Episode 23 notes

FILMI music composed for indian films
HOURI beautiful maiden in muslim belief
POORI a light flat wheat cake
TEMPI pl. of tempo
VOLTI used to direct musicians to turn the page
post script: CAMPI pl of CAMPO an open space in town

E dumps:
EMEER emir (an arab chieftan or prince)
ETWEE etui (a case for holding small articles)
FEEZE to faze
HEEZE to hoist
GELEE a cosmetic gel
REEVE to fasten by passing through or around

$: SENITI monetary unit of tonga

Episode 22 Notes

FATHER anagrammed:
HAFTER one that hafts (supply with a handle)
TREFAH (TREF)- unfit for use according to jewish law


TEFF cereal grass
TIFF to quarrel
TOFF a dandy
TUFF a volcanic rock

CHLAMYS a garment worn in ancient greece
here's a link if you want to hear it pronounced right:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chlamys

similar words...

SOBA a japanese noodle
SOCA blend of soul & calypso
SODA
SOFA
SOJA the soybean
SOLA pl. of SOLUM- a soil layer
SOMA body of an organism
SORA a marsh bird
SOYA soy

$ of the week RIAL: monetary unit of Iran
anagrams to
ARIL outer covering of certain seeds
LAIR
LARI monetary unit of Maldives! I missed another currency!
LIAR
LIRA
RAIL

LIRA can be pluralized to LIRAS LIRE LIRI LIROTH LIROT

the most versatile 4 letters:
AEST: ATES EAST EATS ETAS SATE SEAT SETA TEAS

spot the phony quiz answers:


TEFF cereal grass
TIFF to quarrel
TOFF a dandy
TUFF a volcanic rock

Episode 21 Notes

Here's a brief list of words and their definitions from the latest episode..

YCLEPT/ YCLEPED called; named

RAKEE/ RAKI a turkish liqueur

RAGEE / RAGI east indian cereal grass

also, AJEE, ALEE, AWEE are all good.

BLOOIE/ BLOOEY being out of order
FLOOIE/ FLOOEY awry

CUIF COOF a dolt

NERTS/ NERTZ used to express defiance. (or in place of nuts)

Holy Crap..

...I went a whole month without posting. Oh well.

Thought I'd show you a pic of one of my infamous 'play-by-myself-on-my-lunch-break' games.

learned words this game:

BUNDIST- a member of a bund (political association)
FROGLETS- a young frog (I had FORGETS and just wondered if this might be a word)
TELIA- pl. of TELIUM, a sorus on the host plant of a rust fungus. Wow! I can't believe I didn't know such a common word!

By the way, the score was 470-408. I won.