other novels satirizing upper-class twitteries.

*'cavy, spelled various ways; supposedly schoolboy slang for 'Watch out! Be careful! Take care', from Latin 'cavere'
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Re: 7 by many club
« Reply #430 on: September 09, 2021, 09:59:09 AM »
missed PUSSES, cost me a rosette. Particularly annoying as I played pusser and pussier.
Mike marches on, the only one of the club to get a rosette, well done.

Actually Gareth, Rose also had a rosette in this game as well as a maven.
I just sit back & watch in awe as Mike consistently rolls out rosette after rosette.


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« Reply #431 on: September 09, 2021, 10:51:40 AM »
Experience, Les, nothing more.

i never use anagram solvers or the like, but I do allow myself to consult the COD as and when for US or alternative spellings, but apart from that it's just a question of remembering words that have appeared before, and especially their anagrams.

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Re: 7 by many club
« Reply #432 on: September 09, 2021, 02:03:11 PM »
The standout from yesterday's game was the brilliant double from Gareth.
I am loathe to draw attention to the other obvious standout which was myself being the only player that could not find the seed word.

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Re: 7 by many club
« Reply #433 on: September 09, 2021, 05:20:40 PM »
Don't be so hard on yourself Les. I think you did well and I thought it was a pretty hard game to play (as most of them are). I missed ennui.

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Re: 7 by many club
« Reply #434 on: September 09, 2021, 06:42:04 PM »
I missed ennui as well. What a bore!