Holy smokes the pangram for this one! I tried all sorts of stuff before getting it. HELLOKID, KILLEDHO, LIKEDHO, HIKELODE. Ultimately, I got it. Huge relief.
Also the countdown is to
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Today’s summary
Letters: ODEIKLH
Final score: 31 words for 119 points.
Genius minimum: 105 points.
First word: LOOKED.
Pangram: LIKELIHOOD.
Last word: LIKELIHOOD.
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I got so close to forgetting to do this. Maaaan. But doing it meant I saw that the hello wordl post from today had missed schedule! WordPress does that sometimes, and it’s really weird.
Yesterday I missed ACCURACY, ARRAY, CRANNY, and RUNNY.
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ARCANA: Secrets or mysteries.
“hidden things, mysteries,” 1590s, a direct adoption of the Latin plural of arcanum “a secret, a mystery,” an important word in alchemy, from neuter of adjective arcanus “secret, hidden, private, concealed” (see arcane). Occasionally mistaken for a singular and pluralized as arcanas, because arcana is far more common than arcanum.
CURACY: The office, position, or work of a curate.
HARRY: Persistently carry out attacks on (an enemy or an enemy’s territory)
Today’s summary
Final score: 43 words for 196 points.
Genius minimum: 170 points.
First word: FOIBLE.
Pangram: LIFEBLOOD.
Yesterday I missed LEVEL, LIEU (Sorry, Ted), and UNLEVEL.
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JEJUNE: (of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment.
1610s, “dull in the mind, flat, insipid, wanting in interest,” from Latin ieiunus “empty, dry, barren,” literally “fasting, hungry,” a word of obscure origin. De Vaan finds it to be from a PIE root meaning “to worship, reverence,” hence “to sacrifice” (with cognates including Sanskrit yajati “to honor, worship, sacrifice,” Avestan yaza- “to worship,” Greek agios, agnos “holy;” see hagio-), and writes that the Latin word and its relatives “would be based on the habit to perform the first sacrifice of the day on an empty stomach.” Related: jejunal; jejunally.
JULIENNE:A portion of food cut into short, thin strips.
VENULE: Anatomy A very small vein, especially one collecting blood from the capillaries.
Today’s summary
Final score: 24 words for 113 points.
Genius minimum: 108 points.
First word: CRUNCHY.
Pangram: RAUNCHY.
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I tried to get to genius last night, but I couldn’t push it over the edge. That changed during the day, so here we go. I’m glad to be back to posting these.
Yesterday I missed FICTION, INFO, INTO, NONFICTION, and ONTO.
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1530s, “digestion” (a sense now obsolete), from Latin concoctionem (nominative concoctio) “digestion,” noun of action from past participle stem of concoquere “to digest; to boil together, prepare; to consider well,” from assimilated form of com “together” (see con-) + coquere “to cook, prepare food, ripen, digest,” from PIE root *pekw- “to cook, ripen.”
Meaning “that which is concocted” is by 1850, figurative; meaning “a devising, a planning, act of preparing and combining the materials of anything” is from 1823.
Today’s summary
Final score: 25 words for 84 points.
Genius minimum: 82 points.
First word: JUVENILE.
Pangram: JUVENILE.
Hey I’m back with this!
Final score: 35 words for 186 points.
Genius minimum: 155 points.
First word: LOIN.
Pangrams: CONFLICT, INFLICTION.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Today is 11-10-21. 11+10=21. DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE.
Yesterday I missed THROWAWAY, AORTA, OATH, ROTARY, ROTOR, TARO, THATAWAY, THROAT, THROATY, THWART, TYRO, WORRYWART, WORT, and WROTH.
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ARHAT: (in Buddhism and Jainism) someone who has attained the goal of the religious life.
ARROWROOT: A West Indian herbaceous plant from which a starch is prepared.
ATHWART: From side to side of; across.
HORTATORY: Tending or aiming to exhort.
ROTATORY: The adjective form of rotate.
Today’s summary
Letters: LDENOTW
Final score: 48 words for 202 points.
Genius minimum: 202 points.
First word: NETTLE.
Pangram: LETDOWN.
I played baseball today! More on that later.
Yesterday I missed ALLAY, ANNULARLY, DRYLAND, LANDAU, LANDLADY, LANYARD, LAUD, LUAU, LULU, LUNA, LUNULA, and UNRULY.
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Today’s summary
Letters: MCDELOY
Final score: 36 words for 149 points.
Genius minimum: 143 points.
First word: LOOMED.
Pangram: I didn’t find one? Weird.
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Tonight I made a sale of a #raabidfun T-shirt on my etsy store at shop.raabidfun.com. It’s always exciting when someone I don’t know orders from me. I hadn’t made a sale in a while, so this was a pleasant surprise, and Calah brightened up when I told her about it. She’s told me in the past that I should expand my etsy store to include woodworking projects. Since I started making cutting boards, those certainly feel like things that I can sell because there’s a huge market for cool-looking cutting boards, and the holidays are right around the corner. I might even be too late to the game this year for the holidays, but I don’t know. I can’t wait to share the second cutting board project on my Tuesday woodworking blog. I finished it yesterday, and it looks amazing. Way different from the first one. That series will start as soon as this one ends.
Yesterday I missed ACETATE, CADE, CAVA, DECADE, DETECTED, and EXEC.
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EXACTA: A bet in which the first two places in a race must be predicted in the correct order. Classic horse racing.
TACET: Music (as a direction) with the voice or instrument silent.
Today’s summary
Letters: LADNRUY
Final score: 31 words for 135 points.
Genius minimum: 135 points.
First word: LUNAR.
Pangram: LAUNDRY.
I promised a story last night, but I didn’t get back in time to tell it.
At 8pm or so on November 4, 2019, I had my first audition in my journey to become a magician member of the Magic Castle. To become a magician member of the Magic Castle, you have to be recommended by a magician member in good standing, write some essays, and then perform magic for about a dozen phenomenal magicians. It’s like performing comedy for comedians, but instead of them just being experts in bit formation and crafting, they’re also experts in different parts of magic. I had practiced my set for months and months, and when I went to perform, I did what I had set out to do. Despite my best efforts, it wasn’t what they were looking for, and they recommended that I try again.
Ultimately, I passed the audition, and now I’m a magician member. And last night, I was hanging out at the Magic Castle, and I was asked to perform in one of the impromptu areas because most magicians were attending a lecture elsewhere in the building. That meant a deficit of magicians available to perform for a group that was eager to see magic. I usually have the stuff that can fit in my pockets when I go, but last night I had decided to travel light. So I didn’t have what I otherwise would have used for a bigger set.
I performed a single trick for a pretty great audience. What a crazy two years.
Yesterday I missed EGGNOT, ENTENTE, NEON, ONTO, OUTGONE, OUTGUN, and UNTHOUGHT.
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UNGUENT: A soft greasy or viscous substance used as ointment or for lubrication.
Today’s summary
Letters: CAEGKMO
Final score: 18 words for 48 points.
Genius minimum: 44 points.
First word: MACE.
Last word: COMMA.
Pangram: GAMECOCK.
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If I make it back in time tonight, I’ll share a cool story. If I don’t, this will post as-is. And then I’ll share it tomorrow.
Yesterday I missed ABACK, ALACK, BECK, BEECH, BLACKBALL, BLECH, CABAL, CABALA, CACKLE, CELEB, and EACH.
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LECH: informal, derogatory A lecher.
lecher: a lecherous person.
lecherous: Having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire.
“lustful man, man given to excessive sexual indulgence,” late 12c., from Old French lecheor (Modern French lécheur) “one living a life of debauchery,” especially “one given to sexual indulgence,” literally “licker,” agent noun from lechier “to lick;” also “to live in debauchery or gluttony,” from Frankish *likkon or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *likkojan “to lick” (from PIE root *leigh- “to lick”). The Old French feminine form was lechiere. Middle English, meanwhile, had lickestre “female who licks;” figuratively “a pleasure seeker,” literally “lickster,” with -ster. In 18c. sometimes leacher (Bailey), along with leacherous, leachery.
Today’s summary
Letters: NEHOTU
Final score: 36 words for 112 points.
Genius minimum: 109 points.
First word: ENOUGH.
Pangram: TOUGHEN.