Favourite words found

[Boulevardiere]

I truly thought TRICORDERS was a long shot, but I guess Trekkies are everywhere, including in the dictionary.

[DrPlacebo]

SENIORITIS is a very common affliction.

[BoggleOtaku]

SENIORITIS is a very common affliction.

Interesting usage trend: rare 1900-1920; fastest increase ~2000, with local maxima ~1980.

[Boulevardiere]

HAMARTIOLOGIES (theological study of sin). With two seconds left, after trying every possible "-ologies" I could imagine, I saw the start of "hamartia" and chucked it as a hail mary. I guess if you see something, try something.

[DrPlacebo]

Got points for GOLIARD. I was never sure whether it was a proper noun. In any case, having played Orff's Carmina Burana helped with this one.

[crazykate]

I finally found PETRICHOR in a game. Not that I was specifically looking for it, but petrichor has been one of my favourite words since I first learned it, and I don't think I've had it come up in a game before.

[Boulevardiere]

I finally found PETRICHOR in a game. Not that I was specifically looking for it, but petrichor has been one of my favourite words since I first learned it, and I don't think I've had it come up in a game before.

"For the girl who's tired of waiting." (I'm assuming we're all giant nerds here and learned this word the same way. )

[crazykate]

"For the girl who's tired of waiting." (I'm assuming we're all giant nerds here and learned this word the same way. )

I don't actually know that reference. Could you explain?

[JJBeanie]

I don't actually know that reference. Could you explain?

It's from a Dr Who episode showing an advertisement for a perfume, "Petrichor" that has the slogan, "For the girl who's tired of waiting".

[crazykate]

It's from a Dr Who episode showing an advertisement for a perfume, "Petrichor" that has the slogan, "For the girl who's tired of waiting".

Ah, thanks! I've watched a few episodes of Dr Who, but it's a very niche thing in my country, not like in the UK where it's part of the culture

[Boulevardiere]

Ah, thanks! I've watched a few episodes of Dr Who, but it's a very niche thing in my country, not like in the UK where it's part of the culture

I stand corrected! That's the only place I've ever seen/heard the word, and it became quite a thing for a while, so I assumed. Never mind, carry on!

[DrPlacebo]

CONTANGO always strikes me as an oddball word when I see it in business news, not least because no one seems to have much of an idea about the etymology.

(Also got points for the plural forms CONTANGOS and CONTANGOES.)

[Naboka]

This is for lalatan.

Ran across a game where you had gotten a 16/30.

Opening the board, the underpinning 12 letter word took about 3 seconds, but couldn't for the life of me add the last 4 until time almost ran out.

Microbes in the air. Good find.

[crazykate]

Sometimes I just enjoy knowing fun words. I just played AGUTI, not a particularly high scoring word, but the letters were there and I felt smug knowing what it was 😄

[Naboka]

Sometimes I just enjoy knowing fun words. I just played AGUTI, not a particularly high scoring word, but the letters were there and I felt smug knowing what it was 😄

That's a good find. Never seen it spelled that way. But that's the thing about wordtwist--the discoveries.

Since my hand's messed up, I've been exploring long and UR words on boards with fewer words available. Frankensteining words--my new hobby.

After reading your post, found a word I've never seen before. Kakizome. Kaki 's a persimmon But kaki-stocracy's? Kaki-something? Had noticed -zome as in rhiz-ome? Why not try it? Kaki-zome? And it worked! Cracked me up.

All those endorphins flooding your brain when you succeed. Makes it addictive.

All of my guesses as to it's meaning were fruitless. It's Japanese for "first writing," and applies to the first calligraphy done at the beginning of the year. All those rich concepts that have meaning in other cultures. Fascinating.

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