The Feud: Challenging Words by Le Ministre de l'au-delà [Game Over]

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D’oh! I just realized I screwed up on #1. Ah, well. :stuck_out_tongue:

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  1. Their
  2. Scythe
  3. Aegilops
  4. Zoaeae
  5. Rhythm
  6. Racecar
  7. Neighbour
  8. Sow
  9. Diaper
  10. Agar

ETA: I didn’t use a dictionary at all. What do I win?

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  1. weird
  2. strength
  3. billowy
  4. pass
  5. rhythm
  6. redivider
  7. color
  8. wind
  9. desserts
  10. oleo
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  1. Weird
  2. Strength
  3. Abhors
  4. Zoaeae
  5. Rhythm
  6. Wow
  7. Color
  8. Refuse
  9. Stressed
  10. Etna

Notes:
4. Extra hard since the Scrabble vowel-dump lists don’t have any one-consonant words longer than five letters
7. Or, for the limeys out there, colour

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Actually, etna is also a non-proper noun, meaning (according to the Scrabble dictionary) “A container for heating liquids”
(Granted, I have a vested interest, having also used etna for #10.)

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  1. forfeit
  2. rhythm
  3. billowy
  4. ooecia
  5. rhythm
  6. bob
  7. color
  8. lead
  9. desserts
  10. sere
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  1. leisure
  2. bright
  3. biopsy
  4. stress
  5. rhythm
  6. kayak
  7. theater
  8. lead
  9. reined
  10. olio
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I’m surprised at how relatively few people have used 3 or 4 letter words for #6

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  1. neighbor
  2. strength
  3. accent
  4. eunoia
  5. rhythm
  6. radar
  7. color/colour
  8. bow
  9. desserts/stressed
  10. adit
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#4 about did me in!

No DQ - just less matches.

Nobody will get DQ’d no matter what they write, you’re just less likely to score well.

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  1. neither
  2. scratch
  3. accent
  4. oousia
  5. rhythm
  6. deed
  7. color
  8. live
  9. spoons
  10. uvula
    /4. Greek philosophical term meaning “substance”. Can also be spelled “ousia”.
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  1. weird
  2. strength
  3. almost
  4. A word of six or more letters which only has one consonant - are you sure that any such exist in the English language? I can’t think if any more than 5
  5. crypts
  6. noon
  7. color/colour
  8. wind
  9. denier/reined
  10. olio
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  1. neighbour
  2. strength
  3. almost
  4. eunoia
  5. rhythm
  6. madam
  7. color
  8. polish
  9. stressed
  10. aloe
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  1. anchor
  2. strengths
  3. billowy
  4. euouaes
  5. rhythms
  6. racecar
  7. color
  8. bass
  9. desserts
  10. alai

How many people used Rinkworks’ Fun With Words section?
I had to search for euouae. Definition here: euouae - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Whoo-hoo! Thanks **42fish **and Rebo. I feel like Jodie Foster: “I’m back in the game!” Granted, I probably won’t do well, but then, when do I ever?

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  1. Weird
  2. Strength
  3. Accent
  4. Aeriey
  5. Rhythm
  6. Moon
  7. Colour
  8. Lead
  9. Stressed
  10. Augur
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  1. weird

  2. stitch

  3. abcess

  4. ZAOUIA

  5. rhythm

  6. racecar

  7. color

  8. unionized

  9. stressed

  10. agar

  11. colour

  12. referring to team of workers who are members of a collective bargaining unit; referring to a molecule or atom which contains exactly one electron for each proton

  13. desserts

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  1. height
  2. strong
  3. abhors
  4. ?
  5. crypts
  6. madam
  7. colour
  8. invalid
  9. desserts
  10. etui
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  1. Weird
  2. Bright
  3. abcess
  4. Euouae
  5. Rhythms
  6. Boob
  7. color / colour
  8. Minute
  9. stressed / desserts
  10. Ghee
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  1. weird
  2. spring
  3. almost
  4. pass
  5. rhythm
  6. level
  7. color
  8. read
  9. desserts
  10. esne