Alternate spellings to 'common' bingos, Part Three

It's really amusing to me that after playing this game for about 3 years, I can see a word (in this case, TRENAILS) played dozens of times, and not know that it has two alternate spellings. Ok, I already knew TREENAILS, but I didn't know TRUNNELS. Don't tell anyone, but it's going to be the 'missed 3x3' quiz in the next podcast. Luckily, I was able to play VENTAI(L)S for 149 in the same spot on my next turn. And later, ZOA/A(VENTAILS)! The downside is that I was playing someone who was at club for the first time. Hopefully I didn't scare her off.

Episode 58 notes

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RACOON (CORONAels), RACCOON


common bingo, uncommon definition
ANESTRI plural of ANESTRUS a period of sexual dormancy SAUNTERS

OVERGROWns
OUTGROW

extensions
SATIRE + P
ANTIPARTIES, NONPARTIES
ASPIRATES ,BIOPIRATES

snapbacks:
BEN DIA FAN OXA ZINES
better to play ZEINS


DIQUAT- dahy-kwot herb/pesti/insecticide of the month
past features: DIELDRIN, NALED, ZINEB

$ of the month KROON(S/I)  former monetary unit of estonia

ENDEXINE an inner layer of the exine

SIDESLIP to slip to one side
SLIPCASEds a protective box for a book (SPECIALS)
cOVERSLIPst to leave out/ SLIPOVER a pullover
SLIPWARE a type of pottery

STAITHE a wharf equipped for transporting coal from railroad cars into ships

Sweet Front Extension

I've been playing a guy on Facebook Scrabble who has the last name of Axelrod- often when I find someone whom I have a fun (usually close) game with, I'll end up playing several games in a row with them.

Another thing I do with people I repeatedly play on Facebook is title the games with interesting 'scrabble' words...  So in this case, I was looking for a longer word that contained AXEL in it.. and apparently, the only one is


PACLITAXEL n. An anticancer drug derived from the bark of the Pacific yew tree and used in the treatment of ovarian and breast cancer that has not responded to prior therapy.

How cool is that!? I guess this is actually the full name for another 'scrabble' word, TAXOL. Oh, and ANTICANCER is good, too, in case you were wondering. Now I just have to remember to check for ACILPT on my rack next time someone plays AXEL next door to a TWS or DWS.

Oh, and if you're interested in playing me on Facebook, (and if you're relatively indiscriminate about who you 'friend' there, like me), feel free to email me.

Today's Link

In the most recent podcast, I mentioned a blog that often lists interesting groups of words, most currently WEED words. Find it here.

Found Word of the Day

This week's word is brought to you courtesy of the break room at my office. One never knows what treasures will be found there: doughnuts or last night's pizza brought in by a coworker, some trashy paperback novels, or DULSE with garlic.

DULSE has 4 anagrams:
DUELS, LEUDS, LUDES, and SLUED.

DULSE is apparently an edible seaweed.. there was another delicious sounding container of stuff in which the main ingredient was KELP.... which for your information, takes an S front hook, as well as a Y back hook.

Episode 57 notes

MAY- to gather flowers in the spring

cool MAY extensions:
MAYHAPPEN MAYORALTY MAYWEED

alt spelling KEF KIF KAIF KEEF KIEF

SATIRE + L

ANTIREALIST(S)
HYPERREALIST(IC) (NO S)
NEOREALIST(S)(IC)
SURREALIST(S)(IC)
ULTRAREALIST(S)(IC)

REALISTIC(ALLY)
(UN)REALISTIC(ALLY)

CURTAILERS
DETAILERS
ENTAILERS
RETAILERS

over and out: OVERFAST adj OUTFAST v

jqxz word
JARRAH an evergreen tree
MANQUE frustrated in the fulfillment of one's aspirations (adj)
UNAXED (adj)
OZALID a process of printing positive images from film

-IING words you may not know (SKIING, TAXIING)
ALIBIING
HONGIING to greet another by pressing noses together
PIING (PIEING)to jumble or disorder

LINURON a herbicide