Once again, two words that should NOT appear together, and I even question the "correct" answer:

11. Loud and confused and empty talk
Your answer: mumbo jumbo

mumbo jumbo means "language that is unnecessarily difficult to understand"

The correct answer was palaver

I always thought "palaver" just meant talk, conversation. Not a happy camper here...

Not that this one is wrong, per se, but it struck me as amusing. Sure, I got it wrong because I just didn't read through all the options, and I could argue the correctness of my answer, but it's not worth it on this one.

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6. Devil_dog

Your answer: a very evil man

a very evil man is the definition for "hellhound"

The correct answer was a member of the united states marine corps

6. Brickbat
Your answer: a weapon that is thrown or projected

a weapon that is thrown or projected is the definition for "missile"

The correct answer was blunt criticism


From Free Online Dictionary:
brick·bat (br k b t) n. 1. A piece, especially of brick, used as a weapon or missile. 2. An unfavorable remark; a criticism.

brickbat - Definition of brickbat at YourDictionary.com
noun. a piece of brick, esp. one used as a missile; an unfavorable or critical remark

Define Brickbat at Dictionary.com
–noun 1. a piece of broken brick, esp. one used as a missile. 2. any rocklike missile. 3. an unkind or unfavorable remark; caustic criticism:


Just a note to say that the primary definition of brickbat fits the answer I chose, just saying.

~~TinyDetail

PS: When one is scrambling to stay in the monthly top ten for a badge, this kind of thing is frustrating, to say the least.

14. Broach

Your answer: a decorative pin worn by women

I got it right but it's wrong Brooch is a pin worn by women. Broach has several meanings including to bring up a subject for discussion for the first time.
Definitions as per the OED online and dictionary.com .

10 a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

discharge
toad-in-the-hole
commercial traveler
discharge
flatus
materialization

I think this has come up in the past, but I don't recall the discussion. Obviously, the duplicate 'discharge' is not the answer, but should there have been a duplicate choice at all?

Happy Word Wizard Trivia!

The opposite of leanness is fat

You said: fatty

leanness means "the property of having little body fat"
fat means "excess bodily weight"

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The opposite of fatless is fatty
You said: fat

fatless means "without fat or fat solids"
fatty means "containing or composed of fat"

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It goes without saying that I pulled the wrong rein.


EDIT- Copied to the Mind Melt thread, where it belongs.

Ozzz, that's one of the worst I've seen yet!

Where those from Mind Melt?

Oops, they were. My apologies!

No need for that. Just wanting to see a correct placement so effective corrective action might be taken. That won't happen from here. It is weird. It would seem the word they should have instead of fatless to go as an opposite to leanness would be fatness. Fatless isn't even close to the opposite of leanness. In fact, it's a synonym!

I didn't even notice they were in the wrong thread! Shows how attentive I am...

8. The 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
Your answer: triennial

Triennial means every three year or lasting three years. A tercentenary or tricentenary (less common but acceptable) is the term for a 3ooth anniversary.

re Gold Member Word Wizard Mini-Game: Words accepted:

The dictionary in use confounds me. It will accept words such as
androecium, pachuco and shogunate but tells me that "mundanities" is not in the dictionary. Seriously?

I've spent ages playing this game and finally come up with an 11 letter "normal" word and this must be the only English speaking dictionary it's not in.

Scooby,

most dictionaries don't accept plural as a separate lemma. Neither will conjugated verbs be accepted.

Think about taking a printed dictionary in hand. If the word you're thinking of is in the printed dictionary in bold letters, it will probably pass the WW mini game. If not, it will most probably be rejected.

Thanks JanIQ. I'm just getting really frustrated - I thought I had it with "Transducing" but that wasn't allowed either, yet greasily, cobwebby, astutely, boozing etc are fine. Grr!

spelling typo - usually

Vacillator - one who hesitates (uaually out of fear)

*sigh* Things seem to be getting worse...

the attribute of having a strong offensive smell

1. overcharge
2. foulness
3. nauseatingness
4. plica
5. parcel
6. squanderer

Come on! I don't even know which is "correct". I bailed... :0(

The *right* one was foulness. I, of course, chose the other one.

5. A speaker with an unusually laoud voice

Your answer: stentor

Typo: 'laoud' should be 'loud'.

Happy WW Typo Trivia!

9. Hemorrhage
Your answer: flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessels

That should be "vessel", not "vessels".

I think this is an issue:


stick on

apply a heavy coat to
lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
a medicine used to relieve pain
an ordinary person who accepts the leadership of another
excessive and profuse perspiration
excessive and profuse perspiration

Obviously the doubled up option is wrong but that's not the point...

12. Immovability

Your answer: no capable of being moved or rearranged

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Should be "not" capable

These were in a set this morning:

5. Flavored with sour orange peel

Your answer: curacao

This is incomplete, Mention of "liquor" or "spirits" seems needed.

8. Move with slow, sinuous movements

Your answer: undulation

undulation means "(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth"

The correct answer was wreathe

The word "undulation" seems a good fit here.

Happy WW Trivia!

Except that undulation is a noun, while wreathe is a verb, and therefore makes a better match for the definition. (As I decided after getting it wrong!)

9. The 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Your answer: triennial

I got it right, since there was no better choice, but of course triennial means every 3 years.

Just logged on to make this same comment. Tricentennial would have been my answer.

All wrong. The correct answer is 1/10 of a trimillenium.

Tricentennial was not a choice.

New one.

Terror

Your answer: the savage and excessive killing of many people

the savage and excessive killing of many people is the definition for "slaughter"

The correct answer was a very troublesome child

Both of these are true.

4. violent or destructive acts (as bombing) committed by groups in order to intimidate a population or government into granting their demands <insurrection and revolutionary terror>

Webster

4. Legion

Your answer: a very large number (especially of people)

a very large number (especially of people) is the definition for "multitudinousness"

The correct answer was archaic terms for army

"Legion" seems as acceptable as "army" in this case.

Happy WW Trivia!