Contact

Gareth McCaughan

19:00

(and, best not to say such things, they give information away :-) )

Business Cat

6: Odd

Sconibulus

contact 3

Gareth McCaughan

can someone star 3? (I can pin but not star my own comments)

thanks

manshu

@GarethMcCaughan Sure they point to the same thing but they might not be same ;)

n_palum

Contact 6?

Beastly Gerbil

19:01

yw

Gareth McCaughan

fq?

Sid

you know, can I contact 7 again?

My brain just managed to pick one up again..

Gareth McCaughan

I don't see why not

Sid

then, contact 7 again.

n_palum

@Astyx There are a lot of contacts and clues, maybe start making some guesses or passes?

Sid

19:02

Apparently, my hardwork in Biology is paying off in Contact.

Beastly Gerbil

off for dinner for a few minutes

Astyx

pass 7 still

Gareth McCaughan

@BeastlyGerbil bye!

Sconibulus

7: eclampsia

manshu

(brb)

Gareth McCaughan

19:02

@Sconibulus yup!

Sid

That ^

Business Cat

OK the word I was thinking of for 6 doesn't mean what I think it did so I'm withdrawing it

Gareth McCaughan

I think I know what word you had in mind, and indeed it doesn't mean that

n_palum

That's what I figured Cat..

Astyx

Defending: E C L E

n_palum

19:03

5 stands

Gareth McCaughan

3 is dead; it was ECLIPTIC

my contact on 5 stands

manshu

9 melts. It was Eclairs

Gareth McCaughan

my contacts on 9 and 20 are dead unless they are

Business Cat

I've only heard it in one context really

Sid

20 melts away..

n_palum

19:04

ECLAIR for both I assume

Sid

Same as Manshu

Gareth McCaughan

one edition of the Chambers Dictionary describes an eclair as "a cake, long in shape but short in duration"

manshu

:D

Astyx

Is 5 contacted ?

n_palum

Yeah I have never heard of an eclair as a candy

Also planes in space are not necessarily ecliptic Gareth :P

Gareth McCaughan

19:05

I'm not sure I can think of any ECLE words other than the one I'm pretty sure n_palum has in mind

Astyx

It's not chocolate either

manshu

searches Eclairs

Gareth McCaughan

@n_palum of course not, but the ecliptic is a plane in space

Astyx

Yeah I agree @Gareth

pass 5 then

Gareth McCaughan

I think 5 is ECLECTIC

and I think that was Business Cat's too

Sid

19:05

What? Eclairs is chocolate. I have eaten it... It is the standard 1 rupee currency here. :P

manshu

That's the only Eclairs I know :p

n_palum

5 That is indeed right

Sid

Same @Manshu

Gareth McCaughan

there is another thing called an eclair; the chocolates are named after them

it's a long thing made of choux pastry, often filled with whipped cream and topped with chocolate

n_palum

@manshu @Sid en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89clair

Rubio

19:06

finally off mobile. thank god

Gareth McCaughan

@Rubio you have an extra C

Astyx

Rubio

oh. yeah

sorry I can't actually read

Gareth McCaughan

@Astyx was your word ECLECTIC?

Astyx

That's what an Éclair is for me

Yes it was

Gareth McCaughan

19:06

whooo

well done @n_palum

I have to go now, I'm afraid

n_palum

That can mean extensive JS :P

Gareth McCaughan

but Rubio is back so that's OK :-)

Astyx

Bye

n_palum

Also @Astyx for the future, if you think your word has been clued, you can just pass regardless of contacts (it implies you've been found out)

Gareth McCaughan

anyway @n_palum eclectic means varied more than it means extensive

ffao

19:07

I got pulled to look at an alarm all morning

n_palum

Pssh can be both

Astyx

I wasn't sure it was clued

Until Ecle at least

ffao

Worst part is it was a false alarm :(

n_palum

Just checking :)

Gareth McCaughan

incidentally @Rubio I think it is etymologically related to the word you were thinking of

via a Greek word meaning choosing

manshu

19:08

@Astyx This Eclair seems yummy

Gareth McCaughan

or something like that

Sid

@ffao you would have been bummed I guess.

Astyx

They really are @manshu

Business Cat

I was thinking of eclectic but I had the definition wrong

I've only ever heard people say an "eclectic personality"

Or maybe eccentric..

I'm confused

Astyx

Surely eccentric

Business Cat

19:09

Been a long day

Gareth McCaughan

actually, no, ekklesia (whence ecclesiastical etc.) has a different origin

Business Cat

And week

Astyx

It's from French I think

Which itself is from greek eklektikos

Gareth McCaughan

which "it" are we talking about here? eclectic or Rubio's ecclesiastical?

Astyx

Ecletic

Gareth McCaughan

19:10

yes, eclectic < Gk eklektikos or something of the sort, meaning something like "chosen"

I had a brief brain failure and thought Gk ekklesia was etymologically related, but it isn't

(it's called out rather than picked out)

Rubio

so who actually won that round, anyway

Gareth McCaughan

n_palum won

anyway, I'm gone. <fx: vanishes in a puff of logic>

n_palum

Oh I guess I did

I can defend but it'll be a quick round - uno momento

Defending: R

Astyx

1: anger

Rubio

2: Me

n_palum

19:15

1 RAGE

Rubio

contact 1

n_palum

2 RUBIO

Astyx

contact 2

Rubio

2: ✔

Astyx

1: yes

Rubio

19:15

1': Anger

Business Cat

contact 1'

Silenus

2: automaton

Business Cat

3: Prepared

Rubio

contact 2, 3

4: Spellbinding

Business Cat

contact 2?

Astyx

19:16

5: Thumper

Rubio

contact 5

Astyx

contact 3

contact 2

n_palum

3 READY

1' not RED?

Astyx

contact 4 maybe ?

Business Cat

3 ✔

Rubio

19:17

1' not RED

Business Cat

6: Horn bearers

Silenus

@BusinessCat contact 6

Astyx

uncontact 4

Beastly Gerbil

back...

Oh what was the word?

Astyx

Mine ?

n_palum

19:18

2 ROBOT

Astyx

Eclectic

n_palum

5 RABBIT

Silenus

Yes on ROBOT

Astyx

5: True

Rubio

stars for 1' and 4 pls?

thank you

Astyx

19:19

2 has been found

Beastly Gerbil

the previous defended word

Rubio

contact 6

Silenus

@Rubio contact 4

Rubio

@BeastlyGerbil was ECLECTIC

Astyx

2: Journey

Beastly Gerbil

19:20

oh ok

Rubio

iffy contact on 2

n_palum

6 RHINO?

1' RESENTMENT?

Rubio

1' not RESENTMENT

Silenus

contact on 1

n_palum

4 RIVETING?

Rubio

19:21

4: ✔

Sid

7. Some consider him the greatest football(soccer, if you are American) player of the planet

Beastly Gerbil

10: Let it go

not the frozen song

n_palum

RONALDO 7

Sconibulus

Pele doesn't start with R...

Astyx

@Sid Zidane ?

Rubio

19:22

@Sconibulus agreed ;)

Sconibulus

contact 10

Sid

Yes, Ronaldo is correct..

Sconibulus

contact 1'

n_palum

10 RELEASE

Sconibulus

wait, no, uncontact

Beastly Gerbil

19:22

nope

n_palum

RESCIND also 10

Beastly Gerbil

no

Business Cat

7: Keep

Rubio

contact 7

n_palum

7 RESTRICT/RESTRAIN?

Also is 6 RHINO or not?

Business Cat

19:23

Oh I didn't see your gues, 6 is RHINO

n_palum

Pass 1' @Silenus

Business Cat

7 is neither of those

Beastly Gerbil

contact 1' ?

if not to late

n_palum

Too late Mr

Sil had a contact

Silenus

Well, I was going to say RAGE, but I see that it was already an answer and that Rubio's clue was a redux...

Beastly Gerbil

19:24

oh that would have been mu guess too

n_palum

It better not be because that was the other one so I assumed it was not it again

Business Cat

That was my guess too...

Rubio

Gotta pay a little better attention ;)

Silenus

I think the apostrophe indicates that Rubio was using the same clue to clue a different word.

Rubio

So is there any remaining contact on 1' ?

n_palum

19:25

As I figured, but it was not any of my guesses

Sid

I think I have it..

But I haven't contacted since I was half-paying attention.

n_palum

7 RETAIN/RESERVE?

Business Cat

7 is RETAIN

Rubio

well with no valid contacts it's not really passed on, so feel free to contact it

n_palum

2 ROAD TRIP? - @Astyx

Sid

19:26

contact 1'

n_palum

Take a guess Sid

Silenus

contact 1' if it's allowed...

Sid

RAMPAGE?

Rubio

not rampage

n_palum

Go for it Sil

Silenus

19:27

RILE

Rubio

RILE ✔

n_palum

Oh piss

Rubio

contact 5 if still relevant

Astyx

2: Yes

n_palum

Defending: R O

Rubio

19:27

guess not ;)

Beastly Gerbil

mine was relinquish

Rubio

1: Braggadocio

Beastly Gerbil

10: Rotational cipher-10

Rubio

contact 10

Silenus

2: Colonel Mustard with the __ in the conservatory.

Rubio

19:29

contact 2

n_palum

10 not.. ROTATIONAL (ENERGY)??

2 ROPE

Beastly Gerbil

10 no

Silenus

Yes

n_palum

1 You tryna be fancy? RODOMONTADE

Rubio

1: ✔

n_palum

19:30

Very nice though

Sconibulus

5: What Jedi wear

Rubio

2: A way to memorize things

n_palum

5 ROBE(S)

Sconibulus

5: yep

Silenus

3: ink blot exam

Rubio

19:30

contact 3

Sconibulus

contact 3

Business Cat

contact 3

Sid

14. Group of European Languages

Silenus

contact 14

Sconibulus

5: Streaming service may have Clone Wars or Rebels?

Rubio

19:32

contact 14

Silenus

@Sconibulus contact 5

Rubio

star 2, please

Silenus

contact 2

Rubio

1: Kids' wear

Sconibulus

contact 2

Rubio

19:35

a hush fell over the crowd

Silenus

the crowd was fallen on by a hush

Beastly Gerbil

@n_palum u there?

Silenus

hesitant contact on 10...

Rubio

contacts on 3, 10, 14

I think some fell thing has befallen @n_palum

Sconibulus

I have 2,3, and 10

Beastly Gerbil

19:38

@n_palum if u b there mayb pass 1

hm...

apparantely he was 'seen' 22 seconds ago

n_palum

Pass 10

Beastly Gerbil

There he is!

Rubio

10 - rotten

Beastly Gerbil

yep

new letter pls

this is pretty dead

n_palum

Really sorry!

Manager came over and was talking to me about something

Defending: R O T

Beastly Gerbil

19:45

you not doing work? ;)

n_palum

Haha no we got a notice that summer hours are starting soon and he wanted to make sure I understood since I'm a coop/intern

Sid

@n_palum Hope he didn't catch you playing Contact during work..

Beastly Gerbil

4: Rotational cipher - 8

n_palum

I got my stuff done today ;) that's why I didn't answer though

Rubio

1 dies, was ROMPER.

2 lives.

Sconibulus

19:46

5 dies, it was ROKU

Rubio

contact 4

Roku is a device, is it a streaming service now?

Sconibulus

I thought it was a service and a device?

or maybe I'm just dumb

Sid

14 dies.. 'twas Romance

Silenus

3 is dead (was RORSCHACH TEST)

Sid

contact 4

Silenus

19:47

5: type of chicken preparation

Sconibulus

contact 5

Rubio

contact 5

n_palum

5 ROTISSERIE?

Silenus

contact on 2 remains

Yes

n_palum

2 is on the tip of my tongue..

Sid

19:48

contact 2

n_palum

Agh fine pass 2 since I have to leave soon

Rubio

1: All analog phone

Sid

(if I think what it is, then, shame on me for taking this long)

Silenus

@Rubio contact 1 (was in the process of cluing it myself, actually)

Sid

ROTE-LEARNING for 2

Sconibulus

19:49

2: ROTE

Rubio

2: ROTE ✔

n_palum

Yuck

Defending: R O T U

Beastly Gerbil

4 dead ROTATE

Rubio

1: Part of a capital building

Sconibulus

5: Jabba, perhaps?

contact 1

Rubio

19:50

contact 5

n_palum

Pass 5

Rubio

5 - rotund

Sconibulus

5: yes

n_palum

That's it

is 1 ROTUNDA?

Beastly Gerbil

we got enough for another game?

n_palum

19:52

I have to drive home now so not me

Rubio

1 was Rotunda, yes

Business Cat

I'll be here

I was kind of focusing on other stuff

Sconibulus

Sconibulus defending: I

Silenus

1: creepy plant?

Business Cat

2: Flammable

Silenus

19:57

contact 2

Sconibulus

1: Ivy

2: Inflammable

Silenus

Yes

Business Cat

2 Yes, English is weird

Beastly Gerbil

1: Rich old yet good bachelor improves validity

Sconibulus

1: Indigo

Silenus

19:59

3: White coast in Africa (5)

Beastly Gerbil

damn yes :P

Sconibulus

3: Ivory

Silenus

Yes

Sid

10. Is strangely real country (6)

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