The strange, the bizarre and the unexpected

[Naboka]

First time seeing a -nesses word get less than a -ness word.

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[Naboka]

Right... and you have no idea whatsoever what it means, how you would ever use it, or if anyone has ever in human history spoken it out loutd!

actually looked it up on the Wordtwist reference dictionary. think it said something about a notch. Then looked it up again on line after seeing your post.

In botany "crena" means a tooth or notch in a crenate leaf. A crenate leaf having scalloped margins.

Were it not late fall, with trees bereft of foliage, I'd be scouting the back woods for samples.

[lalatan]

True, I like constructing a word (if there's no other word I can see) and then seeing if it's valid. Recently I tried POLYPLOID and it worked. Got the same board again days later and added allo-, a prefix I'd seen on other words. Presto, ALLOPOLYPLOIDS. Don't have clue what it means but it was fun getting it.

mdyak, I sent you a PM today.

[mdyak]

Don't you love it when a good word you've never seen before is a complete accident?

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Right... and you have no idea whatsoever what it means, how you would ever use it, or if anyone has ever in human history spoken it out loutd!

[Naboka]

Don't you love it when a good word you've never seen before is a complete accident?

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[lalatan]

Good find, mdyak! Enjoy the games.

[mdyak]

Okay. Here's a new one: EXTEMPORARINESSES. I just typed it because I was annoyed that extemporaneousnesses wasn't there - never thought it would actually fly!

[lalatan]

By reading through the best words played lists in 4x4 this month I discovered QUICKSILVERIEST is worth 33 pts. So that seems to be the kingliest of -iest words.

currerbell, I found another quite long -iest word for the first time this week: PEPPERMINTIEST (26/14). Can't say I ever used that 1 in a sentence before (same goes for QUICKSILVERIEST and MARSHMALLOWIEST until we wrote about them.)

I realized a while ago that the cats in your avatar are actually Siamese cats. I suppose it's very unusual that they're conjoined at the tail.

[DrPlacebo]

A couple from two different games.

BACKSHEESH and BACKSHEESHING in one game: a rare variant spelling of BAKSHEESH/BAKSHEESHING.

RABONA/RABONAS on another board: the only reason I know the term is from spending a lot of time playing soccer with Spanish speakers. The "rabona" is a trick where the ball is struck with the kicking foot crossed behind the planted foot. I was honestly surprised that it scored points in this game.

[2cute]

Hmm, still like PERSNICKETIEST and MARSHMALLOWIEST better. More points doth not make a better word, IMHO. (Very humble.)

Not fond of marshmallows, either. Smores, yes. I do not understand Peeps at all.

My mind is stroaming at work today, so I've been playing a few boards while I'm eating my lunch. I found TROGLODYTE, which is neither strange nor bizarre, and only unexpected in that I figured out how to spell it. Y, not I.

I used to LOVE Chocolate flavored Peeps. I'd roast them over a fire just like marshmallows & they'd burn & get all gooey and the extra sugar would make them oh so delicious. It was a smore w/o the additional chocolate & graham cracker all in one. Course once I became allergic to eggs, alas those days are over & are just a fantastic memory.

[lalatan]

Hmm, still like PERSNICKETIEST and MARSHMALLOWIEST better. More points doth not make a better word, IMHO. (Very humble.)

I agree that those 2 words are superior and QUICKSILVERIEST is only kingliest in the sense it's worth more pts.

Although NONIMPERATIVENESSES and lacking GRAMMATICALITIES, I thought I'd post some of my recent finds that are somewhat off the beaten path, linguistically speaking. I hope people will not think me SMALLMINDEDNESSES nor HELTERSKELTERINESS to do so. Some may deem it a SUPERABOMINATION while others may find it FRUCTIFEROUSNESSES in searching for such words in puzzles. Some may think it SUBLIMABLENESSES. Others may be SUPERCYNICALNESSES about it and find it altogether UNLAUDABLENESSES but I ask them to be BROADHEARTEDNESSES (apparently not quite as tall as big-, large- or greatheartednesses) and remain NONDEROGATORINESSES. In the scheme of everything happening in this world, this list isn't probably worth a UNDECILLIONSEDECILLIARDTH but it was kinda fun to do it.

I discovered QUICKSILVERIEST is worth 33 pts. So that seems to be the kingliest of -iest words.

Hmm, still like PERSNICKETIEST and MARSHMALLOWIEST better. More points doth not make a better word, IMHO. (Very humble.)

Not fond of marshmallows, either. Smores, yes. I do not understand Peeps at all.

My mind is stroaming at work today, so I've been playing a few boards while I'm eating my lunch. I found TROGLODYTE, which is neither strange nor bizarre, and only unexpected in that I figured out how to spell it. Y, not I.

[lalatan]

Thanks rosedraws. Haha, I chuckled after finding that one. I saw the -ization after I found deregulation and thought why not??

I just finished playing a 4x4 board where there was supposed to be a 30 pt word in it. I saw mountain, boarders, borders, mounters etc. so I was stumped what it was. Turned out to be MOUNTAINBOARDERS as found by HyacinthBucket6. Tip o' the hat to you for having the imagination to play that one. Hope things are going ok for you in T.O.

[rosedraws]

Deregulationization. lol. h/t to lalatan.

[lalatan]

lalatan, I was just thinking of you.

First, let me say that PERSNICKETIEST is one of the best words I've ever heard found on this site. (Also, MARSHMALLOWIEST, which makes me happy every time I think of it...

Sad to say marshmallows don't make me happy. As a kid in the 60's I somewhat enjoyed the campfire charred ones but never gorged myself like others in my age group. I did enjoy the challenge of toasting them evenly w/o setting them ablaze. Had I known of the existence of s'mores it may have changed my perception of them since I like chocolate and graham crackers.

By reading through the best words played lists in 4x4 this month I discovered QUICKSILVERIEST is worth 33 pts. So that seems to be the kingliest of -iest words.

Pain woke me up at 5:00 a.m. so I'm stroaming more than usual today.

Enjoy the word hunt and your weekend stroaming.