As a verb, yes. As a noun, no.
Hey, if you’ve got TEFF, you’ve also got FETE and EFFETE, so think of it as part of an 8-point word block. Plus, next time you go to an Ethiopian restaurant, you’ll know what the injera is made from.
So CLAMMY is good, but not CLAMMILY…
I once again wonder why glia is allowed, but not the more-often-used glial.
Seven pangrams today.
Does anyone know if that’s a record?
That seemed like a lot of pangrams, plus there were nine words of ten characters or more. No -ed or -ing but there were lots of -tion words.
The most ever was eight but it feels like a bit of a cheat because it had both canceling and cancelling.
These should be allowed:
FLORIN
OFFLINING
FRIGGING
I agree.
And today (Tuesday) - still no NAPHTHA despite assorted other chemical compounds being accepted.
I’m 80% sure that it used to be accepted.
So, for today’s puzzle, give me a break with avaunt.
And I wouldn’t call AVEA an ordinary, non-obscure word. I only got it by trying random combinations.
I was annoyed they didn’t take TOOLBAG yesterday.
I assume you mean UVEA which is also in today’s crossword.
And I agree on TOOLBAG yesterday. As for today, I thought VETTED should have also yielded UNVETTED, but no.
Oops, yes.
Agreed. Also, if you replace the fifth letter of that word with an N, I thought that would be accepted as well.
I’m quite surprised today’s didn’t allow EVENTUATE and EVENTUATED. The second one would be a pangram.
Oooh good one! I didn’t even think of that.
Naphtha has never been accepted. Too bad, NAPHTHALENE would be a killer pangram, accompanying ELEPHANT and PENTATHLETE.
That was the last word I needed for Queen Bee and I just stumbled upon it by trying various things.
And yes, I tried naphtha the other day.
Well, I was only 80% sure. There’s a word similar to that that is or was accepted.