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Sp3000
2:00 AM
Hmm SALVO wasn't what I had in mind (does that also fit?)
user56656
19:
Psychedellic
Eric Tressler
@Sp3000 I don't know, I think a salvo might be like a barrage
Sp3000
(Also I've been trying to come up with cryptics on the spot and this isn't going well)
Eric Tressler
is 19 SALVIA
user56656
yes
Mithrandir
2:00 AM
2: SALIVATE is
c
orrect.
ppperry
why the bolded C?
Eric Tressler
@ppperry I thought I was just hallucinating
ppperry
well, I saw it too
0 '
12,12'.
Legion Payment
user56656
11:
Adding an O changes the patrons
Eric Tressler
2:01 AM
is 12' SALARY
0 '
12' yes
user56656
contact 12?
ffao
contact 11, 12?
Mithrandir
@ppperry Had an issue once with people missing it and thinking that I said incorrect, so I bold the "c" from "correct" and "in" from "incorrect".
0 '
contact 11
Mithrandir
2:02 AM
Contact 12.
Sp3000
86.
Food item which, if you remove the first letter and add a letter to the end, becomes another food item
Mithrandir
Contact 86
ffao
contact 86
Mithrandir
And I was just trying to clue that word :)
Sp3000
(On a completely unrelated note, apparently when I bought milk the other day I came home and put it... in the freezer)
Eric Tressler
2:04 AM
@Sp3000 cool
Pass 11
ffao
does it turn into frozen yogurt?
11: salon
user56656
11 is salon
Eric Tressler
Oh, geez. I was thinking of art patrons
Eric is defending
SALA
0 '
12 dies, anyone want to guess it?
user56656
12: SALT?
0 '
2:06 AM
yup
Sp3000
6 is SALLY, 86 is SALMON
Eric Tressler
Ah, nice word for 6
I've heard it, but I wasn't going to come up with that
user56656
42:
The OG Slitherin
Eric Tressler
Sally forth
0 '
contact 42
Eric Tressler
2:07 AM
is 42... SALAZAR?
user56656
it is
Mithrandir
8:
What your mother
told
you to eat.
0 '
contact 8
Eric Tressler
is 8 SALAD
Mithrandir
8: SALAD is
c
orrect.
Eric Tressler
2:08 AM
I was guessing on Salazar, by the way. I've read the Harry Potter books, but I don't remember that at all.
But it sounds vaguely evil
Sp3000
9.
If a letter was shifted slightly it'd contain the 5 vowels in order
Mithrandir
10:
I'd expect that to be "sellable", but it's not.
Eric Tressler
is 10 SALABLE
Mithrandir
10: SALABLE is
c
orrect
ffao
contact 9
Eric Tressler
2:10 AM
is 9 SALACIOUS
ffao
well uncontact 9 if not that
Sp3000
Yup
Mithrandir
11:
A greeting.
Eric Tressler
is 11 SALAAM?
Sp3000
(Running out of words here, hm)
0 '
2:12 AM
13:
Leader of Arabs
Mithrandir
11: SALAAM is
c
orrect.
user56656
contact 13?
Eric Tressler
is 13 SALAMAN?
0 '
no
user56656
uncontact 13
Eric Tressler
2:14 AM
is it.. SALAMANCA?
0 '
no
Eric Tressler
the leaders of the UAE are "___ al Saud", right?
The members of the house of Saud?
user56656
I have no more clues
Eric Tressler
This is funny
user56656
67:
Deli meat
Eric Tressler
2:16 AM
AFAIK everyone has been tricked into thinking my word has already been clued when it hasn't
pass 67
ffao
67: salami?
user56656
yes
Eric Tressler
Eric was defending
SALAMI
Sp3000
Nice
0 '
13 was SALADIN? Maybe? I might be remembering things badly
user56656
2:17 AM
SALADIN was a sultan of egypt
0 '
And Syria according to Wikipedia, thought I guess that's still a bit short of Arabia
user56656
user56656 defends
K
assuming people are up for another.
Sp3000
(Just thinking of clues)
Eric Tressler
1,2:
No relation to Donkey
0 '
contact 1,2
10:
Believed in a priori knowledge
ffao
2:20 AM
c1,2
user56656
10 KANT?
0 '
10 yes
user56656
pass 2
0 '
kong
Eric Tressler
Correct
user56656
2:21 AM
user56656 defends
K I
Eric Tressler
1 Lives
user56656
1: KING
Eric Tressler
Correct
0 '
7:
Becomes Minister of Magic after Voldemort dies
Eric Tressler
80:
Smoked fish
user56656
2:22 AM
80: KITT
Eric Tressler
80: no
user56656
80: KIPPER?
I was pretty sure it was Kitt so now I'm confused.
Mithrandir
Contact 7.
user56656
pass 7
Eric Tressler
it's KIPPER
Mithrandir
2:23 AM
7: KINGSLEY.
0 '
7 yes
user56656
What Wizard
defends
K
I
N
Eric Tressler
80:
One thing to kill them with
user56656
80: KINDNESS
Eric Tressler
correct
0 '
2:25 AM
20:
Not a nook
user56656
20: KINDLE
Mithrandir
17:
This is not potentially energetic.
0 '
20 yes
user56656
17: KINETIC
Eric Tressler
30:
Brother on the pitch (4 words)
Sp3000
2:26 AM
76.
"___ Adventures!" (early '10s game)
Mithrandir
17: KINETIC is
c
orrect.
Deusovi
contact 76
6.
Sixth sense?
Eric Tressler
c6
user56656
6: KINESIS
Deusovi
KINESIS is incorrect
ppperry
2:28 AM
contact 76?
user56656
6: KINESTHETICS
Sp3000
8.
eGKPss
user56656
pass 76
Deusovi
KINESTHETICS is incorrect
76 is KINECT
Sp3000
Indeed it is
user56656
2:30 AM
Heeby Jeeby Man
defends
K
I
N
D
Eric Tressler
30 dies, was "Kin in the game"
Mithrandir
Contact 6, although I think it dies
Deusovi
6 dies, KINESTHESIA
Sp3000
nvm 8 was kingpins
Eric Tressler
6 was KINESTHESIA, right?
quartata
2:31 AM
100:
garden of children
user56656
Oh I thought it was 4 words that all start with K
Eric Tressler
c100
user56656
pass 100
0 '
contact 100
quartata
hi
Eric Tressler
2:31 AM
Kindergarten
quartata
yes
Eric Tressler
@user56656 My clue was weird, but if all words had started with K, it would typically have been "100,101,102,103: ____"
user56656
Cartmaster XD
had been defending
K
I
N
D
E
R
G
A
R
T
E
N
quartata
just casually join and get a direct hit I guess
ok
Eric Tressler
We all thought about it
quartata
2:34 AM
can we just take a moment to reflect on the literal interpretation of that word
three words: vine ripened toddlers
that's all for now
Eric Tressler
@quartata Are we to infer that you're not going to defend
quartata
yes I was going to ask if anyone else wanted to but my wi-fi went out
plus I suspect that someone else clued that earlier anyways
user56656
Don't think so.
Eric Tressler
No; I did think about it, but the most interesting thing I could come up with was something about Kindergarten Cop
quartata
lol
Sp3000
2:39 AM
I'd be up for defending then if we'd like to continue?
user56656
I'll play
Eric Tressler
@Sp3000 Go for it
Sp3000
Sp3000 defending:
R
Deusovi
oh no, then I won't be able to give any clues
quartata
that actually probably would have made a decent clue
0 '
2:40 AM
10:
Italian Group Theorist
user56656
1:
R _ _ _ R R _ R
quartata
2:
red tea
Sp3000
1. REFERRER?
user56656
1 yes
quartata
1':
notorious misspelling
Sp3000
2:41 AM
Hmm not very good with my teas
1'. REFERER
Eric Tressler
50:
Python adjective
quartata
I think someone did that a few games ago
user56656
contact 50
Sp3000
I think it might have been me
user56656
78:
Rust adjective
quartata
2:42 AM
...awkward
Sp3000
50. ... readable?
Eric Tressler
50: Nope
Sp3000
Just to cover bases: is 78 rustic/rusting/rusted? (not as familiar with the language itself, unfortunately)
Eric Tressler
70,71:
Moonshine smuggler
0 '
60:
Racist loaning practice
user56656
2:44 AM
@Sp3000 none
Sp3000
Is 71 robber by any chance?
Eric Tressler
71 is not
quartata
c60
Sp3000
70, 71: completely blind guess but... Ronald Reagan?
Eric Tressler
75:
rot26
70, 71: no
Sp3000
2:47 AM
Pass 50
user56656
11:
Crosshair
0 '
34:
____-Stiljes
user56656
50: RETICULATING
quartata
c34
Eric Tressler
50 is RETICULATED
user56656
2:47 AM
contact 34
Sp3000
Context for 50?
Eric Tressler
I'll leave it up to Sp3000 whether that gets a letter
Sp3000
Sp3000 defending:
R E
Eric Tressler
A reticulated python is a type of python
user56656
RETICULATING PYTHON is a type of python
uncontact 34
78 dies it was RUSTACEAN
0 '
2:48 AM
34 dies was Riemann
Eric Tressler
70,71 die: RUM RUNNER
Sp3000
First time hearing of it then, nice
0 '
10 dies was RUFFINNI
Eric Tressler
75 dies, REVOLUTION
oh, it doesn't die
0 '
60 lives
user56656
2:48 AM
11 lives
Eric Tressler
well, I mean, it does now
quartata
2 dies, ROOIBOS
Sp3000
11 - RETICLE?
user56656
11 yes
quartata
still contact 60
Eric Tressler
2:49 AM
90:
Give up
user56656
17:
Moves in Knot theory
Eric Tressler
c17
quartata
c17
Sp3000
Darn, need to brush up on my maths
Eric Tressler
This is pretty obscure. There's no reason why you should know this
quartata
2:52 AM
unless you enjoy the self-inflicted pain of knot theory
some do
Sp3000
Yeah, we didn't have a knot theory course at uni, hm
90: recant/rescind/renounce?? Trying to think of a fitting word but this isn't working out for some reason
user56656
Same here. We have a single topology course. It is sad.
Eric Tressler
90: no
Sp3000
Pass 60
quartata
REDLINING
(although the term is more general than that I think)
0 '
2:53 AM
yes
Sp3000
Another new word for the day
Sp3000 defending:
R E B
user56656
17 dies
Eric Tressler
90 dies, RELINQUISH
quartata
@EricTressler oh, duh
Sp3000
What was 17?
user56656
2:54 AM
REIDMEISTER
quartata
REIDEMEISTER
yeah, that
0 '
16:
Shout for no reason
Sp3000
That... actually does ring a bell but I wouldn't have gotten it
16. REBEL (WITHOUT A CAUSE)?
user56656
17:
RE 🚌
Sp3000
17. REBUS
user56656
2:55 AM
17 yes
0 '
16 yes
user56656
18:
Requires removing the spine
Sp3000
18. REBIND(ING)?
user56656
18 yes
quartata
19:
[ not lisp ]
user56656
2:57 AM
20:
plz nerf
Eric Tressler
100:
Deny entry again
Sp3000
20. REBALANCE?
user56656
contact 100
20 yes
Sp3000
100. REBAR
Eric Tressler
100 correct
0 '
2:59 AM
41:
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