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n_palum

6:00 PM

and not ROCKETEER :P

Sconibulus

nah, the word rock doesn't appear :)

n_palum

What has contacts?

Sconibulus

1 and 4 I believe

n_palum

That's lame considering a comet is kind of a rock

ffao

1 and 4

n_palum

6:01 PM

OH is it ROSETTA? 4 4

Sconibulus

4 is ROSETTA

Rubio

2: Russian fingers might be on them

Kritixi Lithos

contact 2?

Business Cat

tentative contact 2

n_palum

Welcome back to ROULETTE ;)

Rubio

6:03 PM

not roulette :)

n_palum

Dang thought I could be slick

Kritixi Lithos

uncontact 2

n_palum

2 ROMAN(S)?

Rubio

ehh

I'm going to say no

n_palum

ROMAN NUMERALS/FINGERS?

Rubio

6:05 PM

Sid

20. Took a lot of time to build

Well piss

contact 20

contact 3

contact 1 perhaps

n_palum

6:06 PM

20 ROME :P

or perhaps ROBIE HOUSE but I doubt you know that

Rubio might

not familiar, no

It's in Chicago

Yes, Rome is correct

or nearby at least

Pass 1 - I believe @ffao and @Rubio are the contacts

ffao

I'm just taking a wild stab at ROGUES

Rubio

6:08 PM

1 - my guess is ROOSTS

n_palum

@Sconibulus

Sconibulus

1 no, sadly it was ROUNDELS

n_palum

Pass 3 then too ;) go Rubio

Rubio

3 - Roget, i should think!

Sconibulus

3: correct!

n_palum

6:09 PM

Hmm well done

Defending: R O P

Rubio

2 busts - someone want to take a stab at it?

Sconibulus

1: Rumble in the Jungle strategy

Leaky Nun

3: (acronym) something you do to prove adulthood

Sconibulus

Romani seems plausible but unlikely

n_palum

1 not ROPE-A-DOPE

Sconibulus

6:10 PM

1: yep

Rubio

2 was Roman hands. bad joke reference.

n_palum

I used to do my fair share of LoL ;)

Sconibulus

LoL?

oh, yeah, they do have a Rumble, don't they

n_palum

Haha yes

That's where I knew it from

Sconibulus

knew I should have gone with 'Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee'

Rubio

6:12 PM

1: Tug of war hazard

Sconibulus

4: Odd mighty ducks penalty

3 not ROP?

contact 1

1 ROPE

@n_palum nice

do you know its full form then

Rubio

6:13 PM

1 is not ROPE

n_palum

Something of Premature?

forget first word

4 ROPING

Rubio

rite of passage?

n_palum

Oh I guess that works too, I was thinking of the fancy thing

Leaky Nun

@Rubio rites

n_palum

1 ROPES? ROPED? ROPER?

Sconibulus

6:15 PM

4: yep

nope nope.

contact 1

not ROPER either?

Pass 1 - not sure then

Sconibulus

6:16 PM

1: ROPEBURN

Business Cat

1: ROPE BURN

Rubio

✔

n_palum

Oh duh

Defending: R O P E

It's always the simple ones isn't it

ffao

1: Has problems with stepping out of line

Sconibulus

contact 1?

n_palum

6:18 PM

1 ROPER/ROPEY?

ROPEMAKER maybe?

ffao

I have no idea what a roper is

not ropey or ropemaker

n_palum

Oh dur

Pass 1

Nice clue haha took me a second

Sconibulus

1: Ropewalker?

n_palum

Yessir

ffao

do we have enough people for a 5 min defense? :P

ffao defending: S

Rubio

6:21 PM

1: It makes the world go around.

Sconibulus

2: Charmed Counterpart

contact 2

3: Keep it holy

1: not SUN?

contact 3

1: ✔

Sconibulus

6:22 PM

contact 1>

Rubio

4: What 1 is

Sconibulus

ahh

contact 4

4: not a STAR

4: ✔

2: not SPELLBOUND?

6:22 PM

Contact 3

Sconibulus

2: nope

Sid

14 What May is in the NH

5: What 4s do

contact 5?

contact 5

6:23 PM

5 contact lol

ffao

5: not SCINTILLATE

pass 2 because I have no idea

Rubio

not scintillate, but that's a great answer

2 - STRANGE

Sconibulus

2: Correct!

ffao

I have to brush up on my quarks

ffao defending: S Q

n_palum

3: ~~~~~

Sid

6:25 PM

14 dies. It was SUMMER.

Rubio

5 busts, was SHINE hehe

Business Cat

6: Waste

Rubio

contact 6

n_palum

Oh that was not my guess for 5 :O

Rubio

sparkle?

Business Cat

6:26 PM

and contact 3

Nope

contact 3 also

I cannot star js

1: ²

uhm... 3: not a SQUIRL?

1: not a SQUARE

Rubio

6:27 PM

squared, but ok

n_palum

mm no 3

Sid

20: That animal on a tree

n_palum

Rubio for your 5 I thought SUPERNOVA XD

Contact 6

ffao

also not a SQUIGGLY LINE?

(for 3)

n_palum

Yes

Rubio

6:28 PM

1: (Probably) the longest monosyllabic English word

Contact 1

contact 20

oh wait maybe not...

10. He is betraying me

n_palum

2: Shreeks

Leaky Nun

6:29 PM

@Rubio I thought it doesn't start with SQ

n_palum

ffao

20 and 1: not a SQUIRREL

1 is not SQUIRREL

correct for 20.

passing 6

6:29 PM

6 - squander

6 SQUANDER

Yep

contact 2

contact 1, although it should be wrong

n_palum

★★★★★★ if you have any!

ffao

6:30 PM

I didn't know that one, contact teaching new words :D

Business Cat

Gee I wonder what the next letter is

ffao

ffao defending: S Q U

n_palum

Means like waste or foil (usually opportunity is where I hear it)

I assume they stand

Sid

Or wealth.

ffao

I doubt anything dies from a U

Sconibulus

6:31 PM

contact 2

n_palum

4: Lacking glasses may cause you to ___

contact 4

@Rubio is 1 dead?

contact 4

1 is not dead

6:32 PM

5: Poverty?

ffao

eh... 4: SQUIRM or SQUISH?

Business Cat

I assuming this word means what I think:

7: Suppress

Sconibulus

contact 4

Rubio

contact 4, 7

ffao

I know I have heard 4, I just can't remember it

Sid

6:33 PM

I am surprised no one has contacted 10. I thought it was pretty common, even in the US.

n_palum

4 no no

ffao

actually maybe 2 is a SQUIRM

n_palum

also no

Business Cat

contact 2

ffao

passing 1, out of ideas

Rubio

6:34 PM

I'll unconfidently contact 10

n_palum

@LeakyNun only 1

Leaky Nun

can i withdraw my contact now lol

ffao

aaah, 4 is SQUINT right

n_palum

Indeed

Rubio

I'm not sure you should withdraw a contact after the pass

Sconibulus

6:36 PM

I have a tentative guess at 1

ffao

withdrawing a contact after the pass is iffy

Leaky Nun

I apologize

Rubio

what was your guess?

Leaky Nun

something sesqui....

I forgot the rest of the word

ffao

@n_palum are 2 SQUAWKS?

Rubio

6:38 PM

sesquipedalian, maybe? which is not a single syllable

ffao

sesquipedalian actually has a bunch of syllables

Rubio

the clue's now dead - but go ahead and guess @Sconibulus

Sconibulus

1: SQUELCH

(unserious) 1: SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee<sub>eeeeeeeeeeee</sub>

n_palum

not squawks

Rubio

SQUIRRELLED was my word.

ffao

6:39 PM

ok passing 2, go for it contacters

Sconibulus

isn't that 3 syllables?

ffao

can that be a verb? o_O

2- Squeals

2: SQUEALS

Yes

6:40 PM

gah, I should have known that

ffao defending: S Q U A

Rubio

and it can be pronounced as one syllable. (In fact I do)

Sid

10 dies. It was the same. SQUEALING.

Sconibulus

contact 7

n_palum

I agree it's 1 syllable

Sconibulus

5 is alive

Business Cat

6:40 PM

7 dies: SQUELCH

Rubio

skwerld

Sconibulus

Rubio

contact 5

1: Brigade

Sid

contact 1.

Sconibulus

contact 1

n_palum

6:41 PM

2: Native American

ffao

1: not SQUAD

Sconibulus

contact 2

Rubio

3: Native American food?

ffao

2: not SQUAMISH

Rubio

1: ✔

Sconibulus

6:41 PM

contact 3

n_palum

2 no

4: Gusts

contact 4

pass 4

4 - SQUALLS

that was my word

6:42 PM

huzzah

n_palum

Woo

What was 5? Poverty @Sconibulus

2 was SQUANTO btw

Rubio

5 was squalor

3 was squash

Sconibulus

5: SQUALOR

ffao

at least I really didn't know 5

Sconibulus

I almost clued it using Unfortunate Events, but that didn't go so well last time

n_palum

6:46 PM

Haven't read those in ages

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