# The Feud: Challenging Words by Le Ministre de l'au-delà \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 11, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-challenging-words-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/581518 "2011-05-11T14:26:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-challenging-words-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/581518/61 "2011-05-14T21:50:39Z")
Yes, and the check’s in the mail. ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-challenging-words-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/581518/62 "2011-05-15T07:07:51Z")
1. weird 2. rhythm 3. biopsy 4. enouai 5. rhythm 6. radar 7. color 8. minute 9. reward 10. ewer ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-challenging-words-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/581518/63 "2011-05-16T21:02:17Z")
Reported to the mods, and I’ve started scoring. Since I didn’t make no misspellings a rule, I will combine any I find. The first one I ran across is neighbor/neighbour - which isn’t even a misspelling. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-challenging-words-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/581518/64 "2011-05-16T21:46:42Z")
Will you also combine plurals and singulars? Like strength and strengths? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-challenging-words-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/581518/65 "2011-05-16T22:41:53Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-challenging-words-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/581518/66 "2011-05-17T00:45:33Z")
Phew! There’s some more points for me. I may claw my way up to the lower middle of the field on rhythm(s) alone. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-challenging-words-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/581518/67 "2011-05-17T01:21:22Z")
1. A word, any length, which is an exception to the rule ‘i before e except after c…’. **1. Weird 13** 2. neighbor 7 3. science 3 4. leisure 2 5. seize 2 6. anchor 1 7. ancient 1 8. Caffeine 1 9. Either 1 10. forfeit 1 11. height 1 12. neither 1 13. Perceive 1 14. Their 1 15. A word of six or more letters which only has one vowel. **2. Strength/Strengths 17** 16. rhythm 3 17. bright 2 18. scratch 2 19. strong 2 20. Blocks 1 21. branch 1 22. Flight 1 23. scrunch 1 24. Scythe 1 25. spring 1 26. stamps 1 27. stitch 1 28. Trench 1 29. wrench 1 30. A word of six or more letters where all the letters appear in alphabetical order. **3. almost 8** 31. Accent 7 32. begins 4 33. biopsy 4 34. abhors 3 35. billowy 3 36. abscess 2 37. Accept 2 38. access 1 39. Aegilops 1 40. chintz 1 41. A word of six or more letters which only has one consonant. **4. Eunoia 6** 42. ooecia 5 43. oiseau 4 44. Zoaeae 3 45. Aeolia 2 46. Aoueil 2 47. Euouae/euouaes 2 48. Aeriey 1 49. enouai 1 50. mieaou 1 51. muumuu 1 52. oousia 1 53. pass1 1 54. pass2 1 55. pass3 1 56. pass4 1 57. Queuey 1 58. stress 1 59. Zaouia 1 60. A word of six or more letters which has neither the letter a, e, i, o nor u. **5. Rhythm/rhythms 31** 61. Crypts 3 62. syzygy 1 63. trysts 1 64. A word, any length, which is a palindrome. \*\*6. Radar 7[/B ]6. madam 4 65. racecar 4 66. boob 2 67. kayak 2 68. level 2 69. noon 2 70. wow 2 71. bob 1 72. dad 1 73. deed 1 74. did 1 75. Eye 1 76. kinnikinnik 1 77. Moon 1 78. poop 1 79. Pop 1 80. redivider 1 81. rotator 1 82. A word, any length, which differs in its US and UK spelling. **7. Color/colour 27** 83. theater/theatre 5 84. favor/favour 1 85. labor/labour 1 86. Neighbor/Neighbour 1 87. tire/tyre 1 88. A word where the same combination of letters in the same order has two different pronunciations and two different meanings. **8. lead 7** 89. Wind 4 90. bow 3 91. minute 3 92. bass 2 93. read 2 94. Refuse 2 95. resume 2 96. Sow 2 97. Desert 1 98. Drawer 1 99. invalid 1 100. live 1 101. moderate 1 102. perfect 1 103. polish 1 104. unionized 1 105. wound 1 106. A word of six or more letters that is not a palindrome but is also a word when spelled backwards. **9. stressed/desserts 20** 107. reward/drawer 6 108. animal/lamina 2 109. denier/reined 2 110. diaper/repaid 2 111. reviled/deliver 2 112. spoons/snoops 1 113. stared/derats 1 114. A word of more than three letters that is frequently found in crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. (crosswordese) \*\*10. Esne 4[/B ]10. Agar 3 115. oleo 3 116. olio 3 117. Apse 2 118. Ecru 2 119. epee 2 120. etna 2 121. abet 1 122. adit 1 123. akee 1 124. alai 1 125. aloe 1 126. Augur 1 127. emu 1 128. ere 1 129. etui 1 130. ewer 1 131. Ghee 1 132. Oloe 1 133. sera 1 134. sere 1 135. uvula 1 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-challenging-words-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/581518/68 "2011-05-17T01:34:24Z")
And the winner is… the resident Meisterfeuder Feudermeister! Way to go, **Swampbear**! **Swampy** got 8/10 top answers. Well done! Perfect score was 398.88. And I got a respectable 2nd place! 😛 Thanks, everyone! Thanks **Le Ministre**! **1. swampbear 383.33** 2. Dolores Reborn 347.22 3. RickJay 338.89 4. Little Nemo 333.33 4. 42fish 333.33 6. RachelChristine 327.78 7. Infovore 311.11 8. Thudlow Boink 297.22 9. Scuba\_Ben 294.44 10. Tom Scud 291.67 11. The Other Jeffrey Lebowski 288.89 12. Le Ministre de l’au-delà 283.33 12. maggenpye 283.33 14. kaylasdad99 277.78 15. astorian 266.67 15. needscoffee 266.67 17. Sternvogel 263.89 18. critter42 261.11 18. GuiriEnEspaña 261.11 20. Snickers 247.22 20. Mahaloth 247.22 22. AppallingGael 244.44 23. Maus Magill 236.11 24. Labtrash 227.78 25. cmkeller 219.44 26. bibliophage 208.33 27. notfrommensa 205.56 28. Avarie537 202.78 29. Barkis is Willin’ 197.22 30. NDP 186.11 31. Simmerdown 166.67 32. Staggering Genius 163.89 32. Aankh 163.89 34. gonzomax 161.11 35. Really Not All That Bright 125.00 36. Ulf the Unwashed 122.22 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-challenging-words-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/581518/69 "2011-05-17T01:35:50Z")
Shouldn’t that be 6 for oleo/olio? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-challenging-words-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/581518/70 "2011-05-17T02:07:36Z")
[Oleo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleo). [Olio](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olio). Two different things. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-challenging-words-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/581518/71 "2011-05-17T03:25:13Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > [Oleo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleo). > > [Olio](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olio). > > Two different things. Which one were they chanting in _The Wizard of Oz_? ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-challenging-words-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/581518/72 "2011-05-17T04:14:46Z")
Ooh, #7! I thought I’d do much worse on this one! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-challenging-words-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/581518/73 "2011-05-17T11:52:37Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Which one were they chanting in _The Wizard of Oz_? Oh - wee - oh! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-challenging-words-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/581518/74 "2011-05-17T13:26:08Z")
Wow – 9th place! I think that’s my best ever! ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-challenging-words-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/581518/75 "2011-05-17T14:57:12Z")
I was a little surprised with this group to be the only one who thought of ‘caffeine’. 😃 Just for the record, I had been thinking of the entire rule ‘i before e except after c or when sounding like ‘a’ as in neighbour and weigh’, but I didn’t want to give the whole thing because ‘neighbour’ is an example of a word which differs in UK and US spelling. I was up a gum tree - in trying to avoid a conch on the US/UK question, I ended up with ‘neighbour’ as an answer to the first question. That was fun, though. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-challenging-words-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/581518/76 "2011-05-17T18:00:07Z")
Hm, if I had bothered to Google up answers for the ones I couldn’t think of off the top of my head, I’d have done pretty well. Most of the big-points answers were ones I’d thought of. ---
**Author:** ![RachelChristine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-challenging-words-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/581518/77 "2011-05-18T19:14:45Z")
I can’t believe I got 6th place! I don’t think I’ve ever come in top 10 before. And I think I even passed on the one-consonant question. Cool! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-challenging-words-by-le-ministre-de-lau-dela-game-over/581518.md?page=3)