Episode 28 Notes

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RATATAT a quick, sharp rapping sound

FOR
FORB an herb other than grass
FORBY
FORBYE prep.- close by
also FOREBY, FOREBYE

ALBEIT although
SOBEIT provided that
HOWBEIT nevertheless

ANT APE ASS BAT BEE CAT DOG EEL FOX HEN OWL RAT -LIKE

FLORIN former gold coin of europe
FLORID ruddy
FLORUIT period of flourishing

FLUOR
FLUORIC
FLUORID(E)
FLUORIN(E)
FLUORITE
FLUORENE

SPINY
SPINNY, SPINNEY a thicket
PINY covered with pine trees
PINNY a pinafore


ALAE pl. of ALA- wing or winglike part
BLAE bluish black
BRAE a hillside
FRAE from
SPAE to foretell
THAE these; those
TWAE two

GYTTJAS (twl only) an organically rich mud

STYGIAN gloomy

Episode 27 notes

This week's poll: a word that you thought for sure was a phony, but wasn't. Also, leave your least favorite 2 letter combination.

OLYMPIAD: good, OLYMPIC is not.

QUILLAI (also QUILLAIA QUILLAJA) an evergreen tree

HRYVNIA monetary unit of ukraine

PLATINA platinum alloy


VAVS hebrew letter (also VAU VAW WAW)
VIVA or VIVE

CACA excrement
CECA pl. of cecum- a body cavity with one opening
COCA a south american shrub
COCO a tall palm tree
.. also CHIC CROC

ALIYA(H) immigration of jews to israel ah-lee-ah
RIYAL monetary unit of saudi arabia
TYIYN (TYIN) monetary unit of kyrgyzstan

SNOOLED to yield meekly