# Scattagories.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scattagories/434340>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 21, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scattagories/434340 "2008-01-21T03:46:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scattagories/434340/41 "2008-01-23T00:03:52Z")

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I know I’m late, but just for fun:

**D** :  
1: Detritus  
2: Daal bhat  
3: Deliliah  
4: dpr (is he still around?)  
5: Dromedary  
6: Diphtheria  
7: Dry martini  
8: Dineros  
9: Deciduous  
10: Ducts  
11: Dr. Mario  
12: **D** ouble **D** are (two points)

**H** :  
1: Hambone  
2: Horseradish  
3: Helena  
4: Happy Lederveder  
5: Hyrax  
6: Head lice  
7: Huckleberry wine  
8: an honest buck  
9: Hazelnut  
10: Hair  
11: Hexen  
12: …

**W** :  
1: Waste  
2: Wasabi  
3: Winona  
4: What Exit  
5: Walking stick  
6: Warts  
7: Water of Life (I’m sure someone’s already taken “White Wine”)  
8: Winnings  
9: Water chestnut  
10: Waist  
11: **W** ario’s **W** ood\* (two points)  
12: Win Ben Stein’s Money

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scattagories/434340/42 "2008-01-23T00:13:01Z")

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Man, **ZipperJJ** , that was incredible! How did you do that so fast? What’s your secret? I tried to do that but it took me forever and I had to give up. Very great job. Thank you so much.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scattagories/434340/43 "2008-01-23T00:29:43Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> I know I’m late, but just for fun:
> 
> **D** :  
> 2: Daal bhat  
> 4: dpr (is he still around?)  
> 7: Dry martini  
> 10: Ducts  
> 11: Dr. Mario
> 
> **H** :  
> 5: Hyrax  
> 6: Head lice  
> 7: Huckleberry wine  
> 8: an honest buck  
> 9: Hazelnut  
> 11: Hexen
> 
> **W** :  
> 7: Water of Life (I’m sure someone’s already taken “White Wine”)  
> 9: Water chestnut  
> 12: Win Ben Stein’s Money

Assuming that all of those count, I make it 14 that I got. **Scarlett67** also said “Head lice”, but in answer to a different question, so I left it.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scattagories/434340/44 "2008-01-23T00:31:53Z")

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You’re right - I shouldn’t have given cmkeller warts (tee hee).

Updated Scores from the **actual end of the game** :

**ZipperJJ - 22**  
**WhatExit - 19**  
\*\*MissPurlMcKnittington - 18 \*\*(minus West Nile virus)  
**ShibbOleth - 18**  
**Scarlett67 - 17**  
**cmkeller - 17** (minus warts)  
**tesseract - 16**  
**Queen Tonya - 16**  
**JohnBckWld - 13** (minus west nile)  
**Kat - 12**  
**Mindfield - 11**  
**freckafree - 8**

**SCATT"A"GORIES _PM_:**  
Now with 5 extra players! We have a new winner!

**Tiki - 24**  
3. Dee Dee +1  
5. Dik dik +1  
8. Diram  
11. Dig Dug +1  
12. Dog Eat Dog +1

1. Half-n-Half +1
2. Helvella mushroom
3. Hayley
4. Hoopoe
5. Heart disease
6. Histoplasmosis
7. Hawaiian holly +1
8. High Heat +1
9. Wesley Clark
10. Wildebeest
11. Wing

**ZipperJJ - 20**  
3. Daytona  
4. Diomedes  
[del]5. Dolphins[/del]  
7. Dark rum  
8. Dong (Vietnam)  
9. Dutch Elm  
11. Donkey Kong Country 2

1. Ham bones  
[del]3. Heidi[/del]
2. HazlenutCoffee
3. Hairy buffalo
4. Hard Hat Mack (Commodore 64) +1
5. Wet wipes +1
6. Wasabi
7. Webbed toes
8. Wet Willy +1
9. Winkie
10. Wario’s Woods +1

**WhatExit - 18**  
2. Dulce  
3. Davida  
4. Der Trihs  
11. Dune

1. Hoarded items
2. Hijiki
3. Harriet
4. Hornbill
5. Hairy cell leukemia
6. Halfcrowns
7. Hellgate: London
8. Wakame
9. Wendell Wagner +1
10. Woodpecker
11. William McKinley’s ($500 bill US)  
[del]1. Warlords[/del]
12. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? +1

\*\*MissPurlMcKnittington - 17 \*\*  
3. Delilah  
4. Doperette  
6. diabetes mellitus  
11. Donkey Kong Kountry

1. hope
2. Heloise
3. hedgehog
4. hornbeam  
[del]10. hymen[/del]
5. Harvest Moon
6. white radish
7. Wendigo1974
8. winkle
9. white wine +1
10. Wing Commander
11. Wait, Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me! +1

**cmkeller - 15**  
3. Dorothy  
4. delphica  
5. Dromedary Camel  
6. Dysentery  
10. Dura (lining of the brain)  
11. Duke Nukem  
[del]1. Hairball[/del]  
2. Heart of Palm  
4. Happy Lendervedder  
5. Heron  
6. Hernia  
8. Hungarian Forint  
[del]9. Hemlock[/del]

1. Watermelon rinds
2. White carrot
3. Whiskers
4. Win Lose or Draw

**tesseract - 15**  
3. Desiree  
5. Dugong  
[del]6. denge fever[/del]  
7. Dewar’s  
11. Dragon’s Lair  
12. Dreamhouse

1. health
2. hajario
3. hundreds
4. Holly
5. weed
6. whiterabbit
7. walking pneumonia
8. wads
9. wild aspen
10. weiner  
[del]12. Whose Line Is It Anyway?[/del]

**ShibbOleth - 15**

1. Detritus
2. Daphne  
[del]5. Duck[/del]
3. Hats
4. Hydroponic tomatoes
5. Hypatia  
[del]9. Honey Locust[/del]
6. Haunches
7. Halo II
8. Headline Chasers  
[del]1. Water[/del] (Same as “waste water”)
9. Wyonna
10. Wildest Bill
11. Walking stick
12. Washington Apple
13. Webbed foot
14. World of Warcraft: Frozen Throne +1

**Scarlett67 - 14**  
[del]3. DELORES[/del]  
4. DsYoungEsq  
[del]6. DIVERTICULITIS[/del]  
8. DOUBLOONS  
10. DIVERTICULUM (heh)  
[del]11. DOOM[/del]

1. HATE MAIL
2. HESTER
3. HEKK
4. HEAD LICE
5. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
6. HUNDRED-DOLLAR BILL
7. HARRY POTTER
8. WIPES
9. WASABI PEAS
10. WATER ON THE BRAIN
11. WATABE

**Solfy - 13**

1. Discharges
2. Deirdra
3. Dirty martini
4. Dwarf spruce
5. Drum (ear)
6. Heirloom tomatoes
7. Hazel
8. Haddock
9. Hysteria
10. Wasted food
11. Wine
12. Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

**Queen Tonya - 11**  
2. Dill  
3. Diana  
[del]4. Dangerosa[/del]  
[del]10. Dick[/del]  
11. Daxter  
[del]1. Handiwipes[/del]  
3. Helena  
4. HeyHomie  
5. Horses  
7. Hairy Navel  
8. Hard cash?  
9. Hardwoods  
11. Hangman  
[del]1. Wastepaper[/del]  
4. Walloon  
[del]5. Warthogs[/del]  
**JohnBckWld - 12**  
3. Donna  
8. Deutschmarks  
10. Dorsal Fin

1. Hefty Bags
2. hamadrayad
3. HIV
4. Wedding photos
5. Wally
6. Water Buffalo  
[del]9. White Pine[/del]
7. Wang
8. War of the Worlds + 1

**Kat - 10**

1. Dead flowers  
[del]3. Diane[/del]
2. Dentin
3. Heel of bread
4. Hippy Hollow +1
5. Harp seal
6. Huntington’s Disease
7. Hurricane  
[del]10. Head[/del]
8. Wet paper
9. Wilson’s Disease

**Cluricaun - 10**  
3 Doris  
4 DOdds  
11 Ducktales

1. Hypodermic needles  
5 Hares  
11 Hellboy
2. Wood chips  
4 WordMan  
7 Weinhards  
8 Washingtons

**Mindfield - 8**  
[del]4. dinsdale[/del]  
8. Dollar

1. Hair nets
2. Hamburg parsley
3. Heather  
[del]6. Hepatitis[/del]
4. Hwan
5. Wisp00  
[del]5. Wolf[/del]
6. Whipple’s Disease
7. Wild Turkey

**Thudlow Boink - 8**  
6. diarrhea

1. husks (of corn)
2. hypertension
3. Haunted House +1
4. water chestnuts
5. Wynona
6. white oak

**freckafree - 7**  
[del]4. Diggleblop[/del]  
11. Digimon

1. Hard boiled egg shells
2. Head lettuce
3. Hyoid
4. Homeworld
5. Western Red Cedar  
11.Wario Land

**Delores Reborn - 7**  
4. Diogenes (different than DtC)  
5. deer  
12. Dialing for Dollars +1  
4. Hilarity N. Suze  
8. Hryvnia (Ukraine)  
4. WeirdDave

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scattagories/434340/45 "2008-01-23T15:44:54Z")

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Let’s do it again!

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scattagories/434340/46 "2008-01-23T16:28:47Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
Let’s do it again!  
[/QUOTE]

Here you go: [Scatt’a’gories '73 [ends 9PM EST January 23]](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=452577)

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