I needed help to get picnic, which was sad.
I nearly always miss that word.
Does anybody else feel that MINICAMP isn’t a real word?
Yes! I had never heard the word before, and only got it because I was combining random four-letter words to get a compound eight-letter word.
It’s a term used in NFL football. Rookies report before regular players report to the regular preseason camp. I had definitely heard of it but did not find the word.
It was the first word I got. Not exaggerating. I couldn’t see the pangram at first, so I took the longest word I’d spotted. That was it.
Why not EBOLA?
It’s a proper noun, named after the Ebola river.
But PANAMA is accepted.
Why not COPAL?
I thought panama hat was like morocco leather, but the word seems to be capitalized in common usage.
COPAL isn’t accepted because Sam’s never heard of it.
Couldn’t someone be quick WITTED or WIGGED out?
Your second one is allowed.
Thanks
No complaints about not accepting twitted and twigged? Consider them made.
I didn’t get around to it yet, but was gonna. Thanks for your service.
Yes, I tried those and was wondering why they weren’t accepted?
Based on today’s puzzle, how often has the middle letter not started any words?
It’s happened 43 times in 1800 puzzles. It took a while to program that, even with LLM help!
Thanks. You are a hero.
You’re welcome! When I retired in 2019 (the same time as you, I think; or maybe we both were born in 1963, I recall we have something in common) I set a goal to learn R, and I did it. I still find it fun!