Reading is good for you

I just finished another paperback, The Book of Air and Shadows, by Michael Gruber. It was what one might consider a step above light reading since I think the author is a bit more intelligent than most of the crime/suspense novel writers out there. Anyways, my point is this- even when I read fluffy novels I tend to pick up new words. Here are a few I gleaned from this book:
CDEHIIV
ACEILLOP
AABDEGIN
AAKNOR
ACEIJNRR
EEILNPRV
AELMMSY
AEGMOXY
AAFGORR
AAEPPRT
as a bonus, which one doesn't take an S? (other than the past tense verb)

Low Probability Word of the Day: ABHIKLOR

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Find the bingo Quiz

Two bingo lanes open: one is a two-tile overlap over JEE, the other through or ending with M.

Your rack is DDEILS? Ready? Go!

Post how long it took you, if you'd like.

Found Extension of the Day: EFGOOOOST

Some person in the town I work in has put up little stickers around town saying 'you can eat dandelions', and I think this is their work:



GOOSEFOOT can be extended from GO, GOO, OS, OSE, EF, OOT, or FOOT.

Things I learned at club this week

1. There is only one 6 that fits this pattern: ???DEY

2. There are a LOT of 6's that fit this one: ?????U

3. KATES* is not a word, you dope. (held, didn't challenge. and I knew KATE wasn't good, but inexplicably chickened out.)

4. There is a bingo in ELSSTT? through EN.

5. When there is a K above a TWS, you need to try harder to find 4 letter K words, even if your rack is full of crap. (KIWI, KAMI, KAGU...)

Things I learned at club this week

1. Aside from taking an N and J front hook, APERIES also takes DR- and GR- front extensions.

2. Two new 5's: DICTY (snobbish, adj.) GUTTA (a drop of liquid, takes an E, no S)

3. Two new 6's: QUARTO (a paper size, not sure how I didn't know this hook to QUART)   BRUXED (to grind the teeth, knew BRUX, but not that it was a verb.)

I just dropped in for one game, and I was pretty happy with my play, even though I lost.. I was down 100 points pretty quick as my opponent played two natural bingos, AAEIPRS and HIENSST through an I (I also didn't know there was a bingo without the I), but I clawed my way back to what was nearly a chance to bingo out and win. I was happy that I knew to open a lane at the end and fish at mostly the right times, even though the right tiles didn't come my way. Got her to challenge ADEGMNOT (which I wasn't 100% on myself.)

Play the game here
(note: I switched the player names by accident)

Found Word of the Day: AEEHIMTT

I always miss AEEIMTT, so maybe this will help.

ANTISCHISM*

 

I saw this punk band name on a kid's t-shirt today...
                                            So of course, my first thought was, 'Is that good?'

It's not. But there is an anagram....