The strange, the bizarre and the unexpected

[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

[lalatan]

I got autoallopolyploid

I've learned there is one board with AUTOALLOPOLYPLOID on it and one board that only ALLOPOLYPLOID is available. I've played the former twice now and didn't miss it.

[mdyak]

I laughed when this word was accepted. I saw -mongers and searched for something to add to it. Then I wondered... WONDERMONGERS (24/13)! I love this game, so entertaining...
WONDERMONGER: a person who tells of or works wonders

Oh my gosh!!! LOVE IT! I am definitely going to be a WONDERMONGER when/if I grow up!

[lalatan]

I laughed when this word was accepted. I saw -mongers and searched for something to add to it. Then I wondered... WONDERMONGERS (24/13)! I love this game, so entertaining...
WONDERMONGER: a person who tells of or works wonders

[lalatan]

That was sweet of you to post that, rose. Thank you.

[rosedraws]

Lalatan pasted together this doozy:

UNDECILLIONSEDECILLIARDTH

[lalatan]

Keep at it and it'll happen for you. (I've played 81k games so far.) You'll start to see patterns and it'll get easier for you. Enjoy the quest!

[iBnutz]

Oh come on lalatan. Now I KNOW you're just making them up! unsexagintillionth really??
I play just to get one of your words someday. Thanks for challenging me

[lalatan]

Like a contrary gerbil?

Got a chuckle out of that. Very witty.

[mdyak]

Ah, but if it had been there would semidemisemiradicalnesses have been acceptable? Quinquasexideciradicallnesses? And for everyone who knows what a radicle is, it seems perfectly clear that radiclenesses should be a word, too. I'll bet a lot of prefixes should hook right on there.

Love all of these! More fun than actually playing.