Episode 38 Notes

Happy New Year!
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CHRISMAL: CHRISM a consecrated oil

GAD(S) (DAG) to roam about restlessly EGAD(S) mild oath GADI a footstool

DHOOLY DOOLEE DOOLIE DOOLY a stretcher for the sick or wounded

EVZONE a Greek soldier

SCAPEGRACE a ne'er-do-well


XEROXING to copy on a xerographic copier
YERKING to beat vigorously (RYKE- to reach)
ZINC(K)ING to coat with zinc


NIOBOUS NIOBIUM a metallic element
GJETOST a hard brown cheese

ideas for next year?

Episode 37 notes

This weeks poll: What word is a phony that you think should be good? ROOBOIS* is my nomination. Not sure why this type of tea isn't good. Is it capitalized?

(ed. note: listener Matt clued me in that it should be ROOIBOS#- it's good in SOWPODS!)

HAVIOR behavior
PAVIOR a paver
SAVIOR one that saves
(-IOUR)

-ING words:
UNBEING to cease to have being
VATTING to put into a vat
WANKING not sure (but not in the OSPD) (ed. note #2: never mind! I know what it means now!)

HAJ RAJ TAJ
HADJ
SVARAJ self govt. in british india
SWARAJ (alt spelling) (ed. note #3:Listener Matt also pointed out that this can be extended into SWARAJISM and SWARAJIST!)

OSE an ESKER /ESKAR (narrow ridge of gravel and sand)(anagram: OES)

extension: CHAWBACON

KWACHAS $ of malawi and zambia
CYANIDE
ARMHOLE

Episode 35

Episode 35 notes... leave a comment!

OVERING to leap above and to the other side of
PONGING to stink
QUIRING to arrange sheets of paper in sets of 24

BEDIZEN(S) to dress gaudily DIZEN to dress in fine clothes

OVARIOLE one of the tubes of which the ovaries of most insects are composed

word list: ending with V
PERV pervert
SHIV a knife
SPIV a petty criminal
GANEV a thief (alt spelling GANEF)
SCHAV a chilled soup (russian gazpacho?)
IMPROV improvisation
MAGLEV a train using magnets to move about the tracks (magnetic levitation)
MOSHAV a cooperative settlment of small farms in Israel MOSHAVIM

Episode 34 notes

Thanks for listening! These are show notes to The Weekly Scrabbler, in case you've stumbled across the site.


LIMNING to depict by painting or drawing
LIMNER
LIMNETIC/LIMNIC pertaining to the open water of a lake or pond

MOGGING to move away

NURLING to KNURL (K front hook) to make grooves or ridges in

MIRZA a persian title of honor

MONGO MONGOE MUNGO(S)(ES) a low quality wool

WIRRA used to express sorrow

BATTU BATT a sheet of cotton BATTU pertaining to a ballet movement (no s)
CENTU/ CENTAI pl of CENTAS monetary unit of lithuania
CORNU hornlike bone formation CORNUA pl. CORNUAL
FONDU a dish of melted cheese
HAIKU HAIK an outer garment worn by arabs
PAREU a polynesian garment
TENDU an asian ebony tree
VERTU VIRTU a love or taste for the fine arts


CILICES a coarse cloth
PEMPHIX a skin disease

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