Not necessarily a missing letter: "dulness" is listed in some as an obsolete spelling of "dullness".

I've not seen that word spelled in that fashion. I don't play this game as much just because I don't seem to have enough time.

Could a moderator put this thread's title back to what it should be, please?

It's not too much different than what it was, but in this case, and only this case, a moderator doesn't have to do it. They do, however, have to change all previous posts, but with over 900 in this thread, that's too time-consuming.

I've changed it and I'm not staff.

Actually with this software it is easy to change the whole thread so it took me less than a minute to so it.

Wow, Sue. No wonder everyone calls you "Superwoman"!

I remember in the previous version that couldn't be done though.

Hi everyone, before I blame the much maligned and frequently wrong database, could I get second opinions on this one please?

"6. Revoke

Your answer: waste time

waste time is the definition for "wanton_away"

The correct answer was the mistake of not following suit when able to do so"

I've always used the word 'renege' when not following suit when able to do so. Is that an Australian-only usage (and others use revoke) or is it more widespread. Ignore the answer I gave, I would have chosen 'none of the above' if it was available!

Many thanks

It is not an Australian usage, but it is a common usage, from what I found when I first encountered that definition. I also have only used the word renege, but that is in bridge. I understand that some other games use the term revoke. Wikipedia actually lists revoke (or renege) as its entry.

Many thanks for the clarification looney_tunes! I'm relieved I didn't sound off at the database without checking :-)

Thank you dg and sue.

Today I did the Word Wizard and 1 of the questions was.
'Make off with Belongings of Others' Answer 'Sneak'
I chose 'Knock Off'(Q/A Definition- cut the price of)

Being an Aussie 'Knock Off' can also mean -
Finish work...
and also
Steal(which I think would be 'Make off with belongings of others)
Just a thought...

Most words have lots of alternative definitions, and local slang and informal usage can certainly introduce ambiguity in some of the answer sets. Play the game religiously so you can harvest letters and play the mini-game, and you will become familiar with most of them. I still, however, sometimes get a word I haven't seen before, with definitions that all refer to something else in my mind. When that happens, one of them, of course, also relates to the word in question.

Sometimes I hate this game. I have 12 letters and have to change two- guess which two?

You could probably make something like FROND(S) and save at least one S.

I bit the bullet and got an O. Not too bad, as I now have DROWNED. The next letter gives me a few eights, and a T will give me a 9- DOWNTREND!

It works every time- whinge and win.

Aha, so that's what this thread is for!

Another definition/question problem:


"Come to terms"
Your answer: reconcile
reconcile means "accept as inevitable"

The correct answer was bargain


The freedictionary.com defines reconcile like this:



3. reconcile - come to terms ; "After some discussion we finally made up"

This question needs to be rewritten.

Me again, a pest. I know this game is supposed to be challenging, but does it have to be *this* challenging?

4 fluorouracil
variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns
an antibiotic used as an anticancer drug
a small hairpiece to cover partial baldness
an antimetabolite used to treat certain cancers
large watertight chamber used for construction under water
compress into a wad

The correct answer is an antimetabolite, as opposed to an antibiotic. I didn't fall for it, but I easily could have and probably will in the future. Gee whiz...

Tough combination. I got the same word in the last hour, but with only one anticancer option to select, so had no problem with it.

It got me!

My sympathies, dippo! I backed off and didn't finish, in a totally cowardly way. It'll get me next time, though. Pure luck this game...as many are. Better luck next time!
Best, tat

Excessive and profuse perspiration
Your answer: hyperidrosis

Answer should be hyperHidrosis with a second 'h'.

As for the fluorouracil question, that's nasty with a capital N! I would have picked antibiotic but it would have been the result of an educated guess that went awry.

I have never seen a yellow tomato, and I thought that the US government had declared that a tomato was a fruit!

Well, whether fruit or vegetable, yellow tomatoes (and other colours, too) exist. I have grown them in the past, although I prefer the red varieties.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-yellow-tomatoes.htm

Well, cut off my legs and call me 'Shorty'! Thanks, Highfells.

I am allergic to tomato, but as far as I know, it is only the red version.

Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting tomato in a fruit salad.

A tomato is considered a fruit because of the way it grows. But it is principally *used* as a vegetable (as the question correctly states). And indeed, there are other colour varieties, almost red tomatoes are the most common.

All tomatoes start out green. Whether they end up green, yellow, orange or red when fully ripened is a matter of genetics. Generally, the yellow and orange ones are less acidic (which in some people's minds makes them "sweeter"). I love them all (and grow them all). In fact I have 48 peat pots with various tomato varieties growing in them right at this moment (just waiting for hubby to move his storage crap out of the greenhouse so I can turn on the heater and move the pots out of my kitchen and into some real dirt lol).

In case you were wondering (probably not lol) BELL peppers (not the hot types) are the same way. They start out green (tangy) and end up red. If you've noticed, red bell peppers are usually the most expensive in a grocery. It's all rather silly since if you leave the one that is already yellow/orange on the vine a bit longer it will end up red anyway.

by the by, I have put yellow pear (cherry-sized) tomatoes in "fruit" salads and no one has EVER complained.

All that being said, yes a tomato is, botanically, a fruit, not a vegetable.

The complete removal of the ovaries.
The supposed correct answer was neuter.
It should have been spay, a neuter is the removal of the testicles.

To neuter applies to both genders.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutering

Do not spay or neuter your tomatoes or peppers. They will come out brown.