The strange, the bizarre and the unexpected

[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

[RussDNails]

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

[2cute]

While searching through games I found this most amazing board.

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Not only did Russ get over 700 points & 139 words, but he also got the longest with the most value. I think this game is already retired & he only played it once! Amazing!

[Naboka]

My wife doesn't believe this applies to our household, but...

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[Naboka]

I found that before and was also disappointed it wasn't worth more pts. I looked it up then and it's pretty comprehensive study on the subject. Good job in filling in the correct blanks to get it. Strangely, last week I was watching a TV show and one person recommended to another that she should consult a thanatologist. First time I ever heard it spoken anywhere. I guess those kind of words do slip sometimes briefly into the mainstream outside of WordTwist...

Yeah, a lot going on outside of WordTwist.

Words represent the things humans have discovered and found interesting enough to label. The range of human interests and observations is breathtaking.

Every new word opens up a new discovery. A new way of viewing the world.

It was a good board, containing stannate, tannate, tannates, annate, annates and antilogies, logies, thana and thanas, tanna and tannas. Went from chemistry to church profits to contradictory statements to cheap theater jewelry to an Indian military outpost to Jewish scholars.

My my. What a ride.

ps: thank god for notebooks. My memory needs a crutch these days.

[lalatan]

I found that before and was also disappointed it wasn't worth more pts. I looked it up then and it's pretty comprehensive study on the subject. Good job in filling in the correct blanks to get it. Strangely, last week I was watching a TV show and one person recommended to another that she should consult a thanatologist. First time I ever heard it spoken anywhere. I guess those kind of words do slip sometimes briefly into the mainstream outside of WordTwist...

[Naboka]

Trying to find the connection to ologies... thana? thanaoligies... no...hmmmm...thanat? thanatologies?

cool word

missed the highest points by 3 (549 vs 552) but it was worth it to find this.

seems like it should be worth more points

study of death. more to it but if if you're intested, you'll look it up

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[lalatan]

It took me 30 seconds to spot CHOWDERHEADEDNESSES (36/19). Got a chuckle when it was accepted. I've heard the term before but didn't know what its meaning was.
CHOWDERHEAD: Noun. (US informal pejorative) An idiot; a dummy
That is quite the insult; in essence saying that your intelligence is such that your head seems to be filled with a creamy soup. lol