Episode 33 notes

This week's polls:
1. Send in your 'winning out-play puzzles' for posting on the blog
2. What word you've learned on this podcast you've played...

bonus list:
words that start/ end with OVER
BACKOUT/ OUTBACK
BURNOUT/OUTBURN
COOKOUT/OUTCOOK
DROPOUT/ OUTDROP
FALLOUT/OUTFALL
LOOKOUT/OUTLOOK
PULLOUT/OUTPULL
READOUT/ OUTREAD
ROLLOUT/OUTROLL
SELLOUT/ OUTSELL
TAKEOUT/OUTTAKE
TURNOUT/OUTTURN
WALKOUT/ OUTWALK
WASHOUT/OUTWASH
WORKOUT/ OUTWORK


ing words
HYPOING to inject with a hypodermic needle
IRISING to give the form of a rainbow to (front hook to RISING!)
JAUKING (jawk) to dawdle
KLUGING (klooj) to kludge- to put together from ill-fitting components KLUDGY KLUDGEY not sowpods

DIRNDLS type of dress

also: 15 OUT-/-OUT words

currency of the week: CONTO portuguese money of account

GARDYLOO used as a warning cry
CALLALOO a crabmeat soup
WATERLOO a decisive defeat
VINDALOO a curried dish made with meat, garlic, and wine

Episode 32 notes

this weeks words....

DAUB to smear
DAUBE a braised meat stew
DAUBER one that daubs
DAUBERY a bad or inexpert painting

CHTHONIC pertaining to the gods of the underworld

TEL ancient mound in the middle east

DYSTOCIA difficult labor and delivery in childbirth
DYSTONIA a condition of disordered tonicity of muscle tissue
DYSTOPIA a wretched place

ZAPTIAH a turkish policeman
ZEPTIAH

OXYACID an acid that contains oxygen
OXYPHIL(E) an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment
OXYSALT a salt of an oxyacid
OXYSOME a structural unit of cellular cristae
OXYTONE a word having heavy stress on the last syllable

GROSZ(E) GROSZY polish coin

WYCH a european elm

Episode 31 notes..

Hey, if you stumble across this page and aren't a listener to the podcast, let me know how you found in a comment... I'm curious!

GOBSHITE a contemptible person

COOF/ CUIF a dolt
CUIF FUCI pl. of FUCUS any of a genus of brown algae
COIF to style the hair, FOCI pl. of FOCUS, FICO something of little worth

DADOING to set into a groove
EANLING a YEANLING young of a sheep or goat, YEALING person of the same age anagram of ANELING
FIDGING to fidget
GIRTING to gird.... anagram:

RINGGIT malaysian currency

JQXZ words:
BOOJUM a spiny desert tree *not good in SOWPODS
KANJI a system of japanese writing

BILBOES a finely tempered sword

Episode 30(!) notes

This week's poll question: Is there a one syllable bingo that stumps you? Leave a comment.

definitions from the podcast:

ANTIAIR directed against attacking aircraft (no -S)
ANTIAR an arrow poison
ARENITE (are-ah-nite) rock made up chiefly of sand grains
NITERIE (NITERY) a nightclub

other high probability bingos:
INERTIA, ORATION, RETINAE, TAENIAE, TEENIER, TRAINEE

JQXZ words:

DIXIT a statement
FIXIT involved with fixing things (takes Y) also, FIXT
JEZAIL type of firearm

-ING words (you may not know):

ANELING from ANELE to anoint
BORKING to attack a candidate in the media
CLEPING from CLEPE to call by a name (Y)CLEPED

FORINT a monetary unit of hungary

CIS having certain atoms on the same side of the molecule
COS a variety of lettuce -ES
DIS to insult or criticize
JUS a legal right JURA
KOS a land measurement in India
RAS an Ethiopian prince -ES
VAS an anatomical duct VASA
VIS force or power VIRES
WIS to know WIST....also takes an I front hook for IWIS!

Episode 29

Poll this week: What's your favorite word that looks like hasn't been unscrambled? I recently found this word mentioned in a blog: DUUMVIR(I) (a magistrate of ancient Rome).. when I mentioned it in chat to a podcast listener, he glanced at it and thought it was in alphagram form! I don't blame him! Leave your answer in a comment.



FEEZE to faze
HEEZE to hoist


ALFAQUI(N) ALFAKI a teacher of muslim law

PARDI(E) PARDY PERDIE used as a mild oath
PARD leopard

HOWE a valley
HOWF(F) a place frequently visited
HOWK to dig
HOWS pl. a method of doing something
DHOW an arabian sailing vessel

BUMF paperwork

$ TOLAR(JEV) TOLARS monetary unit of Slovenia (not SOWPODS)


3 three letter words that take a front and back Y hook:

AWN YAWN AWNY a bristle like appendage of certain grasses (adj.)
EGG EGGY YEGG a burglar
ILL ILLY YILL ale

Episode 28 Notes

Hey, if you're actually reading this and haven't ever left a note, please do so! Thanks!

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