Contact

(Also I'm guessing the 1 checkmark for example was emoji or something but there was only 1 contact before the pass and the guess was incorrect, so I'm assuming it's gone now)

ASCII-only

Yep

2': ∫ + object

2'': ∫∫ + a

Sp3000

50, 51, 60. SA, NME, NRG

ASCII-only

c50, 51, 60

Sconibulus

1:18 PM

50: Essay, 51: Enemy, 60: Energy

Sp3000

Yup

Sconibulus

I think like half of those are rocket league teams

ASCII-only

> half of three

Sconibulus

1: Expunge?

ASCII-only

2: ..., for example

1 no

3: Allegiant faction

nvm wrong crystal

Sp3000

1:23 PM

I'd contact 2 but what I have in mind doesn't exactly fit

ASCII-only

Clue for 2: It's probably unfair in that it's really obvious

Sp3000

Well if it wasn't for the latter part...

Sconibulus

my only thought is Ellipsis, but the second half seems very worng

Sp3000

9. Not deciduous

Sconibulus

9: evergreen

Sp3000

1:24 PM

Yup

-2. ...

Sconibulus

-2: elipsis?

Sp3000

-2 is not ellipsis (the clue is just "-2")

Sconibulus

2: even?

6: Enormity?

@Sherlock

need to step away for a standup for ~5 minutes, willing to pass anything currently on the starboard if someone has a bright idea

Sp3000

4. 4-letter adjective that's a substring and descriptive of a 5-letter word

(no idea if that's too broad, will see)

Contact 1

Sherlock9

Sorry

Had to step away for a bit

@Sconibulus 6 is not enormity

Also, was 5 answered?

Sp3000

1:31 PM

Nope (just starred it)

Gareth McCaughan

contact 5 maybe

contact 6 maybe

Sp3000

(fyi for Gareth's sake, there was a clue previously for "really bad" which was egregious)

Gareth McCaughan

ok

@Sp3000 Just to make sure I've correctly understood your terminology, do you consider ABCD a substring of XABCD and of ABCDX but not of e.g. ABCXD?

Sp3000

Yeah (alternatively, I could make it clearer by saying "suffix" actually)

Gareth McCaughan

and the short word is definitely descriptive of the long one? (I ask because I have something in mind for which I'm not sure that's quite right)

Sconibulus

1:36 PM

came back

Sp3000

Yeah, pretty sure the description is apt

Sconibulus

pass 6

Gareth McCaughan

my guess is that 6 is EXECRABLE

Sp3000

@Sherlock9 ^

(checking if around)

Sherlock9

6 is EXECRABLE

Gareth McCaughan

1:38 PM

yay

Sherlock9

Thanks for pinging me

Sconibulus

Sconibulus defending: E F

Sp3000

Oh wow, word of the day I guess

Gareth McCaughan

that should kill a lot of things

word of the day?

Sherlock9

60: work

Sp3000

1:39 PM

Well, vocab addition of the day (although now that you're here I expect more to come :P)

-2 is golf's eagle

Gareth McCaughan

ah, I see

Sp3000

4 is [d]evil, not sure if other alternatives exist

Sconibulus

60: Effort

Gareth McCaughan

(I was wondering whether you meant you'd been seeing it elsewhere)

@Sp3000 d/evil makes good sense. I'd been wondering about "easy peasy", you see :-)

Sp3000

My guess would be that 1 is era+dic[t]ate and goes

Ah, I see :P

Gareth McCaughan

1:40 PM

@ASCII-only do any of your clues survive now we have EF?

@Sp3000 your guess at 1 sounds very plausible

Sherlock9

60 is EFFORT

ASCII-only

@GarethMcCaughan Nope

Gareth McCaughan

@Sherlock9 status of 5 and 99? I guess 4 was EXECUTE and dies.

I meant 5 not 4

ASCII-only

2 ✔️

Sherlock9

99 dies, was EPHEMERAL

4 dies, was EXECUTE

ASCII-only

1:41 PM

anyone want to guess the others?

Gareth McCaughan

@ASCII-only It's less than 100% clear to me what "Nope" and "2 yes" mean. Do you mean 2 lives, the others die, but ERADICATE isn't right for 1?

Sconibulus

Allegiant is a book series, right?

ASCII-only

Also 1 ✔️

Sp3000

(my guess would 2's guess of "ellipsis" from way back is correct, and none of ASCII's clues survive but will leave them to answer)

Gareth McCaughan

ah, OK, so they all die. I hadn't noticed anyone guessed 2.

ASCII-only

1:43 PM

@Sconibulus It's part of a series, yes

Sconibulus

thought so, but I've not read them

ASCII-only

@Sp3000 no it was even >_>

Sherlock9

100: does its job well

Sp3000

Ah, right. nvm

Gareth McCaughan

contact 100 maaybe

Sconibulus

1:43 PM

100: Effective or Efficient

ASCII-only

2': EVERYTHING, 2'': EVERYONE, 3: ERUDITE

100 is effective

12. Bubbly

contact 12

c12

1:44 PM

12: Effervescent

1. Girly

12. Yup

80: describable

contact 80

80: Effable

1:45 PM

2. Sewage

Sconibulus

"we must grapple with the ineffable, and see if we might not be able to eff it after all"

3. Newt

2: effluvium?

80 is effable

@Sconibulus That occurred to me too. It's Dirk Gently, isn't it?

2 is not EFFLUVIUM

Sconibulus

1:45 PM

I believe so

Sp3000

I think I know what 1 is getting at but can't remember which suffix of the two I have in mind

Sherlock9

Never mind, forgot it was EF

Let me change my clue

5. Actor Zac

contact 5

1: Effeminate

1:47 PM

contact 5

Sconibulus

5: Effron

Gareth McCaughan

1 was EFFEMINATE, yes

Sp3000

(I think it's single F for Efron but yup)

Gareth McCaughan

boldface?

Sherlock9

Ack meant to edit not delete

Gareth McCaughan

1:48 PM

huh, I was about to contact that before it was removed

Sherlock9

10: curse replacement

Gareth McCaughan

contact 10

I'm sure I saw my 3 on the starboard and now it's gone again...

Sconibulus

10: Eff?

Sp3000

6. 6-letter checkout payment acronym

Gareth McCaughan

contact 6

(thanks to whoever starred 3)

Sherlock9

1:50 PM

10: I had meant effing, but eff is close enough

Sconibulus

6: EBIDAT?

Sp3000

We're at EF, but what's that?

Sconibulus

oh, right

I don't quite remember

pass 6

Gareth McCaughan

EFTPOS

(electronic funds transfer at point of sale)

Sp3000

EFTPOS is correct

Gareth McCaughan

1:51 PM

(or maybe it's just "fund")

Sconibulus

ahh, right

Sconibulus defending: E F F (surprise)

Sherlock9

I have no idea what that is, but I'm not in the US, so go figure

contact 2

Sconibulus

pass 2

Sherlock9

2 EFFLUENCE?

or EXCREMENT

Sp3000

We're at EF, so not that latter :P

Sherlock9

1:53 PM

Ah right

Sp3000

Well, were at EF. Now at EFF

@GarethMcCaughan (Checking if Gareth is around for 2, and 3 status)

Sconibulus

did my chat die?

Sp3000

Nah, still here

Sherlock9

Apparently

Welcome back

Sp3000

In the meantime, I'm just trying to think of EFF* words and coming up short

Sherlock9

1:59 PM

21: noun of effective

Sp3000

14. Ease

Contact 21, I guess?

Sconibulus

21: effect?

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