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@Sid efficacy, effigy, effervescent, effable, effort, effective, efficiency (as a guess), effluvium (as a guess), effeminate, effortlessness, effectiveness (as a guess), effusive, efface

Mithrandir

2:22 PM

1: yes, that's correct, sorry

71: rather weak, I'd say

@Sid didn't have access to a charger

61: Arab Lord

Sconibulus

71: Effete?

Mithrandir

71: yes

Sherlock9

I think he has the section of the dictionary under eff memorized at this point

Mithrandir

Who, Scon? :P

Sherlock9

Yeah

Mithrandir

2:26 PM

I'm rapidly running out of words as well

Sherlock9

8: an outward flow

Sconibulus

I don't know 61

8: effluence

Sherlock9

The trouble is neither do I

Yes, effluence

Mithrandir

10: font

Sconibulus

unless maybe...

61: Effreet?

Mithrandir

2:29 PM

11: You rascal! How impertinent!

61: no

Sconibulus

didn't think so

Mithrandir

I think I'm out of words now.

Sconibulus

hmm, those are also words that are not coming to mind

Gareth McCaughan

oops, sorry, got called away for actual work

3 was EFT and is dead

2 isalive

Sherlock9

There is a newt that starts with eff

Gareth McCaughan

2:32 PM

there may well be but 3 wasn't it

contact 61

pass 61

EFFENDI

Oh I mixed them up

Yup

Contact 2

Sherlock9

Next letter!

Sconibulus

2:33 PM

ahh

Gareth McCaughan

@Sherlock9 For the avoidance of doubt, the answer to questions like "shall we open wiktionary" here is always no. No using external references of any kind in this game.

Sconibulus

Sconibulus defending: E F F U

Gareth McCaughan

1. Radiant

(not sure that's quite the right definition but it's close I think)

Sconibulus

pass 1

Gareth McCaughan

aha

Sherlock9

2:34 PM

@GarethMcCaughan Ah we did a few rounds ago when there were only 3 people left

Must have been 4 hours ago now

Gareth McCaughan

anyone want to contact it or shall I give a "The word ..." clue? :-)

Sp3000

I don't think I know any EFFU* words tbh

Contact 1?

go on then Sid

10 dies; EFFRA

2:34 PM

Effulgence?

Effulgent, sorry

Gareth McCaughan

Mine was EFFULGENT rather than EFFULGENCE but yes

Mithrandir

11 dies; EFFRONTERY

Sconibulus

Sconibulus was defending: EFFULGENT

Gareth McCaughan

splendid!

do we have enough people for another game?

Mithrandir

I can't be depended on.

Gareth McCaughan

2:35 PM

2 was EFFLUENT, by the way

Sid

You are going to defend, right?

Sherlock9

I can

Gareth McCaughan

I assume so

Sherlock9

@GarethMcCaughan So close

Sid

I am in.

Sconibulus

2:36 PM

I'm about for a while longer

Gareth McCaughan

Gareth defending: M

Mithrandir

I also may end up with my avatar lurking in 20+ rooms for the next 27 hours although that's unlikely

Gareth McCaughan

(I will try to make this not too slow.)

Sid

(I am going to ask questions from "who wants to be a millionaire" now. No way Gareth is getting those...)

Mithrandir

1: o/

Gareth McCaughan

2:36 PM

(But I may occasionally get summoned away for work)

Mithrandir

1': o/

Gareth McCaughan

@Mithrandir Perhaps 1 and 1' are ME and MITHRANDIR in some order.

Mike Q

1'': ...

Mithrandir

Other order but whatever, yes

Gareth McCaughan

@Mithrandir Perhaps 1'' is MIKE or MIKEQ given the context of 1 and 1'?

I mean @MikeQ

Sherlock9

2:37 PM

221: My archenemy

Mike Q

1'': Glad I could contribute

Sp3000

10. CVCVCCVCVV (proper noun where the 5 Vs are all 5 vowels used once each)

Gareth McCaughan

@Sherlock9 I guess 221 is MORIARTY9 :-)

Sherlock9

Yep :D

Sp3000

(updated 9 -> 10, I can't count)

Mithrandir

2:39 PM

1: Is that a furry elephant?

Sconibulus

7: Bad, fat duck

contact 1

Mike Q

contact 1, 7

Sid

25. John Carpenter

Mithrandir

1': Is that a furry elephant?

Sherlock9

20: Biological vacation

Gareth McCaughan

2:39 PM

oh god it's that thing again and of course I don't remember it

Sconibulus

contact 25?

Mithrandir

1'': Is that a furry elephant?

Sconibulus

contact 20

Sherlock9

contact 25

There are three furry elephants?

Sid

Contact 20

Gareth McCaughan

2:40 PM

One of 1,1',1'' is presumably MAMMOTH and the others are an obscure reference I don't remember.

Mithrandir

@Sherlock9 ;)

Gareth McCaughan

@Sconibulus Perhaps 7 is MOORHEN?

Mithrandir

1: correct

Sconibulus

7: nope

Sp3000

You know, the problem with identical clues is it's impossible to tell which is which :P

Sconibulus

2:41 PM

5,6: Arthurian Legend, and Author

Sherlock9

91: sad

contact 5

contact 6

Gareth McCaughan

@Sherlock9 91 might be MISERABLE or MOPING or MOROSE?

Sp3000

Contact 91? (gut feeling says multiple options though)

Sherlock9

Ah wait, uncontact 5

91 is MOROSE

I knew there was a bunch of M words for sad

Gareth McCaughan

@Sconibulus Perhaps 5 is MORTE D'ARTHUR and 6 is Thomas MALORY (I think it's a single L but could be wrong)

Mithrandir

2:42 PM

(I'm afraid I have to disappear now. Any guesses on 1' and 1''?)

Sid

16. Venue of Italian Grand Prix

Sconibulus

5,6: yep

Gareth McCaughan

@Sid Perhaps 16 might be MILAN?

Sconibulus

contact 16

Gareth McCaughan

@Sconibulus 7 might be MALLARD?

Sherlock9

2:42 PM

7, 8: trinket, death

Sid

@GarethMcCaughan close but no cigar

Sconibulus

7: yep

contact 7,8

Gareth McCaughan

@Sherlock9 Perhaps 7,8 is MEMENTO MORI

Sherlock9

7,8 is correct

Mike Q

5': ..., responsible party

Mithrandir

2:43 PM

1' and 1'' were MANNY and MASTODON. Bye!

Gareth McCaughan

bye @Mithrandir!

@Sid I have a vague recollection of an old science-fiction thing suggesting that 25 might conceivably be MARS or MARTIAN?

Sid

@GarethMcCaughan Nope.

Gareth McCaughan

ah, actually I think it was Carter

Sherlock9

See ya Mith o/

Gareth McCaughan

@MikeQ Perhaps 5' is MORGAN[A] LE FAY? I'm a bit hazy on Arthurian legend.

Sherlock9

2:45 PM

9: able to shaped

Gareth McCaughan

@Sherlock9 9 is probably MALLEABLE

Sconibulus

contact 5'

Sherlock9

9': hammer apple

9 is MALLEABLE

Sconibulus

uncontact 25

Mike Q

@GarethMcCaughan No, but that's a good contender for a possible 5''

Gareth McCaughan

2:46 PM

@Sherlock9 9' might be MALUS or MALLEUS, thinking about Latin?

John Dvorak

40: game series with book-based teleportation

Sherlock9

I was thinking MALUS. Thought they had the same root

Sconibulus

contact 40?

Sp3000

Contact 40

Gareth McCaughan

@JohnDvorak My daughter read some books matching that description about a MAGIC TREE HOUSE; is that your 40?

John Dvorak

2:47 PM

That's not it

Mike Q

contact 40

Gareth McCaughan

then it's probably a game I don't know. Pass 40.

40 MYST!

40 would be MYST

40 ✔️

2:48 PM

Ah. I think I played Myst once about 20 years ago.

Gareth defending: M I

think 5' and 16 die

10 is Mozambique

25 lives. 16 dies.

7: Bond

5' dies (MORDRED, quite literally the death of Arthur hence Morte D'Arthur)

Gareth McCaughan

2:49 PM

ah yes, should have thought of Mordred

Sid

16 was MONZA, BTW

Gareth McCaughan

Never even heard of Monza. Ah well, today I learned something. Too bad I'll probably have forgotten it tomorrow.

@Sherlock9 Status of 20?

Sid

@GarethMcCaughan it is the name of the race track.

Sherlock9

20 is still alive

Gareth McCaughan

@Sid Huh, and it's even close to Milan, so by sheer luck I wasn't too far out before :-).

20 is contacted, right? Anything else?

Sid

2:51 PM

@GarethMcCaughan like I said, close but no cigar. :P

25 is, I think.

Gareth McCaughan

25 got uncontacted, but maybe it was contacted more than once.

Sp3000

90, 40. ASOUE book

Sconibulus

contact 7

Gareth McCaughan

@Sconibulus I think 40 is MILL. Perhaps 90 is MISERABLE?

I mean @Sp3000

Sp3000

Yep on both counts

Sherlock9

2:54 PM

96: likes pain

Sid

35. Impossible

Sconibulus

contact 35

John Dvorak

41: expatriate evangelist

c35

Gareth McCaughan

So I think 25 is contacted by @Sherlock9, and it's the oldest contact. Pass 25; @Sherlock9 your guess?

Sconibulus

contact 41

Sherlock9

2:55 PM

25 MARS

Gareth McCaughan

I think I already guessed MARS for 25 and was told no.

Mike Q

contact 40

Gareth McCaughan

(I think the thing I was thinking of was a John Carter, not a Carpenter.)

@MikeQ 40 was already guessed; do you mean 41?

Sid

So, Gareth dodges that. It was MILLIONARE.

Mike Q

@GarethMcCaughan 90, 40 is two clues

Sp3000

2:56 PM

Gareth guessed both correctly, so 90, 40's out

Gareth McCaughan

@MikeQ Two clues whose answers are MISERABLE and MILL respectively, both of which I guessed

Sid

(1st winner of "Who wants to be a Millionare")

Mike Q

@GarethMcCaughan ...I knew that. I was, um, testing you.

Sherlock9

@GarethMcCaughan Ah I made the same mistake then

contact 41

Gareth McCaughan

OK, next-oldest contact is 20 and I am entirely failing to figure it out, so pass 20. @Sconibulus and @Sid your guesses?

Sconibulus

2:58 PM

20: Migration?

Sherlock9

20 is MIGRATION

Gareth McCaughan

Fair enough, I guess.

Gareth defending: M I N

John Dvorak

41 dies, missionary

Gareth McCaughan

I guess 41 was MISSIONARY?

(see, I have the magical ability to foretell the past)

Sconibulus

2: small-time

Gareth McCaughan

2:59 PM

@Sconibulus 2 is probably MINOR

Sconibulus

2: nope

Sp3000

Contact 2

Gareth McCaughan

@Sid @Sherlock9 status of 35, 96, 7?

Sconibulus

3: short song

Gareth McCaughan

@Sconibulus Then perhaps 2 is MINUTE?

Sid

2:59 PM

35 dies. It was MISSION

Sconibulus

2: yep

Sherlock9

7 dies, was MI6, not sure that was valid

Gareth McCaughan

ha!

Sconibulus

Ahh, I thought it was Mister

Sid

45. Athena or ?

Gareth McCaughan

3:00 PM

@Sconibulus Perhaps 3 might be MINUET, if I can take "song" in a broad enough sense?

Sherlock9

Oh, I forgot 96 was already MI at the time. Invalid, was MASOCHIST

Sp3000

I considered MI6, wasn't sure if something else was intended :P

Sconibulus

contact 45

Sherlock9

Sorry

Gareth McCaughan

@Sid 45 must be MINERVA

Sconibulus

3:00 PM

3: yep

Gareth McCaughan

@Sherlock9 Heh. I actually wondered about saying "obviously 96 is MISOCHAST, ha ha".

Sherlock9

XD

Sid

@GarethMcCaughan if you say "must", then of course it is.

Sherlock9

0: lowest of the low

Sconibulus

contact 0

Gareth McCaughan

3:01 PM

@Sherlock9 Perhaps 0 is MINIMUM or MINIMAL

0 is MINIMUM

5: LoZ:

2. Demisemibreve

@Sp3000 2 is MINIM

Yup

3:03 PM

4: Possessed Digs

John Dvorak

42: cash-making green taste?

Sconibulus

contact 42

Gareth McCaughan

@JohnDvorak 42 is surely MINT

John Dvorak

42 ✔️

Mike Q

contact 5

Gareth McCaughan

3:04 PM

I am 95% confident 5 is something I have no inkling of, so pass 5

Sp3000

6. World famous 3-circled logo, with a bow

Mike Q

5 I doubt that Gareth would be familiar with the MINISH CAP

Gareth McCaughan

I have never heard of any such thing

Sconibulus

5: yep, was Minish Cap

John Dvorak

What's that?

Sp3000

3:05 PM

Legend of Zelda

Sconibulus

Legend of Zelda game

Gareth McCaughan

Gareth defending: M I N D

I did guess that the L might be for Legend

Sconibulus

4 dies, was Mine

Gareth McCaughan

and that it was likely a game

but that was as far as I got

Sp3000

nvm 6 was Minnie (Mouse)

John Dvorak

3:05 PM

43: Two-word expression of great surprise

Sconibulus

2: Illithid

Mike Q

contact 2

Gareth McCaughan

@Sconibulus Perhaps 2 is MIND FLAYER from, er, D&D or something of the sort?

Sconibulus

2: yes

John Dvorak

brb

Sp3000

3:07 PM

(actually ignore that clue, sorry)

Sconibulus

6: Fear

Sp3000

46. One who doesn't look forward to a low point?

feelinferrety

contact 6?

Gareth McCaughan

@Sconibulus Perhaps 6 is MIND-KILLER and you are a member of the Bene Gesserit?

Ankoganit

contact 43

Sconibulus

3:09 PM

6: yep

Gareth McCaughan

I suspect I will feel stupid when I see the correct answer to this: pass 43. @Ankoganit your guess? @JohnDvorak is it right?

feelinferrety

30. Comedienne

Ankoganit

43: MIND BLOWN?

Gareth McCaughan

oh, that's somewhat plausible

If JD doesn't return shortly I'll just assume it's right and give you the next letter, but let's give him a minute

Sid

That has to be right IMO

Gareth McCaughan

3:13 PM

well, in the apparent absence of JD let's suppose it's right.

Gareth defending: M I N D F

Sp3000

46 would be min dreader

clever

44: D&D enemy

ooh

43 ✔️

3:14 PM

23. that with central bull

Sherlock9

I think

feelinferrety

Oh goodie

Gareth McCaughan

@Sherlock9 44 is probably MIND FLAYER again

feelinferrety

30 bt dubs was MINDY

Gareth McCaughan

@Sid formatting glitch?

feelinferrety

3:14 PM

31. Like an esoteric programming language?

Sherlock9

Ah, sorry for repeating

Gareth McCaughan

@feelinferrety Well, there's an esolang called Brainfuck so perhaps your 31 is MINDFUCK or (if it's a word) MINDFUCKING?

feelinferrety

It is indeed MINDFUCK

32. What yogis preach

Gareth McCaughan

pass 23

(and probably also 32)

Sp3000

23 was uncontacted, but I'm guessing it's mindful

Sid

3:17 PM

Mindful is correct

Gareth McCaughan

Gareth was defending: M I N D F U L

feelinferrety

Oh, whoop.

Sid

What was 32?

Gareth McCaughan

I assume 32 was mindfulness

feelinferrety

-NESS

Gareth McCaughan

3:18 PM

though I always thought that was more Buddhists than yogis

so Sid defends next

I have to get some actual work done now, I think

feelinferrety

-shrug- when i do yoga, the teacher is always going on about grounding your feelings and junk

Sid

Sid needs to go debate now. So, someone can take over.

feelinferrety

ooh, debate?

John Dvorak

Grounding your junk???

Sid

@feelinferrety Uni club. Have to practice for an upcoming national tournament

feelinferrety

3:20 PM

cool! best of luck!

Sid

@feelinferrety thanks

John Dvorak

I'm on mobile but I can probably defend if needed

feelinferrety

eh, i was glad to catch a game, but I should work too :(

John Dvorak

No quorum then, it seems

Mike Q

3:40 PM

@feelinferrety The programming language is called Brainf---, not Mindf---

feelinferrety

@MikeQ Hence the "like" and "?"

Mike Q

Gotta do your research! Next time I expect each of your clues to include a "works cited"

Which should be interesting considering the ban on using external searches during contact :P

feelinferrety

I know what it's called, that's why I indicated that it was a near-match. >:P

since brain \approx mind

GentlePurpleRain

3:56 PM

Is there a game happening?

feelinferrety

was

Deusovi

I'm available for a game.

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