0-1 Club tonight

Played a pretty horrible game at club tonight- follow along here.
I tried to figure out what my worst mistakes were, but will gladly take any of your input- for example, does anyone have a 'don't fish more than x number of times' rule? It's tough when you have almost-good racks that don't score.
If you don't want to trudge through it, skip to this turn for a fun 'find the possible bingo' quiz. I'll leave what I think are the answers later.
I also didn't mention in the notes that I learned that RUDERY takes a front hook. (as does RUDERIES)

5 things I learned from club last night

1. If your opponent opens with exchange 4 and your rack is AAAILOR, playing RAIA for 8 is a bad idea. Sure you keep them from cashing in on the double word score, but a) you don't cash in on it, b) ALO isn't that great of a leave, and c) your opponent will play ZA for 40 something points as a reward for your stupidity. (which is what happened.)

2. Fun hooks: I got to play CENTAUr/C(OVERALLS). Missed the OVERALL hook with the first C, but was lucky enough to get the 2nd one and remember. What I didn't know is that CENTAUR takes a Y!

3. Sometimes you just can't draw to save your life. In my second game, I had three 6-vowel racks. One was a post-bingo rack, and the other two were after playing off 5 and 6 tiles, so it wasn't as though I was asking for it. And later I played off JO from AEIJORS (with 25 unseen and an open L on the board) and drew UU. I was able to bingo twice, but still lost by 30- but I was happy with even that.

4. READMIT also plays through an O. (and has a front hook that I didn't get to play.)

5. AINSSU? plays to an L ( I played SUNdIA(L)S.)

 

8 Things I learned from club this week

1. DEINRSS thru a U: two bingos.

2. It sucks when you play what, strategically, is the right move:O(G)EE, to balance your rack- and your opponent holds CDKNORU, looking for an E.

3. BOUGHT takes a front hook of A. (duh, past tense of ABY! maybe if it were spelled ABUY* I'd remember?) It also extends to BOUGHTEN.

4. Balked on REGAVE. I figured you couldn't give something again once you've given it, but hey, what do I know? Well, I now know that GREAVE is also         good, and it takes a D or S.

5. MUNCHY* isn't good. Neither is MUNCHIE*, for that matter- only MUNCHIES. I hooked MUNCH with PROGENY- it was either that, or PYROGENE*, which I     thought I was totally making up, but the anagram of PROGENY is PYROGEN- no E hook on that one, though. Thankfully it stayed on.

6. There are three 8's you can make from AEEIQSU?, but the one I didn't know was through the T on the board. 

7. SPERMS takes OO as a front extension, which then in turn takes a Z front hook. 

8. ENTANGLE takes a D,P,R, and S. Oh, well one is a front hook, the others are back.

 

 

Words are fun.

I'm getting a kick out of learning words lately-- even though half the time I don't even know what they mean! As many of you know, there's a common method of study in competitive scrabble which generally involves going through words by probability or length- a method which I've mostly ignored. Of course, I learned the two letter words first, and the Q without U words, and the TISANE + blank bingos, but after that I pretty much have picked up words randomly. These days, I add new words to my study list one of the following ways:

1. I'm going through all the four letter words- any I don't know, I add.

2. Any interesting fives that are made from adding a hook to a four from above.

3. Any bingo (or 5 or 6 letter word) I find I've missed after reviewing a game, regardless of its probability. 

4. Fun, though mostly useless extensions that I find myself wondering about after a particular play in a game.

5. Any other random word that catches my eye for any reason (i.e. strange letter distribution)

So here's a few words I've added recently:

MUSTH a state of frenzy occuring in male elephants (interesting hook for MUST)

CATHOLICON a universal remedy, REQUIESCAT a prayer for the dead (file under 'useless extensions')

BENZOYL a univalent chemical radical (just caught my eye, I mean, hey, it has a Z in it)

MINIMILL a small scale steel mill (was looking up extensions for MILL, and look at all those I's!)

VALVAL, VALVAR pertaining to a valve (missed in a game, nice double V words.)

 

6 things I learned from club tonight

1. Exchanging DHLV from an opening rack of DHLQTUV can go very badly (even though it actually sims high). I drew BTUW.

2. VIVES* isn't good, but VIVAS is. I knew one wasn't good, but couldn't remember which was which. It seems strange that one is an adjective and the             other a noun since the definitions are almost identical.

3. DURR is good, I think it's one of the 4's I haven't made it to yet. Yet I knew DURRA.

4. REMAILED is good. I held it, and it's sad that I wasn't sure since I work for the post office. I need some REMEDIAL study on eights.

5. ENDOSTEA takes an L, and not an S. It didn't come into play (though I'm happy I found the bingo), but good to know.

6. KAIN, KANE and CAIN are all the same thing. Not sure I ever made that connection.

 

5 Things I learned from club this week

OK, 'from club' rather than 'at club', since most of the things I don't find out until I go home and go over my games. except this first one:

1. Always, always take a minute to look for a better play! ZA is on the board, 6 spaces away from the TWS. I hold G for, like, 6 turns trying to come up with     a word (chicken out on GURNET). On (what should have been mine and their) last turn, I have EEGINRV and immediately plop down GRIEVE for 46.         Smack the time clock, smack forehead. There was a lane starting with S on the board. Luckily I was already way ahead.

2. ZEBRAS takes an S! Neat. I didn't actually have the opportunity to play this, but was looking up extensions of ZEBRA since it was on the board. Winners     are ZEBRAFISH and ZEBRAWOOD.

3. RICING takes a front hook of T(and P)! Luckily my opponent didn't know either, it would've cost me the game.

4. I'm learning the value of playing phonies a bit more, especially against lower rated players. Played OVERLINE* and FULMATED* even though I was           pretty sure both weren't good. In both games, they were my only bingos and definitely helped me win in one. 

5. On the other hand, I need to take a little more time to block potential bingos after an opponent plays a phony and I challenge it off. Got rid of BLARIER*     and BRAILER*, but left an E open and opened a lane with an M in it- both not terribly difficult words to find. Whoops.

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)

A crazy list

Crosstables posted this list on livejournal, and I thought it was worth copying here: a list words that can take a sequence of hooks to become another word (or as it's been called on the podcast occasionally, a 'hook train')... you may hear some of these in upcoming episodes:



4 / THIONIN --> THIONINE --> ETHIONINE --> METHIONINE --> METHIONINES
4 / CARABIN --> CARABINE --> CARABINER --> CARABINERO --> CARABINEROS

3 / RADIATE --> ERADIATE --> RERADIATE --> RERADIATED
3 / REJUDGE --> PREJUDGE --> PREJUDGER --> PREJUDGERS
3 / RADIATE --> ERADIATE --> RERADIATE --> RERADIATES
3 / MIGRATE --> EMIGRATE --> REMIGRATE --> REMIGRATED
3 / NERVATE --> ENERVATE --> DENERVATE --> DENERVATES
3 / VALUATE --> EVALUATE --> REVALUATE --> REVALUATED
3 / ITERATE --> LITERATE --> ALITERATE --> ALITERATES
3 / THIONIN --> THIONINE --> ETHIONINE --> ETHIONINES
3 / VERSION --> EVERSION --> REVERSION --> REVERSIONS
3 / VALUATE --> EVALUATE --> DEVALUATE --> DEVALUATES
3 / ETCHING --> LETCHING --> FLETCHING --> FLETCHINGS
3 / MIGRATE --> EMIGRATE --> REMIGRATE --> REMIGRATES
3 / VALUATE --> EVALUATE --> REVALUATE --> REVALUATES
3 / NERVATE --> ENERVATE --> DENERVATE --> DENERVATED
3 / PRINCES --> PRINCESS --> PRINCESSE --> PRINCESSES
3 / MOLLUSC --> MOLLUSCA --> MOLLUSCAN --> MOLLUSCANS
3 / BRASSIE --> BRASSIER --> BRASSIERE --> BRASSIERES
3 / AMBLING --> RAMBLING --> BRAMBLING --> BRAMBLINGS
3 / ENVELOP --> ENVELOPE --> ENVELOPER --> ENVELOPERS
3 / ENOUNCE --> DENOUNCE --> DENOUNCER --> DENOUNCERS
3 / STRANGE --> ESTRANGE --> ESTRANGER --> ESTRANGERS
3 / DEVELOP --> DEVELOPE --> DEVELOPER --> DEVELOPERS
3 / VALUATE --> EVALUATE --> DEVALUATE --> DEVALUATED
3 / BASEMEN --> BASEMENT --> ABASEMENT --> ABASEMENTS
3 / FRACTUR --> FRACTURE --> FRACTURER --> FRACTURERS
3 / BOTANIC --> BOTANICA --> BOTANICAL --> BOTANICALS
3 / ACERATE --> MACERATE --> MACERATER --> MACERATERS
3 / ENOUNCE --> RENOUNCE --> RENOUNCER --> RENOUNCERS
3 / STAMPED --> STAMPEDE --> STAMPEDER --> STAMPEDERS
3 / DIPLOMA --> DIPLOMAT --> DIPLOMATE --> DIPLOMATES
3 / PENSION --> PENSIONE --> PENSIONER --> PENSIONERS
3 / RESERVE --> PRESERVE --> PRESERVER --> PRESERVERS
3 / SCALADE --> ESCALADE --> ESCALADER --> ESCALADERS
3 / LECTION --> ELECTION --> SELECTION --> SELECTIONS
3 / SUNBATH --> SUNBATHE --> SUNBATHER --> SUNBATHERS
3 / CARABIN --> CARABINE --> CARABINER --> CARABINERS
3 / PROLONG --> PROLONGE --> PROLONGER --> PROLONGERS
3 / REPLICA --> REPLICAS --> REPLICASE --> REPLICASES
3 / REHEARS --> REHEARSE --> REHEARSER --> REHEARSERS
3 / MISSION --> EMISSION --> DEMISSION --> DEMISSIONS
3 / CARACOL --> CARACOLE --> CARACOLER --> CARACOLERS
3 / ORALISM --> MORALISM --> AMORALISM --> AMORALISMS
3 / UTTERER --> PUTTERER --> SPUTTERER --> SPUTTERERS
3 / HILLING --> CHILLING --> SCHILLING --> SCHILLINGS
3 / INKLING --> WINKLING --> TWINKLING --> TWINKLINGS
3 / OLOGIST --> OOLOGIST --> ZOOLOGIST --> ZOOLOGISTS
3 / PRACTIC --> PRACTICE --> PRACTICER --> PRACTICERS
3 / JELLABA --> DJELLABA --> DJELLABAH --> DJELLABAHS
3 / RAPPING --> TRAPPING --> STRAPPING --> STRAPPINGS
3 / MISSION --> EMISSION --> REMISSION --> REMISSIONS
3 / NEUROMA --> NEUROMAS --> NEUROMAST --> NEUROMASTS
3 / BACKBIT --> BACKBITE --> BACKBITER --> BACKBITERS
3 / CRAPPIE --> CRAPPIES --> CRAPPIEST --> SCRAPPIEST
3 / VOCATION --> EVOCATION --> REVOCATION --> REVOCATIONS
3 / VOLUTION --> EVOLUTION --> REVOLUTION --> REVOLUTIONS
3 / VOLUTION --> EVOLUTION --> DEVOLUTION --> DEVOLUTIONS
3 / GRAFFITI --> GRAFFITIS --> GRAFFITIST --> GRAFFITISTS
3 / BACKSLID --> BACKSLIDE --> BACKSLIDER --> BACKSLIDERS
3 / MIGRATION --> EMIGRATION --> REMIGRATION --> PREMIGRATION
3 / ORTHOPTER --> ORTHOPTERA --> ORTHOPTERAN --> ORTHOPTERANS
3 / VALUATION --> EVALUATION --> DEVALUATION --> DEVALUATIONS
3 / NERVATION --> ENERVATION --> DENERVATION --> DENERVATIONS
3 / VALUATION --> EVALUATION --> REVALUATION --> REVALUATIONS
3 / MIGRATION --> EMIGRATION --> REMIGRATION --> REMIGRATIONS
3 / REDETERMINE --> PREDETERMINE --> PREDETERMINER --> PREDETERMINERS
3 / FORAMINIFER --> FORAMINIFERA --> FORAMINIFERAN --> FORAMINIFERANS

Starting with any length word:

7 / LA --> LAP --> LAPS --> LAPSE --> ELAPSE --> RELAPSE --> RELAPSER --> RELAPSERS
7 / AT --> EAT --> HEAT --> HEATH --> SHEATH --> SHEATHE --> SHEATHER --> SHEATHERS
7 / LA --> LAS --> LASS --> LASSI --> LASSIE --> GLASSIE --> GLASSIES --> GLASSIEST
7 / PI --> PIN --> PING --> APING --> RAPING --> CRAPING --> SCRAPING --> SCRAPINGS
7 / LA --> LAS --> LASS --> LASSI --> LASSIS --> CLASSIS --> CLASSISM --> CLASSISMS
7 / LA --> LAS --> LASS --> LASSI --> LASSIS --> CLASSIS --> CLASSIST --> CLASSISTS
7 / AI --> RAI --> RAIS --> RAISE --> PRAISE --> UPRAISE --> UPRAISER --> UPRAISERS

6 / ER --> ERN --> TERN --> STERN --> STERNA --> STERNAL --> ASTERNAL
6 / AI --> AIL --> MAIL --> MAILE --> MAILED --> EMAILED --> REMAILED
6 / AT --> SAT --> SATI --> SATIN --> ISATIN --> ISATINE --> ISATINES
6 / TA --> TAT --> STAT --> STATE --> ESTATE --> GESTATE --> GESTATED
6 / AI --> RAI --> RAIS --> RAISE --> PRAISE --> UPRAISE --> UPRAISED
6 / IN --> WIN --> WING --> OWING --> ROWING --> TROWING --> STROWING
6 / UT --> OUT --> ROUT --> ROUTE --> ROUTER --> GROUTER --> GROUTERS
6 / MO --> MOT --> MOTE --> EMOTE --> REMOTE --> REMOTES --> REMOTEST
6 / EN --> END --> LEND --> BLEND --> BLENDE --> BLENDER --> BLENDERS
6 / TA --> TAT --> STAT --> STATE --> ESTATE --> RESTATE --> RESTATED
6 / AL --> GAL --> EGAL --> REGAL --> REGALE --> REGALER --> REGALERS
6 / IN --> RIN --> RING --> IRING --> AIRING --> FAIRING --> FAIRINGS
6 / AT --> OAT --> OATH --> LOATH --> LOATHE --> LOATHER --> LOATHERS
6 / AI --> AID --> AIDE --> AIDER --> RAIDER --> BRAIDER --> BRAIDERS
6 / IN --> RIN --> RING --> IRING --> AIRING --> LAIRING --> GLAIRING
6 / PA --> PAS --> PAST --> PASTE --> PASTER --> PASTERN --> PASTERNS
6 / HE --> HER --> HERM --> THERM --> THERME --> THERMEL --> THERMELS
6 / IN --> WIN --> WING --> SWING --> SWINGE --> SWINGER --> SWINGERS
6 / LA --> LAT --> LATH --> LATHE --> LATHER --> BLATHER --> BLATHERS
6 / AR --> ARC --> NARC --> NARCO --> NARCOS --> NARCOSE --> NARCOSES
6 / AN --> RAN --> RANG --> RANGE --> GRANGE --> GRANGER --> GRANGERS
6 / TA --> TAT --> STAT --> STATE --> ESTATE --> GESTATE --> GESTATES
6 / UT --> BUT --> BUTT --> BUTTE --> BUTTER --> ABUTTER --> ABUTTERS
6 / HI --> HIE --> HIES --> SHIES --> SHIEST --> ASHIEST --> DASHIEST
6 / OS --> COS --> COST --> COSTA --> COSTAR --> COSTARD --> COSTARDS
6 / IN --> RIN --> RING --> IRING --> AIRING --> PAIRING --> PAIRINGS
6 / AI --> RAI --> RAIS --> RAISE --> PRAISE --> UPRAISE --> UPRAISES
6 / AL --> ALL --> CALL --> CALLA --> CALLAN --> CALLANT --> CALLANTS
6 / LA --> LAP --> LAPS --> LAPSE --> ELAPSE --> RELAPSE --> RELAPSED
6 / HI --> HIE --> HIES --> SHIES --> SHIEST --> ASHIEST --> WASHIEST
6 / IT --> WIT --> WITH --> SWITH --> SWITHE --> SWITHER --> SWITHERS
6 / SH --> SHE --> SHES --> ASHES --> RASHES --> BRASHES --> BRASHEST
6 / AR --> OAR --> HOAR --> HOARS --> HOARSE --> HOARSEN --> HOARSENS
6 / IN --> WIN --> WING --> AWING --> HAWING --> SHAWING --> PSHAWING
6 / LA --> LAT --> LATH --> LATHE --> LATHER --> SLATHER --> SLATHERS
6 / AM --> AMI --> AMIN --> GAMIN --> GAMINE --> GAMINES --> GAMINESS
6 / PE --> APE --> CAPE --> SCAPE --> ESCAPE --> ESCAPEE --> ESCAPEES
6 / AT --> WAT --> SWAT --> SWATH --> SWATHE --> SWATHER --> SWATHERS
6 / TA --> TAP --> TAPE --> ETAPE --> RETAPE --> PRETAPE --> PRETAPED
6 / OW --> ROW --> BROW --> BROWS --> BROWSE --> BROWSER --> BROWSERS
6 / LA --> LAT --> LATE --> ELATE --> RELATE --> PRELATE --> PRELATES
6 / PE --> APE --> CAPE --> SCAPE --> ESCAPE --> ESCAPER --> ESCAPERS
6 / UT --> PUT --> PUTT --> PUTTI --> PUTTIE --> PUTTIER --> PUTTIERS
6 / RE --> REP --> REPO --> REPOS --> REPOSE --> REPOSER --> REPOSERS
6 / LA --> LAT --> LATE --> ELATE --> RELATE --> RELATER --> RELATERS
6 / HI --> CHI --> CHIA --> CHIAS --> CHIASM --> CHIASMA --> CHIASMAL
6 / AT --> EAT --> HEAT --> HEATH --> SHEATH --> SHEATHE --> SHEATHED
6 / TA --> TAT --> STAT --> STATE --> ESTATE --> TESTATE --> TESTATES
6 / HA --> HAS --> HAST --> HASTE --> CHASTE --> CHASTEN --> CHASTENS
6 / EN --> ENS --> LENS --> LENSE --> FLENSE --> FLENSER --> FLENSERS
6 / TA --> TAP --> TAPE --> ETAPE --> RETAPE --> PRETAPE --> PRETAPES
6 / AL --> ALL --> ALLY --> RALLY --> ORALLY --> MORALLY --> AMORALLY
6 / TA --> TAT --> STAT --> STATE --> ESTATE --> RESTATE --> RESTATES
6 / SH --> SHE --> SHED --> ASHED --> LASHED --> PLASHED --> SPLASHED
6 / IN --> YIN --> AYIN --> LAYIN --> LAYING --> PLAYING --> SPLAYING
6 / BO --> BOO --> BOOK --> EBOOK --> REBOOK --> PREBOOK --> PREBOOKS
6 / AI --> RAI --> RAIS --> RAISE --> PRAISE --> PRAISER --> PRAISERS
6 / AL --> ALL --> HALL --> HALLO --> HALLOT --> SHALLOT --> SHALLOTS
6 / BA --> BAR --> BARB --> BARBE --> BARBEL --> BARBELL --> BARBELLS
6 / AT --> EAT --> HEAT --> HEATH --> SHEATH --> SHEATHE --> SHEATHES
6 / HI --> CHI --> CHIA --> CHIAS --> CHIASM --> CHIASMI --> CHIASMIC
6 / LA --> LAP --> LAPS --> LAPSE --> ELAPSE --> RELAPSE --> RELAPSES
6 / OR --> ORA --> HORA --> HORAL --> CHORAL --> CHORALE --> CHORALES
6 / AL --> ALL --> HALL --> HALLO --> HALLOT --> CHALLOT --> CHALLOTH
6 / MA --> MAT --> MATT --> MATTE --> MATTER --> SMATTER --> SMATTERS
6 / LA --> LAS --> LASS --> LASSI --> LASSIE --> GLASSIE --> GLASSIES
6 / MA --> MAX --> MAXI --> MAXIM --> MAXIMA --> MAXIMAL --> MAXIMALS
6 / AL --> ALL --> HALL --> HALLO --> HALLOW --> SHALLOW --> SHALLOWS
6 / SH --> SHE --> SHES --> ASHES --> LASHES --> PLASHES --> SPLASHES
6 / AR --> CAR --> CARL --> CARLE --> CARLES --> CARLESS --> SCARLESS
6 / MA --> MAS --> MASS --> MASSE --> MASSES --> AMASSES --> CAMASSES
6 / PE --> APE --> RAPE --> CRAPE --> SCRAPE --> SCRAPER --> SCRAPERS
6 / HI --> CHI --> CHIA --> CHIAS --> CHIASM --> CHIASMA --> CHIASMAS
6 / LEA --> LEAN --> CLEAN --> CLEANS --> CLEANSE --> CLEANSER --> CLEANSERS

Episode 59 notes

extensions
TARRIESt- STARRIEST
twARTIEST- HEARTIEST
RATITES- ZARATITES

snapbacks:
GLA GRA SEI ZINGS

VEXIL (vexillum, part of a feather)

HEX words
HEXAD a group of six HEXADIC
HEXADE a hexad
HEXANE a volatile liquid
HEXER one that hexes
HEXONE a hydrocarbon solvent
HEXOSE a simple sugar
HEXYL a hydrocarbon radical HEXYLIC

interesting hooks:

BLASTYier stably blowing in gusts

OBLAST(I) an administrative division of Russia OBLASTS

TRUNNELS (treenail)
FAROUCHE sullenly shy (no s) BAROUCHE: type of carriage
PHRATRY a tribal unit among primitive peoples PHRATRAL PHRATRIC
TACITRUN =URTICANTs

vAGUE a malarial fever AGUELIKE, AGUISH, AGUISHLY, AGUEWEED
CRUE* CURE ECRU
GRUEls a shudder of fear
SLUE to cause to move sideways
SPUE to spew

Seven things I learned at club this week.

hook1. If you're fishing off two tiles to get a bingo-prone rack, and the board is closed, put them somewhere that opens it up. (even if it's a few less points)

2. DULA* is not an alternate spelling of DOULA. (didn't challenge it, but mainly because it took the TWS for a low score, and I couldn't put anything there anyways.)

3. KAFTANS is good. (spotted on another board.)

4. AMI-, CAS-, EDU-, EVO-, PEC- and PLA- are all ways to extend an opening move of CABLE.

5. ALCADES is good. (anagram is eSCALADE; it's an alternate spelling of ALCALDES.  Interestingly, I knew ALCAIDE, which is a slightly different word, and convinced myself I was imagining it without the I.)

6. RELAYERS* is not good!!!! Best phony I've seen in a while.

7. EDGIER takes front hooks H, L, S, W. (couldn't remember them from a month ago, when someone played EDGY on me.)

4s Hook Quiz

So as I've been studying my 4's, I've also been trying to pay attention to any interesting hooks that they take. See if you know the unusual front hooks these words take:

YARD
HOOT
MAZE
SADI
ATAP
RARE
AGIN

Studying 4s

So we've had an extra laptop in our house for the past few weeks, and I just recently figured out that I can carry it along with me to work. (I'm a letter carrier for the Post Office. So if you see a guy in western mass typing in his truck instead of delivering mail, it might be me.) I installed Zyzzya, and decided to start seriously studying my four letter words. I could be wrong, but I think that learning the '4s' is one of the main hurdles one has to get over before moving toward the upper end of an intermediate ranking. Of course, I haven't actually played in a tournament since 2008, so I don't really know what my ranking is. Hopefully it's higher than the 1075 I rated after the two that I played in that year. Not because I'm egotistical about it, but because I'd be ticked if I've been studying flashcards and reviewing games all this time without improving. Anyway, here's a few words I've discovered recently, narrowed down because they are formed from surprise -Y end hooks.

ATOPY a type of allergy (ATOPIC adj)
BOTHY a hut in Scotland
COBBY stocky
DONSY donsie (adj) (anagram: SYNOD)

FANO

01.31.08 6:59 PM

n. a cape worn by the pope

found: while trying to find a hook for 'fan' in a non-challenge scrabulous game (i get to try words and see if they work)

also: is an alternate spelling of FANON

notes: I love surprise hooks. Send me any good ones you have.