Why no BOBBY? British cop. Type of hairpin
That was one of my first words, dammit!
Agreed! Also, I have never in my life seen BOGEYMEN spelled with only one O (or pluralized, for that matter)
I think that’s the British spelling.
But for all the other words with both US and British spelling, we only get the US spelling. Why would this one be different?
The ways of the Sam are mysterious.
Had a terrible time with today’s puzzle. Never did find a pangram, but I guess that’s not a given.
I just checked the synopsis for the only place I’ve heard the pangram used, the Laurel and Hardy film Babes in Toyland, and it’s spelled with only one O there for some reason.
And @Chefguy I had a hard time with it too. Several words looked bogus to me.
I don’t know about bogus, but certainly obscure.
You think that all the chemical elements, such as LUTETIUM would be accepted, but no. Not the first in that category to be rejected, though.
Still no MILT or TUILE. Ah well.
All of that obscure food but not VITTLES.
I tried the singular and was rejected. It’s a slang word and out of usage, so perhaps that’s the problem.
Obviously I meant the singular because we don’t have an S. Maybe that was the issue.
TIL Tender Vittles was discontinued in 2007.
Not only has VICTUAL never appeared in a puzzle, it’s never been eligible.
Dammit, Sam, what do you have against cute animals? If it’s not caracals, it’s fennecs.
I tried it, though I’ve only ever seen it attached to the word ‘fox’.
I saw the point total today and almost abandoned it at the beginning, but it didn’t prove too tough.
Yeah, it was pretty easy. And four pangrams!
Those pangrams have come up before, but with a different index letter (F). And only half the record number, which is 8.