# Word for Word. (game) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 7, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708 "2002-08-07T01:02:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/101 "2002-08-11T14:42:47Z")
tessalation–\>wascloth All non-plain washcloths normally have repeating designs? I think you’re going to win, though **Bella**. Darling. ---
**Author:** ![zephonith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@zephonith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zephonith)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/102 "2002-08-11T23:15:16Z")
If the word is [brobdignagian](http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=brobdignagian), then Pharaoh —\> Brobdignagian The giant [pyramids](http://www.delange.org/Giza_Pyramids_Sphinx/EP3.htm) were tombs for the **Pharaohs**. Most Pharaohs raised some sort of monument of **brobdignagian** proportions for themselves, usually a Pyramid or a statue. It was a cultural thing, something to do with not being forgotten. Next word: **gynophobic** Can there be a penalty for misspelling the word? I’m looking at you, **bella** -“brobdinagian”- **donna**. It would make the game a lot easier to play if people spelt the original word right… ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/103 "2002-08-12T00:38:27Z")
Next word: **striations** ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/104 "2002-08-12T19:32:44Z")
nadir ---
**Author:** ![Hattrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/34f0e0/32.png) [@Hattrick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hattrick)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/105 "2002-08-13T08:09:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \* > \*\*nadir \*\* Hmmmmm Whats the rule on repition? I had Nadir a whole page back? ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/106 "2002-08-13T11:15:26Z")
Was it? \ Yup, I guess your right. I dunno what happens. Ignore my post? Swat my knuckles with a ruler? Spankings? I’ll let you decide. ---
**Author:** ![Hattrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/34f0e0/32.png) [@Hattrick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hattrick)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/107 "2002-08-13T13:40:41Z")
points… I don’t know this is a lot slower than the Verbal tennis of Guildenstern and Rosencrantz are Dead. and seriously slow for just a minute. if all else fails stare at the corner of your monitor for 3 minutes then you may return from the corner and rejoin the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Hattrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/34f0e0/32.png) [@Hattrick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hattrick)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/108 "2002-08-13T13:42:36Z")
or is it … Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead? ---
**Author:** ![thomasm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@thomasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thomasm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/109 "2002-08-16T02:56:35Z")
For the heck of it, I’ll hop in on this. new word: iconoclastic ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/110 "2002-08-16T03:05:33Z")
\ [whinge] I’ve been siiiiick. [/whinge] I’ll update the scores when I get home in about an hour. :o ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/111 "2002-08-16T07:37:24Z")
vagabond ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/112 "2025-09-14T11:14:05Z")
elongated ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/113 "2025-09-14T15:06:26Z")
Bourgeois ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/114 "2025-09-15T01:03:42Z")
chimpanzee ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/115 "2025-09-16T01:28:53Z")
[Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/larry_mudd/summary) hasn’t been on since last year. Who will keep score? ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/116 "2025-09-16T11:39:50Z")
Chimpanzees have indulged in the bourgeois pastime of painting artistically, and even did abstract painting. Sorry, but I believe some chimps are bougie and thus there is a connection. web(site): [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)61599-7/fulltext](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)61599-7/fulltext) Ah fuck wrong link! [Congo (chimpanzee) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_(chimpanzee)) I figure we all keep unrelated scores, and if your score relates to another person’s score you lose a point. One point to me, or not, I didn’t read the scoring rules. ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/117 "2025-09-16T11:46:18Z")
billowy ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/118 "2025-09-17T18:39:00Z")
rhyme ---
**Author:** ![NotEncinoMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@NotEncinoMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEncinoMan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/119 "2025-09-18T18:42:10Z")
cuntflaps ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-word-game/122708/120 "2025-10-09T04:17:28Z")
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