Final Scores of Game 8 -

Pinhead.........166
JabberWock......164
Mamaja..........158
Baglady.........148
Sagebrush.......144
Pling...........123
Val9001..........33

Congrats to all who played in the ....Please notice the extra and amended rules. Higher scoring is now possible. My advice to everyone is to keep their own database of previous used words. The entries will be checked !!

Rules

1. Take away any letter, add a New letter and rearrange the letters to make a new word.

2. If you use a word that has been used in any previous games, which doesn't start with the last letter of the previous entry...YOU'RE SCORE IS X1

3. If you use a word that hasn't been used in any of the previous games, which doesn't start with the last letter of the previous entry...OR...If you use a word that has been used in any of the previous games and starts with the last letter of the previous entry...YOU'RE SCORE IS X2

4. If it is a new word and starts with the last letter of the previous entry...YOU'RE SCORE IS X3

5. The New Word must exist in the Oxford English Dictionary.

6. All words MUST be English and be able to be used in a common sentance.

7. No Plurals

8. You can only score points if your entry is Valid.

9. Challenges can be made on any players entry within the Same Day.

10. Challengers will be awarded extra points if successful, but deducted points if failed.

11. A Duplicated entry in the same week will be Invalid.

12. Each letter is scored individualy.

13. Monday = 4 letters ; Tuesday = 5 letters ; Wednesday = 6 letters ; Thurday = 5 letters ; Friday = 4 letters.

14. Please state if the entry is a Noun, Verb or Adjective.

##### Here is a link to check your entries...####
http://www.logophilia.com/WordPlay/dictionary-search.html

OR

Use Onelook.com for validity checks.

Letter Point.............Letter Point

A.........1 N.........1
B.........3 O.........1
C.........3 P.........3
D.........2 Q........10
E.........1 R.........1
F.........4 S.........1
G.........2 T.........1
H.........4 U.........1
I.........1 V.........4
J.........8 W.........4
K.........5 X.........8
L.........1 Y.........4
M.........3 Z........10

Good Luck Everyone

Starting word for Game 9 is ICED

[This message has been edited by Sypher (edited 03-05-2001).]

Change the E for a K

DICK

n. A person of Jewish religion or descent, esp. those
living in Slavic countries
An offensive word for a Jew

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Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
...Adlai Stevenson

KIKE -k +t = Kite

EKKI

ekki Materials. the hard and durable rust-colored wood of the tropical African trees Lophira alata and Lophira procera; used especially for flooring and railway ties.

hey I am back btw...did ya miss me...

IKEA

A catalog sales company for furniture, founded in 1947 by Ingvar Kamprad, who hails from Elmtaryd, Agunnaryd, in Sweden.

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"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.".............
Dan Quayle

His argument is akin to treason!!

Baglady.........36
eyeball.........36
Sypher..........33
JabberWock......28 (Kick - Game6)
Mamaja..........28 (Keck - Game6)
Pinhead.........24
Cellardoor......24
Pling............8 (Kite - Game7)

Last Word - AKIN

Add a D and change the I to an E

NAKED

noun, adjective

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Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
...Adlai Stevenson

[This message has been edited by Pling (edited 03-06-2001).]

NAZIR

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"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.".............
Dan Quayle

Pinhead.........66
Sypher..........63
JabberWock......58
Mamaja..........58
Baglady.........57
eyeball.........54
Pling...........50
Cellardoor......24

Last Word - Rizal

Change the R to a L and add a Y

LAZILY

So, just for this case......Baglady may resume her entry using JabberWock's entry. This is an Unusual Case and hopefully will not be repeated.

This would not have happened if Mamaja's entry was VALID.

Thanks
Sypher

HAZILY - "H" + "N" = ZANILY

adv.

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Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind.
....Rudyard Kipling