The strange, the bizarre and the unexpected

[mcdonna]

Was kayaking on the gulf near Pensacola for morning exercise. Glanced down and saw a bull shark that looked in the 8-12' range--about 10 feet deep.

Mixed feelings about something so grand. And something so scary.

Pulled in the paddle and drifted, watching it as long as I could.

Yeah, I hear you. Sounds as though you had an incredible experience, partly for the beauty and partly for the chill!

[Naboka]

One weird board. All green with a single red.

A six point red.

Hnh.

Makes one wonder why.

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[Naboka]

I used to whitewater kayak, loved the big stuff, even ran the Grand Canyon (225 miles) twice, but get me 50 feet from a visible shore in calm water and I'm seriously anxious. The scariest paddle I ever did was the 2.5 miles from Sausalito to Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay, on a calm day with swells about 2 feet. Never happier to land my little boat! So LANDLUBBERLINESSES works for me.

Needless to say, my paddling friends could never talk me into sea kayaking.

Was kayaking on the gulf near Pensacola for morning exercise. Glanced down and saw a bull shark that looked in the 8-12' range--about 10 feet deep.

Mixed feelings about something so grand. And something so scary.

Pulled in the paddle and drifted, watching it as long as I could.

[mcdonna]

Even though I love living by the Pacific Ocean I do not like to go out on boats where I can't see land. Therefore, I have also personally experienced some bouts of LANDLUBBERLINESSES.

I used to whitewater kayak, loved the big stuff, even ran the Grand Canyon (225 miles) twice, but get me 50 feet from a visible shore in calm water and I'm seriously anxious. The scariest paddle I ever did was the 2.5 miles from Sausalito to Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay, on a calm day with swells about 2 feet. Never happier to land my little boat! So LANDLUBBERLINESSES works for me.

Needless to say, my paddling friends could never talk me into sea kayaking.

[mdyak]

I noticed QUINQUASEXAGINTILLIARDTHS hasn't been found by anyone for months. So many mysteries about how this website works...

Yeah, what's up with that? You and I have found it, and now it's just gone. Plus my experience is I click through 100's of small games before I run into anything with word scores in the 40's or 50's. Boring!

[mdyak]

Excellent find, Naboka. Interesting too and, strangely enough, I never did wonder what the stalks that hold snails' eyes were called. Lol about the fear of eyes. Wow.

When I looked up THALASSOGRAPHERS (to ensure I remembered the correct spelling and I did), I saw there is also THALASSOPHOBIA: fear of large bodies of water. Even though I love living by the Pacific Ocean I do not like to go out on boats where I can't see land. Therefore, I have also personally experienced some bouts of LANDLUBBERLINESSES.

This is taking me way way back. My first language was Greek because that's where my family was when I learned to talk. Unfortunately, I wasn't afraid enough of the thalassa. First time at the beach I just walked straight in till the water was over my head - new encounter with the elements!

[lalatan]

Excellent find, Naboka. Interesting too and, strangely enough, I never did wonder what the stalks that hold snails' eyes were called. Lol about the fear of eyes. Wow.

When I looked up THALASSOGRAPHERS (to ensure I remembered the correct spelling and I did), I saw there is also THALASSOPHOBIA: fear of large bodies of water. Even though I love living by the Pacific Ocean I do not like to go out on boats where I can't see land. Therefore, I have also personally experienced some bouts of LANDLUBBERLINESSES.

[Naboka]

Thalassographers. Adding it to the notebook.

Flagitious. Used it before in college. Always good to throw in something to impress the professors. Hadn't even thought of adding the -nesses. Adding to the notebook.

Just got ommataphorous. Hoped the board had ommataphore, but not to be. If you ever wondered what the stalks that held the eyes of snails were called: ommataphore.

And just for grins: ommataphobia. Fear of eyes. Wonder if that's on a board somewhere. Seems like someone with ommataphobia would be an ommataphobe, but that doesn't seem to be a word.

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[lalatan]

Good find Spike. I thought I found that word in the past. Did a search for it and I had found it July 2020. I remember I had the same reaction as you. Only 24 pts?! (As I was looking in my folder of found words I saw that FACTITIOUSNESSES was also a rare and worth 24 pts.) It seems it took almost 2 years for it to resurface...

Kate found a very unique word a few years back: THALASSOGRAPHERS. I made a point of memorizing it. I've been looking for it ever since and have not even seen any combination of letters in a board that even came close. Similarly, I noticed QUINQUASEXAGINTILLIARDTHS hasn't been found by anyone for months. So many mysteries about how this website works...

[Spike1007]

FLAGITIOUSNESSES worked unexpectedly. (I was about to throw the board away, but thought I should at least try something before I did.) No idea what it means (I'll probably get curious enough to look it up), but surprisingly (to me, at least), it was only rare & worth 24 points.

[lalatan]

In my 84k games played this has never happened to me before: I played 2 boards back-to-back w 2 different layouts that contained the same word that seems to be the best/longest...

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[lalatan]

I had my doubts when I tried NONELECTROCHEMIST (32/17). Once it was accepted, I thought, "Hey, that's me! And almost every other person in the world." Lol, quite a descriptive word there. "What do you do for a living? I'm a nonelectrochemist." That could mean any other occupation or just a chemist that doesn't use electricity in experiments.

[Naboka]

Another example of why racing through common words doesn't always pay dividends.

Almost 50 fewer words but 24 more points.

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[2cute]

Thanks for the kudos 2cute............based on the board stats my score looks like a pretty terrible effort tbh.............I probably got hung up looking for a long word and didn't key in as many smaller ones......

Cheers,

Russ

Its interesting that from your perspective you did poorly & from mine it was extraordinary! I think you're selling your skills short. Congrats on YOUR ACHIEVEMENT!

[Echo_Panda34]

Great job, Russ! Doin better than me. I think the highest I got was 91 points?

Cheers,

Panda