"Add a rule" word game

Annie-Xmas · January 7, 2019, 2:40pm

Rudolph

-May not be an article of clothing
-May not be an adjective
-May not begin with same letter as prior word
-May not be plural
-May not be an animal
-May not end in “R”
-May not begin with “R”

Blue_Blistering_Barnacle · January 7, 2019, 3:12pm

A

-May not be an article of clothing
-May not be an adjective
-May not begin with same letter as prior word
-May not be plural
-May not be an animal
-May not end in “R”
-May not begin with “R”
-May not be an article

Annie-Xmas · January 7, 2019, 3:16pm

Hemlock

-May not be an article of clothing
-May not be an adjective
-May not begin with same letter as prior word
-May not be plural
-May not be an animal
-May not end in “R”
-May not begin with “R”
-May not be an article
-May not be a poisonous plant

Bayaker · January 8, 2019, 3:35pm

Prune

-May not be an article of clothing
-May not be an adjective
-May not begin with same letter as prior word
-May not be plural
-May not be an animal
-May not end in “R”
-May not begin with “R”
-May not be an article
-May not be a poisonous plant
-May not be both a food and a verb

Prof.Pepperwinkle · January 8, 2019, 3:39pm

Shadow

-May not be an article of clothing
-May not be an adjective
-May not begin with same letter as prior word
-May not be plural
-May not be an animal
-May not end in “R”
-May not begin with “R”
-May not be an article
-May not be a poisonous plant
-May not be both a food and a verb
-Must not have only two syllables

Annie-Xmas · January 8, 2019, 3:47pm

Gynecology

-May not be an article of clothing
-May not be an adjective
-May not begin with same letter as prior word
-May not be plural
-May not be an animal
-May not end in “R”
-May not begin with “R”
-May not be an article
-May not be a poisonous plant
-May not be both a food and a verb
-Must not have only two syllables
-Must not describe a medical specialty

Prof.Pepperwinkle · January 8, 2019, 6:46pm

antidisestablishmentarianism

-May not be an article of clothing
-May not be an adjective
-May not begin with same letter as prior word
-May not be plural
-May not be an animal
-May not end in “R”
-May not begin with “R”
-May not be an article
-May not be a poisonous plant
-May not be both a food and a verb
-Must not have only two syllables
-Must not describe a medical specialty
-Must have 12 or fewer letters

Blue_Blistering_Barnacle · January 8, 2019, 7:33pm

Communism

-May not be an article of clothing
-May not be an adjective
-May not begin with same letter as prior word
-May not be plural
-May not be an animal
-May not end in “R”
-May not begin with “R”
-May not be an article
-May not be a poisonous plant
-May not be both a food and a verb
-Must not have only two syllables
-Must not describe a medical specialty
-Must have 12 or fewer letters
-No economic or political movements

Bayaker · January 9, 2019, 3:32am

Autocephaly

-May not be an article of clothing
-May not be an adjective
-May not begin with same letter as prior word
-May not be plural
-May not be an animal
-May not end in “R”
-May not begin with “R”
-May not be an article
-May not be a poisonous plant
-May not be both a food and a verb
-Must not have only two syllables
-Must not describe a medical specialty
-Must have 12 or fewer letters
-No economic or political movements
-May not be a form of clerical hierarchy.

Some_Call_Me.Tim · January 9, 2019, 5:15am

Liliʻuokalani

-May not be an article of clothing
-May not be an adjective
-May not begin with same letter as prior word
-May not be plural
-May not be an animal
-May not end in “R”
-May not begin with “R”
-May not be an article
-May not be a poisonous plant
-May not be both a food and a verb
-Must not have only two syllables
-Must not describe a medical specialty
-Must have 12 or fewer letters
-No economic or political movements
-May not be a form of clerical hierarchy.
-May not be royalty or a political leader

Annie-Xmas · January 9, 2019, 2:05pm

Mercury

-May not be an article of clothing
-May not be an adjective
-May not begin with same letter as prior word
-May not be plural
-May not be an animal
-May not end in “R”
-May not begin with “R”
-May not be an article
-May not be a poisonous plant
-May not be both a food and a verb
-Must not have only two syllables
-Must not describe a medical specialty
-Must have 12 or fewer letters
-No economic or political movements
-May not be a form of clerical hierarchy.
-May not be royalty or a political leader
-May not be a musician’s last name

Prof.Pepperwinkle · January 9, 2019, 3:17pm

sobriquet
-May not be an article of clothing
-May not be an adjective
-May not begin with same letter as prior word
-May not be plural
-May not be an animal
-May not end in “R”
-May not begin with “R”
-May not be an article
-May not be a poisonous plant
-May not be both a food and a verb
-Must not have only two syllables
-Must not describe a medical specialty
-Must have 12 or fewer letters
-No economic or political movements
-May not be a form of clerical hierarchy.
-May not be royalty or a political leader
-May not be a musician’s last name
-May not have a “Q”

Bayaker · January 9, 2019, 8:49pm

ounce

-May not be an article of clothing
-May not be an adjective
-May not begin with same letter as prior word
-May not be plural
-May not be an animal
-May not end in “R”
-May not begin with “R”
-May not be an article
-May not be a poisonous plant
-May not be both a food and a verb
-Must not have only two syllables
-Must not describe a medical specialty
-Must have 12 or fewer letters
-No economic or political movements
-May not be a form of clerical hierarchy.
-May not be royalty or a political leader
-May not be a musician’s last name
-May not have a “Q”
-May not have more vowels than consonants

Riemann · January 9, 2019, 9:46pm

An ounce is a snow leopard, fwiw. I’m not really sure if “may not” means that a word with multiple meanings is excluded.

Bayaker · January 11, 2019, 3:04pm

You may have me there. I had never heard the snow leopard “ounce” before. In my defense the animal and the unit of measure are not etymologically related.

Bayaker · January 11, 2019, 3:16pm

Substituting:

ukulele

-May not be an article of clothing
-May not be an adjective
-May not begin with same letter as prior word
-May not be plural
-May not be an animal
-May not end in “R”
-May not begin with “R”
-May not be an article
-May not be a poisonous plant
-May not be both a food and a verb
-Must not have only two syllables
-Must not describe a medical specialty
-Must have 12 or fewer letters
-No economic or political movements
-May not be a form of clerical hierarchy.
-May not be royalty or a political leader
-May not be a musician’s last name
-May not have a “Q”
-May not have more vowels than consonants

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