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Destructible Lemon

12:00 AM

no contacts?

DJMcMayhem

That's an advanced hint

Jan Dvorak

and yet I can't crack it

Deusovi

come on, just figure out the word and then you can use it as a synonym to figure out the word! :P

DJMcMayhem

@JanDvorak What was 43?

ffao

4 is just a definition, where's Gareth when you need a dictionary?

Jan Dvorak

12:01 AM

I died in your arms tonight. It's not even correct.

ffao

Contact 8

Destructible Lemon

pass 8

ffao

I got to the synonym first

Idiolect

Deusovi

yup, and I have a feeling that was DL's word

Destructible Lemon

nice

Destructible Lemon defending: I D I O P

Deusovi

12:03 AM

or not

Destructible Lemon

@Deusovi muhahahaha

but for real, I'm not sure how many other possibilities there are for words now

ffao

My clues die, IDIOSYNCRATIC and IDIOMORPHIC

as4s4hetic

42: mobile _____

Im only doing this because I think it's the word

Destructible Lemon

pass 42

as4s4hetic

ayyyy

Destructible Lemon

12:05 AM

it would have been nicer if someone had clued with the definition but I guess not

as4s4hetic

I'm sorry, I don't actually know what it is

I've just heard the word before

Alconja

Still requires someone to guess it...

Jan Dvorak

The defender can concede already

Alconja

true

ffao

I'm always unsure what the proper procedure is for ending games

as4s4hetic

12:06 AM

someone needs to contact 42

Jan Dvorak

unless DL wants to concede, that is

ffao

Like yesterday when me and Sp played for two more letters after I got the word on the first clue and no one guessed it

Deusovi

@ffao, I think that's fine

defenders can "pre-pass" but they don't have to

Jan Dvorak

Destructible Lemon

you know, this is actually a pretty easy clue.. I'm not sure why you haven't contacted it

@as4s4hetic if you want you can tell us what the clue was for

Jan Dvorak

12:08 AM

Now, if I guess incorrectly and as4 reveals DL's word, does DL have to concede?

Destructible Lemon

@JanDvorak yes

ffao

In this case I think they have to tell us, since clearly no one knows it

Destructible Lemon

but its not really conceding

Jan Dvorak

idiophony?

Destructible Lemon

not sure why you would guess mobile phony

Jan Dvorak

12:09 AM

Felt like a synonym hint

Deusovi

"phony" does not mean the same thing as "phone"

(speaking of which, I assume the word is "idiophone", though I've never heard the word before)

Jan Dvorak

Is "idiopathy" a thing?

as4s4hetic

@Deusovi was that a contact?

Destructible Lemon

@JanDvorak no idea

ffao

Idiopathy is a thing, but I also guess it was idiophone

Destructible Lemon

12:11 AM

yes it was

Deusovi

it was after the pass, so not technically, but whatever

Jan Dvorak

> an instrument the whole of which vibrates to produce a sound when struck, shaken, or scraped, such as a bell, gong, or rattle.

Deusovi

so, @as4s4hetic gets it (if they want)

as4s4hetic

42: was IDIOPHONE

Jan Dvorak

I've never heard that word before

as4s4hetic

12:13 AM

Sorry I might have to leave

Deusovi

neither have I

as4s4hetic

I'm at school so

I can't defend rn

Deusovi

oh. yeah, that's probably for the best if you don't

anyone in particular want to defend next?

Alconja

I can attack sporadically, but not defend

Deusovi

I guess I will then

Deusovi defending A

Jan Dvorak

12:19 AM

40: This

Helka Homba

60: beta internet

contact 60

60: ARPANET

yep 60

contact 40

12:20 AM

41: song mime

Helka Homba

61: he met a bear, the bear was bulgy because of him

Alconja

2: short and is curly

Jan Dvorak

42: You have pay it to defend here

as4s4hetic

1: hat common name

ffao

contact 42

Deusovi

12:26 AM

42: ATTENTION

Jan Dvorak

42 ✔️

ffao

that was the only one I had any idea about, sorry xD

Volatility

30: (of a person) hot, but more mildly? (two words)

Jan Dvorak

contact 30

Deusovi

30: ATTRACTIVE?

Volatility

12:27 AM

30 not what I had in mind, but probably the clue's a bit vague

ffao

huh, I was sure 30 was right

Jan Dvorak

still contact 30

Though I did think attractive at first as well

Deusovi

pass 30

Jan Dvorak

appealing

Deusovi

the clue says two words

Volatility

12:29 AM

...no :(

Jan Dvorak

missed that edit, would have uncontacted

Volatility

that was a bad clue, it was AESTHETICALLY PLEASING

contact 2 maybe

Jan Dvorak

43: It has a potential in biology

Deusovi

AXON

Jan Dvorak

nope

good thinking though

as4s4hetic

12:32 AM

contact 43 maybe

Deusovi

ACTION? "action potential" is a thing

Jan Dvorak

43 ✔️

as4s4hetic

oh wow, thought it was ATP

Jan Dvorak

44: reason to help

Deusovi

ALTRUISM?

Jan Dvorak

12:34 AM

44 ✔️

ffao

5: Annelids' form of combat

Jan Dvorak

45: Unusually pale

contact 45

45: ALBINO

45 ✔️

12:36 AM

77: pairs of animals

contact 77

77: ARK?

nice

62: NY cap

31: kingdom of humans

Jan Dvorak

12:38 AM

46: C2OH6

contact 31

77: ✔️

contact 31

31: ANIMALIA

31 correct

All these biology clues...

I'm in biology class ahaha

Jan Dvorak

12:40 AM

What's the subject?

ffao

my condolences (unless you like biology)

I've always been a math person

as4s4hetic

I'm writing a report about the effects of nitrogen on plants

Jan Dvorak

biology is just applied chemistry, chemistry is just applied physics, and physics is just applied math

mik_blom

77: small thing with little feet, the word in English comes from Nahuatl

as4s4hetic

@ffao math person here as well

Helka Homba

12:42 AM

@JanDvorak In other words: fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering

ffao

History was cool when they weren't talking about our country, "people came to Brazil and planted sugar"

"in Europe: people dying, world wars; in the US: civil wars, revolutions; in Brazil: people are still planting"

mik_blom

^^^^ I agree

ffao

contact 77

Jan Dvorak

Try a bit earlier. Europe: plague. USA: not too deadly, just a bit in tents.

Alconja

So many clues, so few contacts...

ffao

12:44 AM

these clues are too hard D:

Helka Homba

63: this is an easy clue

Jan Dvorak

47: some bandits have just one

ffao

help us Alconja, make an easy one

contact 47

Alconja

3: person who gave ffao a clue

Deusovi

3: ALCONJA

47: ARM

Helka Homba

12:46 AM

contact 3

Jan Dvorak

47 ✔️

Alconja

3: +1

ffao

well, not that easy XD

Jan Dvorak

48: []

Deusovi

ARRAY

Jan Dvorak

12:47 AM

48 ✔️

Do 77!

77: AXOLOTL?

77: ✔️

Deusovi defended this word, I knew he'd know it

mik_blom

ecks dee

77: to end a war

Helka Homba

12:49 AM

c77

(= contact 77)

Deusovi

77: ARMISTICE?

it's not necessarily the end of a war, but close enough

Jan Dvorak

49: voulez-vous chiquitita?

mik_blom

77: ✔️ Yeah

ffao

5 (edited): Worms' form of combat

mik_blom

Contact 49

Alconja

12:51 AM

contact 5, i think

pass 49, not a clue

ABBA?

49 ✔️

Deusovi defending A M

ffao

5 dies, was ARTILLERY

as4s4hetic

12:52 AM

1 dies, ACAPELLA

Helka Homba

61 ALGY, 62 ALBANY, 63 AN

64: us

heh, I like 62

contact 64

2 lives

64: AMERICANS?

12:53 AM

40 dies, attack

Helka Homba

@Deusovi very close

Jan Dvorak

41 dies, David Armand

46 dies, alcohol

Sp3000

9. Like the answer to this clue

Alconja

was going to guess that for 46... thought the numbers were too small

Deusovi

9: AUTOLOGICAL

wait no, AM

12:54 AM

64: AMERICA???

40: wave size

yeah 64

(hopefully adding more question marks will make it more correct)

oh cool it worked!

Alconja

contact 40

ffao

12:54 AM

in 64, he meant US

pass 40

c40

40: AMPLITUDE

40 ✔️

that's my word

12:55 AM

nice

ffao

oh good, that compensates the long first letter

Alconja

2 was AMPERSAND

Deusovi

(I'd initially thought of defending AMPHIBRACH, but then realized immediately after starting that a lot of people probably didn't know it)

Jan Dvorak

I didn't indeed

brb

ffao

amphibrach, no idea what that is

mik_blom

12:56 AM

Same

Deusovi

a meter, poetic, that's stressed like the phrase I am currently typing

Jan Dvorak

defending L

Alconja

(away for ~30mins)

Deusovi

three syllable groups where the middle one's stressed and the others are unstressed

(For instance, both things I just said are in amphibrach meter and so is this sentence.)

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