Contact

did you know that they have the largest book in the world there, and they are one of the only other countries besides the US to not use the metric system?

feelinferrety

15 dies, was MY FAIR LADY

Mistah Figgins

6 dies was...

guesses?

Mike Q

@Mistah Mystique

barrycarter

9:05 PM

Myst?

Mistah Figgins

@MikeQ yep Mystique

feelinferrety

ohhhh

barrycarter

That's what I meant ;)

Mike Q

20. ___, Darksteel, Fifth Dawn

ffao

I can't think today

1 was gettable too

Scrooble

9:06 PM

9: Fade or Halfman

Mistah Figgins

6: finite, and yet...

barrycarter

contact 6

Mike Q

24. Lavatory haunter

Scrooble

contact 24

ffao

24: myrtle

feelinferrety

9:08 PM

26. Sounds like Banks?

Mike Q

24 ✔

barrycarter

contact 26

ffao

how many words with myr are there? o_O

pass 8

barrycarter

I was thinking the same thing

Scrooble

8 is yet uncontacted...

barrycarter

9:09 PM

I didn't contact 8, but think I know it.

Mistah Figgins

same

feelinferrety

I'm just pulling stuff out of my ass at this point. I exhausted the only thing I actually know back in the last round.

barrycarter

I can't contact after the pass, right?

Mike Q

@barrycarter correct

Mistah Figgins

I dont think anyone contacted?

feelinferrety

9:09 PM

unless the attacker passes without a contact, it gets opened again

Scrooble

ffao passed before a contact, though...

Mike Q

Technically, if the defender is REALLY sure that one of the uncontacted clues is their word, they can pass on it

contact 8

contact 8

well, pass 8 again

9:10 PM

myriad

myriad

8 was MYRIAD

so was 6

ffao defended: MYRIAD

feelinferrety

OH RIGHT THAT'S A WORD I KNOW

Scrooble

9:10 PM

whee

9 dies, was MYRDDRAAL

barrycarter

26 was Myra (like Tyra Banks), I'm guessing

feelinferrety

@barrycarter Yup

Mike Q

20 was invalid because it's a made-up word (Mirrodin from MtG)

Gareth McCaughan

24 must have been MYRTLE

barrycarter

Gareth, 24 was guessed

Gareth McCaughan

9:11 PM

ah

feelinferrety

@MikeQ Not Myrrodin?

ppperry

made-up words can be used

Gareth McCaughan

I just saw the starboard

Scrooble

HOW did I miss the Magic clue...?

ffao

yeah, 24 was the only one I could guess in the MYR- round

barrycarter

9:11 PM

All words are made up

Mike Q

@feelinferrety I thought it was with a Y because it had these little monsters called Myr. But I just looked it up now (after the game ended) and apparently I was... mystaken.

Mistah Figgins

so, scrooble is defending?

Scrooble

That's how!

feelinferrety

Made up words can be attacked with, but not defended with

ffao

scrooble should defend now

feelinferrety

9:12 PM

@MikeQ It's okay, I did that with WIL[no E]Y earlier

Mistah Figgins

IIRC you can even do multiple words together to attack with?

Scrooble

Is it now my job to star clues?

ppperry

isn't a bit silly to attack with something that can't be the defender's word?

barrycarter

You can attack with anything that's reasonably guessable

feelinferrety

@MistahFiggins Whatever can be guessed can be used

ffao

9:13 PM

yeah, though fantasy stuff that is potentially an unending source of clues but I've never played isn't that fun

feelinferrety

@ppperry No, because if someone can guess but the defender doesn't, then a letter is revealed

barrycarter

@ppperry No, because the goal is to get the defender to pass and someone else to guess, forcing the defender to give up another letter

Scrooble

Scrooble defending: S

Mistah Figgins

@Scrooble not formally, but it helps

ppperry

1: ...

Gareth McCaughan

9:14 PM

2. Derivative of Dianetics

Contact 1

1: SCROOBLE

contact 2

no on 1

3: I'm shaking in my boots

feelinferrety

9:14 PM

contact 3

3: SCARED

4. Gene-like?

AFK

3: no

I've used my star vote allowance for the day :(

Mistah Figgins

6: haunted by 3 ghosts

ppperry

9:15 PM

contact 6

barrycarter

contact 6

Gareth McCaughan

contact 6

5. U Thant, for instance

60: ...

6: SCROOGE

contact 60

9:16 PM

yes for scrooge

Mike Q

kontakt 1, 3

Scrooble

Aargh

ppperry

8: if x+y=z and x=5 then 5+y=z

Scrooble

pass 2

barrycarter

contact 8

Mistah Figgins

9:17 PM

6: Snake's head and type of bear spook?

@barrycarter 2?

8: SUBSTITUTION

2 scientology

yes on 8

yes, 2 was SCIENTOLOGY. lEtter pLease @sCrooble!

Scrooble

9:18 PM

sCrooble defending: S T

1 dies, was SULFUR

3 dies

6 was scare

8: Try hard

4 was SELFISH (as per Richard Dawkins) and is dead

barrycarter

9:19 PM

3 was seismic (or any variation)

Gareth McCaughan

5 was SECRETARY-GENERAL and is dead

barrycarter

contact 8

ppperry

9: it's mine now!

Mistah Figgins

contact 9

Gareth McCaughan

1. Karlheinz

barrycarter

9:19 PM

10: poop

contact 10

contact 10

10: STOOL

uncontact 60 if it is still live

barrycarter

10: correct

Scrooble

9:20 PM

9: STEAL

Mike Q

12. Desire-able mode of transportation

ppperry

60 died, was SIXTY

Mike Q

12'. Famous one-word line in cinema/theater

Scrooble

12: STEERING?

Mike Q

12 Not steering

Gareth McCaughan

9:20 PM

contact 12

Scrooble

8: STRIVE

ppperry

9 is steal

8 is STRIVE

10: rock

Mistah Figgins

6: circular cookie with a caramel filling

Scrooble

10: STONE

Gareth McCaughan

contact 6

ppperry

9:22 PM

yes on 10

barrycarter

12: template

Scrooble

6: STROOPWAFEL

12: STENCIL

12: correct

yes for 6

(someone star my 1?)

9:23 PM

pass 12

barrycarter

You already got 12

Mistah Figgins

?

Gareth McCaughan

why are you passing something you already guessed?

ppperry

there were two twelves

Gareth McCaughan

(if it's your word then you should just say so at this point)

Scrooble

9:23 PM

There are two 12s...

Gareth McCaughan

ah yes

the older one is STREETCAR

12 Correct!

Ah.

Desire-able, groan

Mike has done much worse today

Mistah Figgins

9:24 PM

i don't get it?

Scrooble

Not in America, they're not desirable!

barrycarter

Streetcar Named Desire

Tennesse Williams play

Mistah Figgins

oh...

Mike Q

It's a famous play, later adapted into a film

Mistah Figgins

letter?

Scrooble

9:24 PM

Scrüble defending S T E

Gareth McCaughan

1 was STOCKHAUSEN and is dead

66: iron

12' lives :)

66: STEEL

5: hiding stuff in pictures

Gareth McCaughan

9:25 PM

contact 5

Mistah Figgins

6: scrambled meats

Gareth McCaughan

2. Artery opener

contact 6

Scrooble

6: STEW

ppperry

66 is correct

Mistah Figgins

no for 6

contact 5

barrycarter

9:25 PM

2': artery closer

Gareth McCaughan

3. Hat and person appearing in a T S Eliot poem

Mike Q

5' Hidden stuff? Two many letters, too slow to write.

Oh! 12': STELLA?

c 2, 3

hmm

9:26 PM

12' STELLLAAAAAAA ✔

Mistah Figgins

oh contact 5'

ppperry

88:
    /
    |
   /
  |
 /
 |
/

Gareth McCaughan

4. Maker of Shandy

barrycarter

contact 88

Scrooble

2': STEM CELL...?

barrycarter

9:27 PM

2': no

Scrooble

2: STENT

Gareth McCaughan

2 is STENT, yes

Mistah Figgins

there are already a lot of clues guys

feelinferrety

c5

Scrooble

pass 5 :(

Gareth McCaughan

9:28 PM

5 is STEGANOGRAPHY

you should only pass one at a time

one at a time

STEGANOGRAPHY

okay

Gareth, correct

same here

don't pass on 5' yet

Gareth McCaughan

9:28 PM

letTer pleAse

barrycarter

But you do have to give up a letter :)

Mike Q

Also, just a reminder for folks: No researching during a Contact game

Scrooble

Scroobs defending: S T E A

barrycarter

2' lives

ppperry

88 dies, was STEEP

Gareth McCaughan

9:29 PM

4 was STERNE and is dead (the Shandy in question being the novel Tristram Shandy)

Mistah Figgins

5' was stenographer

Mike Q

5' dies, was STENOGRAPHY (or stenographer)

Gareth McCaughan

4 was STETSON and is dead

Mistah Figgins

6 lives

and has a contact

Deusovi

contact 6

Mike Q

9:30 PM

8. Intergalactic TV host who found some office supplies and a plumbus

barrycarter

contact 6 if I didn't already

Mistah Figgins

hey Deus o/

Deusovi

hey! c:

Gareth McCaughan

1. Acid used in candle-making

Deusovi

18. Method by which you would get a five-finger discount

Scrooble

9:30 PM

6: STEAK AND SHAKE!

barrycarter

contact 18

Mistah Figgins

neither for 6

Scrooble

what

darn

Mistah Figgins

Oh i thought it was 2 guesses for a sec

Scrooble

pass 6

Gareth McCaughan

9:31 PM

6 is STEAM

yep

(anag.)

...

scrambled -> anagram

Oooh, nice

9:31 PM

I missed that...

barrycarter

I thought salisbury steak too

Mr. Xcoder

@Scrooble sorry for interrupting, were you the one that changed the name to "Downvoters"?

Scrooble

Scrooble defending: S T E A T

@Mr.Xcoder Yep

Gareth McCaughan

8. Fat-arsed

barrycarter

2' dies, was steak

Mike Q

9:32 PM

8 dies, was STEALY

Deusovi

18 dies, was STEALING

Gareth McCaughan

1 was STEARIC though now I think about it I'm not certain the thing you use in making candles isn't actually stearin rather than stearic acid

Mistah Figgins

five-finger?

Gareth McCaughan

anywat it's dead

Mike Q

@MistahFiggins Penalty for stealing = Chop off hand = Lose five fingers

Deusovi

9:33 PM

oh, that's the etymology?

Mistah Figgins

where is this a penalty for stealing?

barrycarter

@MistahFiggins "five finger discount" is a euphemism for shoplifting

Mistah Figgins

@barrycarter ah

Deusovi

"five-finger discount" just refers to shoplifting

Gareth McCaughan

some Islamic countries and probably also the middle ages

Mike Q

9:34 PM

@Deusovi Oh. Really? I was going off of historical (read: fictitious) depictions

Mistah Figgins

The more you know

Deusovi

because you only have to use your five fingers to take it

barrycarter

I can shoplift with two fingers. If it's a light shop

Mistah Figgins

shops are usually pretty heavy, you must be pretty strong to lift an entire shop with only 2

Gareth McCaughan

I'm not sure I can think of any STEAT- words other than the one clued by my 8

though it seems like there should be more

barrycarter

9:35 PM

@MistahFiggins It's a cybershop

ppperry

... which no one seems to be contacting

Deusovi

I'm not sure I can think of any STEAT- words including the one clued by your 8

Gareth McCaughan

well, it's a fairly obscure word

Mike Q

Too soon to make up words and play "Guess the Suffix"

barrycarter

I'm steat-umped.

Mistah Figgins

9:37 PM

6: right after the "are" mammary gland

Deusovi

contact 6, and that's awful

Mistah Figgins

yea

what else can you do though?

Scrooble

pass 6. I feel like I'm SO CLOSE, but missing something vital.

Deusovi

6: right after the "r teat" is the S TEAT

Scrooble

...

Mistah Figgins

9:40 PM

yay

Gareth McCaughan

I take it that isn't (so far as anyone knows) actually a word? Not that it matters.

Scrooble

I'm out. Bye.

Mistah Figgins

now get it off the starboard

Scrooble

(Kidding)

Gareth McCaughan

Next letter please Scrooble!

Mistah Figgins

9:40 PM

definitely not a word

Scrooble

Scrooble defending: S T E A T O

Gareth McCaughan

8 stands

Mistah Figgins

great

ppperry

looks like only Gareth knows this word

Gareth McCaughan

and I expect there are a bunch of other obscure STEATO- words besides mine, but again I'm not sure I actually know any of them.

Mistah Figgins

9:41 PM

and probably scrooble

Mike Q

1. Obligatory "..."

ppperry

uh, contact 1?

Gareth McCaughan

contact 1 I guess

Deusovi

contact 1, but that's unfair depending on how long Scrooble has been here

ppperry

uncontact 1

Scrooble

9:41 PM

pass 1...

Deusovi

1: STEATO

Gareth McCaughan

I guess 1 is just STEATO

Mike Q

1 ✔

ppperry

I was right, but the unfairness comment threw me off

Mistah Figgins

...

Scrooble

9:42 PM

Does the ellipsis just mean it's in a recent message?

Deusovi

we use "..." as a clue to say "you already have all the information you need to answer this, without there being an actual clue"

Scrooble

Scrooble defending: S T E A T O P

Gareth McCaughan

8 stands; Scrooble, are you sure your word isn't my 8?

Scrooble

Please, contact already

ppperry

is 7 a record for number of known letters before the word was guessed?

Scrooble

9:43 PM

It is. Am I supposed to wait for contact?

Deusovi

I think we've had 7 before

Gareth McCaughan

if you think I've got your word, the usual convention is that you pass it straight away

Deusovi

Gareth, would you like to modify your clue?

Gareth McCaughan

even without a contact

Deusovi

@GarethMcCaughan not necessarily

Scrooble

9:43 PM

Okay. Pass 8

Deusovi

you can do it that way, but it's not obligatory

Gareth McCaughan

8 is STEATOPYGOUS

Deusovi

oh. well, obviously

Gareth McCaughan

(steato- meaning to do with fat, and pyx being Greek for arse)

Scrooble

Scrooble was defending: STEATOPYG(IA|OUS)

Gareth McCaughan

9:44 PM

oh, maybe there's an extra I in it compared with what I wrote

ffao

how come no one else knew this word? I'm disappointed

Gareth McCaughan

nope, -PYGOUS is correct

but there is also -PYGIA meaning the condition of being steatopygous

(at least I assume that's what it means)

I can't defend now, I'm afraid -- I need to be AFK for at least about 10 minutes.

barrycarter

I like steatopygia and I can not lie...

Gareth McCaughan

ho ho

Scrooble

Yep. Switched the ( and the I

Gareth McCaughan

9:45 PM

incidentally, I've now checked and the thing you use in making candles is both stearin and stearic acid; they are the same chemical

Deusovi

ah, chemistry naming conventions

Gareth McCaughan

anyway, away for a few minutes now

Mistah Figgins

o/ bye all

Christian Miranda Zambrano

11:25 PM

good afternoon everybody

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