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  • #46
    I think I got the last one too.
    seventeenth.

    So here's the complete list:
    balaclava
    taramasalata
    everywhere
    seventeenth
    effervescence
    criticising
    invincibility
    glyptodont
    lobotomy
    untruthfully
    "I'll be back next year." --Jimmy White

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    • #47
      balaclava
      taramasalata
      everywhere
      seventeenth
      effervescence
      eligibility
      invincibility
      escapology
      lobotomy
      untruthfully
      You play a long slow deadweight red to a corner pocket. As it approaches the pocket, a kamikaze woodlouse crawls out from under the cushion and makes its way across the table, conflicting with the path of the red precisely at the point the red gets there. The red, needless to say, veers off course, and the future of the woodlouse is uncertain. - The Statman

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      • #48
        Damn I should have checked

        Well done, you finished while I was doing it
        You play a long slow deadweight red to a corner pocket. As it approaches the pocket, a kamikaze woodlouse crawls out from under the cushion and makes its way across the table, conflicting with the path of the red precisely at the point the red gets there. The red, needless to say, veers off course, and the future of the woodlouse is uncertain. - The Statman

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        • #49
          Some of yours don't work anyway, Mits. No other vowels can be used other than the ones listed.
          "I'll be back next year." --Jimmy White

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          • #50
            wow, you guys are good...
            I'll stick with math.

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            • #51
              So I guess one could say I did some escapology to a draw because of the doubtful eligibility of two of your words. ;-)
              "I'll be back next year." --Jimmy White

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              • #52
                Good point, I probably should have read the question
                You play a long slow deadweight red to a corner pocket. As it approaches the pocket, a kamikaze woodlouse crawls out from under the cushion and makes its way across the table, conflicting with the path of the red precisely at the point the red gets there. The red, needless to say, veers off course, and the future of the woodlouse is uncertain. - The Statman

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                • #53
                  enzymology could also work
                  You play a long slow deadweight red to a corner pocket. As it approaches the pocket, a kamikaze woodlouse crawls out from under the cushion and makes its way across the table, conflicting with the path of the red precisely at the point the red gets there. The red, needless to say, veers off course, and the future of the woodlouse is uncertain. - The Statman

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                  • #54
                    Where'd that 'e' come from, Mits?
                    "I'll be back next year." --Jimmy White

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                    • #55
                      I'll get my coat.
                      You play a long slow deadweight red to a corner pocket. As it approaches the pocket, a kamikaze woodlouse crawls out from under the cushion and makes its way across the table, conflicting with the path of the red precisely at the point the red gets there. The red, needless to say, veers off course, and the future of the woodlouse is uncertain. - The Statman

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                      • #56
                        I blame my heightened sense of awareness on the killer flu from outer space.
                        "I'll be back next year." --Jimmy White

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                        • #57
                          A definite point for you, elvaago Sir! I would never use such an obscure word as glyptodont; 'psychology' was my intended answer!

                          So here is the table after Round 5:

                          Pos. . . . . . . . Points . . . . . . Person
                          1 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . elvaago
                          2 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . The Statman
                          3 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . rambon

                          (We will assume the same principles as in the snooker quiz, whereby you go straight to the top of your new points total to avoid tied positions.)

                          ROUND SIX

                          There is an interesting relationship between the French word for 'yes' – oui – and the English word for 'yes' – yes. It can be demonstrated by cycling through the alphabet from one word, and we arrive at the other (returning to A when we pass through Z):

                          Y - Z - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O
                          E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U
                          S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I


                          What I want you to do is find any three English words which have the same relationship with each other. The words must be of at least three letters in length, and be cited in Chambers online or rhymezone.com, without requiring a capital letter or containing any hyphen/apostrophe. For example you could have:

                          Y - Z - A - B - C - D - E
                          E - F - G - H - I - J - K
                          S - T - U - V - W - X - Y


                          ...if CIW and EKY were valid words.

                          First person with three will win.

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                          • #58
                            I'll have a go, but this may be another round without a point for me
                            You play a long slow deadweight red to a corner pocket. As it approaches the pocket, a kamikaze woodlouse crawls out from under the cushion and makes its way across the table, conflicting with the path of the red precisely at the point the red gets there. The red, needless to say, veers off course, and the future of the woodlouse is uncertain. - The Statman

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                            • #59
                              L-m-n-o-P
                              A-b-c-d-E
                              C-d-e-f-G

                              L-m-n-o
                              A-b-c-d
                              B-c-d-e

                              A-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l
                              P-q-r-s-t-u-v-w-x-y-z-a
                              E-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m-n-o-p
                              You play a long slow deadweight red to a corner pocket. As it approaches the pocket, a kamikaze woodlouse crawls out from under the cushion and makes its way across the table, conflicting with the path of the red precisely at the point the red gets there. The red, needless to say, veers off course, and the future of the woodlouse is uncertain. - The Statman

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                              • #60
                                Originally Posted by Mitsuko
                                L-m-n-o-P
                                A-b-c-d-E
                                C-d-e-f-G

                                L-m-n-o
                                A-b-c-d
                                B-c-d-e

                                A-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l
                                P-q-r-s-t-u-v-w-x-y-z-a
                                E-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m-n-o-p
                                Perhaps I did not explain myself properly. Sorry Mitsuko

                                I want THREE words on the same line! (as in my YES-CIW-EKY example above).

                                I have re-worded thequestion slightly.

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