I'm thinking of a word that rhymes with "car"
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2Citizenjoyce
My son's dog ate the leg of his new table. Don't you hate it when something happens to disrupt beauty?
4rolandperkins
To keep it literary, I'll quote
H W L's lines:
". . .A phantom ship with each mast and __ __ __ __
Across the moon , like a prison bar."
H W L's lines:
". . .A phantom ship with each mast and __ __ __ __
Across the moon , like a prison bar."
5rodneyvc
Crambo is more like a scenic cruise than a hostile invasion!
Not: mar, spar
Alpha not: mar, spar
Not: mar, spar
Alpha not: mar, spar
6rolandperkins
Classic Limerick:
"For beauty, I am not a star;
THere are others more handsome by far.
My face: I don't mind it,
But then, I'm BEHIND it!
It's the people in front that I __ __ __.
"For beauty, I am not a star;
THere are others more handsome by far.
My face: I don't mind it,
But then, I'm BEHIND it!
It's the people in front that I __ __ __.
7rodneyvc
Wilson clearly thought he had the face for radio! Not jar.
Not: mar, spar, jar
Alpha not: jar, mar, spar
Not: mar, spar, jar
Alpha not: jar, mar, spar
8Citizenjoyce
Some people like to grill meat because they get a lovely flavor from the blackened part. (It doesn't work quite so well with tofu.)
9rodneyvc
And some authorities say that the black bits can be charcinogenic!
Not: mar, spar, jar, char
Alpha not: char, jar, mar, spar
/* We're a couple of syllables short in the guesses so far */
Not: mar, spar, jar, char
Alpha not: char, jar, mar, spar
/* We're a couple of syllables short in the guesses so far */
10Jenni_Canuck
My granny had one of these on every chair in her house.
11rodneyvc
As a kid I always mentally heard that as antimassacre!
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar
Alpha not: antimacassar, char, jar, mar, spar
/* and that guess had a couple too many syllables */
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar
Alpha not: antimacassar, char, jar, mar, spar
/* and that guess had a couple too many syllables */
12Citizenjoyce
I'm feeling extra strong today, do you want to go a round in the ring with me?
13rodneyvc
Hmm.. we've had spar (in a slightly different sense), so maybe you don't mean boxing. I'm afraid I'm going around and around.
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular
Alpha not: antimacassar, circular, char, jar, mar, spar
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular
Alpha not: antimacassar, circular, char, jar, mar, spar
14Citizenjoyce
Sorry, guess I wasn't paying attention. As penance, I'll put my foot up on this and do 1/2 hour of ballet moves.
16rodneyvc
#14 Lawyers can spend many years at the bar, and often many more in them! However, it rarely makes them as petite as ballet dancers!
#15 I'm afraid, Roland, that you are far from the answer, although, despite Crambo's word not being the name of any particular person, Joe Loius, Henry Longfellow, Woodrow Wilson, and even Paul Revere are all strangely relevant.
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far
Alpha not: antimacassar, bar, circular, char, far, jar, mar, spar
#15 I'm afraid, Roland, that you are far from the answer, although, despite Crambo's word not being the name of any particular person, Joe Loius, Henry Longfellow, Woodrow Wilson, and even Paul Revere are all strangely relevant.
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far
Alpha not: antimacassar, bar, circular, char, far, jar, mar, spar
17Citizenjoyce
That clue is just too strange.
18rolandperkins
Perhaps it doesn't end in -ar after all,
(Since Louis,Longfellow, et al.
Are "Strangely relevant"? Could it end in -A?
(In my dialect an unspelled R has a way
Of attaching itself, to a fin-
-al vowel, so (if the pronunciation were mine),
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
could be the one!)
Which would lead to no end of fun.
With the R not spelt out but said;
Or to bad English have I you led?
(Since Louis,Longfellow, et al.
Are "Strangely relevant"? Could it end in -A?
(In my dialect an unspelled R has a way
Of attaching itself, to a fin-
-al vowel, so (if the pronunciation were mine),
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
could be the one!)
Which would lead to no end of fun.
With the R not spelt out but said;
Or to bad English have I you led?
19rodneyvc
#17 That's peculiar, but its not Crambo's word, although being peculiar is relevant in a way.
#18 Sometimes I pick a rhyming word where the ending has a different spelling, however not this time. My dictionary has about 1500 9-letter words ending in 'a', and there are many excellent prospective Crambo words among them. I'll volunteer 'guerrilla', but I'm afraid, Roland, that I'll need more of a hint from you.
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla
Alpha not: antimacassar, bar, circular, char, far, guerilla, jar, mar, peculiar, spar
#18 Sometimes I pick a rhyming word where the ending has a different spelling, however not this time. My dictionary has about 1500 9-letter words ending in 'a', and there are many excellent prospective Crambo words among them. I'll volunteer 'guerrilla', but I'm afraid, Roland, that I'll need more of a hint from you.
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla
Alpha not: antimacassar, bar, circular, char, far, guerilla, jar, mar, peculiar, spar
20rolandperkins
". . . ending has a different spelling, however NOT this time. . ." (19)
Thanks!
("guerilla", b t w, is one letter short of my guess.)
Hint on 18:
A large expensive set of
books had "__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ A" in its name (2nd word of the title); it can still be found in some libraries, but no new editions: it was presumably put out of business by the Internet
Thanks!
("guerilla", b t w, is one letter short of my guess.)
Hint on 18:
A large expensive set of
books had "__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ A" in its name (2nd word of the title); it can still be found in some libraries, but no new editions: it was presumably put out of business by the Internet
21rodneyvc
#20 I used to think that having a set of Encyclopedia Britannica would be cool, however, as you suggest, I suspect that I would never actually use them. The EB contains many of Crambo's word.
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica
Alpha not: antimacassar, bar, britannica, circular, char, encyclopedia, far, guerilla, jar, mar, peculiar, spar
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica
Alpha not: antimacassar, bar, britannica, circular, char, encyclopedia, far, guerilla, jar, mar, peculiar, spar
22rolandperkins
On 18--20:
Encyclopedia, SI!,
Brittanica, NO!
My guess can be (Renaissance) Latin, English, or Spanish. (In this case U. S. English.)
("__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ a/o" in Spanish would usually mean Western Hemispheric MINUS the English-speaking countries! In U.S. English it = "estadounidense"/ "norteamericano"
Encyclopedia, SI!,
Brittanica, NO!
My guess can be (Renaissance) Latin, English, or Spanish. (In this case U. S. English.)
("__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ a/o" in Spanish would usually mean Western Hemispheric MINUS the English-speaking countries! In U.S. English it = "estadounidense"/ "norteamericano"
23rodneyvc
#22 Americana? I must confess my antipodean ignorance of that Encyclopedia! And no, being American wasn't the common feature I had in mind.
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica, americana
Alpha not: americana, antimacassar, bar, britannica, circular, char, encyclopedia, far, guerilla, jar, mar, peculiar, spar
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica, americana
Alpha not: americana, antimacassar, bar, britannica, circular, char, encyclopedia, far, guerilla, jar, mar, peculiar, spar
24rolandperkins
22>23
Yes, Americana! One thing I miss about it is that it had
a good map of each of the 50
U. S. states, with a listing of all their counties and municipalities and their populations. I could probably duplicate this in Google or Yahoo, but not without being referred to a lot of extraneous, marginally-related material.
Yes, Americana! One thing I miss about it is that it had
a good map of each of the 50
U. S. states, with a listing of all their counties and municipalities and their populations. I could probably duplicate this in Google or Yahoo, but not without being referred to a lot of extraneous, marginally-related material.
25Jenni_Canuck
Consonants D, L, N and T
26Citizenjoyce
I think I'll go down to the village square and take in a puppet show and some jugglers whilst buying my pots and pans and ribbons.
27rodneyvc
#24 Was there a suggestion in there Roland?
#25 You've educated me, Jenni, but I'm afraid that Crambo's word is not alveolar. Crambo's word is a noun, not an adjective.
#26 I'll have to think harder about that one!
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica, americana, alveolar
Alpha not: alveolar, americana, antimacassar, bar, britannica, circular, char, encyclopedia, far, guerilla, jar, mar, peculiar, spar
#25 You've educated me, Jenni, but I'm afraid that Crambo's word is not alveolar. Crambo's word is a noun, not an adjective.
#26 I'll have to think harder about that one!
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica, americana, alveolar
Alpha not: alveolar, americana, antimacassar, bar, britannica, circular, char, encyclopedia, far, guerilla, jar, mar, peculiar, spar
28Citizenjoyce
#26 is a homonym with #17 which was not peculiar but has the same meaning.
29rolandperkins
"Was there a suggestion
in (24)?. . ." (27)
No, no guess, no suggestion.
in (24)?. . ." (27)
No, no guess, no suggestion.
30rodneyvc
#28 Thanks for the hint and the correction. Its bizarre that bazaar is not Crambo's word.
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica, americana, alveolar, bizarre, bazaar
Alpha not: alveolar, americana, antimacassar, bar, bazaar, bizarre, britannica, circular, char, encyclopedia, far, guerilla, jar, mar, peculiar, spar
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica, americana, alveolar, bizarre, bazaar
Alpha not: alveolar, americana, antimacassar, bar, bazaar, bizarre, britannica, circular, char, encyclopedia, far, guerilla, jar, mar, peculiar, spar
31Citizenjoyce
Shoot, evidently I'm taking more strokes than I should to guess this.
32rodneyvc
#31 I'm not sure what par is for Crambo!
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica, americana, alveolar, bizarre, bazaar, par
Alpha not: alveolar, americana, antimacassar, bar, bazaar, bizarre, britannica, circular, char, encyclopedia, far, guerilla, jar, mar, par, peculiar, spar
Joan of Arc, the cathedral at Chartres, the inclined plane, Phythagoras' Theorem, Leonardo da Vinci, Monet.
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica, americana, alveolar, bizarre, bazaar, par
Alpha not: alveolar, americana, antimacassar, bar, bazaar, bizarre, britannica, circular, char, encyclopedia, far, guerilla, jar, mar, par, peculiar, spar
Joan of Arc, the cathedral at Chartres, the inclined plane, Phythagoras' Theorem, Leonardo da Vinci, Monet.
33rolandperkins
Old Russian proverb:
"Do Bozha: visoko'
Do Ts__ __ __:
Daleko'!" /
"GOd is a long way up,
and the __ __ __ __
is a long way off!"
Curiously, the transliteration of
this word is usually made from
the Polish, not from the Russian;
Ts__ __ (the Russian) is
an alternate spelling
in English.
"Do Bozha: visoko'
Do Ts__ __ __:
Daleko'!" /
"GOd is a long way up,
and the __ __ __ __
is a long way off!"
Curiously, the transliteration of
this word is usually made from
the Polish, not from the Russian;
Ts__ __ (the Russian) is
an alternate spelling
in English.
34rodneyvc
#33 Crambo's word is neither tsar nor czar. Alexander II of Russia might fit into the list above, Nicholas II arguably wouldn't.
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica, americana, alveolar, bizarre, bazaar, par, tsar, czar
Alpha not: alveolar, americana, antimacassar, bar, bazaar, bizarre, britannica, circular, char, czar, encyclopedia, far, guerilla, jar, mar, par, peculiar, spar, tsar
Crambo's word has literally a couple more syllables than 1, and literally a couple less than 5. Crambo's word starts with a vowel.
ET correct 'than' for 'that'
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica, americana, alveolar, bizarre, bazaar, par, tsar, czar
Alpha not: alveolar, americana, antimacassar, bar, bazaar, bizarre, britannica, circular, char, czar, encyclopedia, far, guerilla, jar, mar, par, peculiar, spar, tsar
Crambo's word has literally a couple more syllables than 1, and literally a couple less than 5. Crambo's word starts with a vowel.
ET correct 'than' for 'that'
35Citizenjoyce
On my Facebook page mine is a picture of 2 of my dogs in Halloween t-shirts.
36rolandperkins
I realiize now that this one could not be the Crambo! Word ( It won't be monosyllabic, and doesn't start w/a consonant: from the last paragraph of 34.)
"The __ __ __"
A fish,often eaten by James Lee
Burke's characters; you'll see
It with the word "alligat-
-or" in front of it. I'll state
(or admit) that I knew it was ed-
-ible and not much else. Enough said.
Still haven't seen it outside
Of Burke's books or the Dic-
-tionary; not to be snide,
I'll call it perfectly good
English. Got it? You should.
"The __ __ __"
A fish,often eaten by James Lee
Burke's characters; you'll see
It with the word "alligat-
-or" in front of it. I'll state
(or admit) that I knew it was ed-
-ible and not much else. Enough said.
Still haven't seen it outside
Of Burke's books or the Dic-
-tionary; not to be snide,
I'll call it perfectly good
English. Got it? You should.
37rodneyvc
#35 Great suggestion - I'm afraid that my avatar on Facebook is still generic - despite my kids nagging me. Unfortunately not Crambo's word. The movie Avatar might fit the description.
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica, americana, alveolar, bizarre, bazaar, par, tsar, czar, avatar
Alpha not: alveolar, americana, antimacassar, avatar, bar, bazaar, bizarre, britannica, circular, char, czar, encyclopedia, far, guerilla, jar, mar, par, peculiar, spar, tsar
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica, americana, alveolar, bizarre, bazaar, par, tsar, czar, avatar
Alpha not: alveolar, americana, antimacassar, avatar, bar, bazaar, bizarre, britannica, circular, char, czar, encyclopedia, far, guerilla, jar, mar, par, peculiar, spar, tsar
38rodneyvc
#36 I'm gar-na say no to that suggestion!
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica, americana, alveolar, bizarre, bazaar, par, tsar, czar, avatar, gar
Alpha not: alveolar, americana, antimacassar, avatar, bar, bazaar, bizarre, britannica, circular, char, czar, encyclopedia, far, gar, guerilla, jar, mar, par, peculiar, spar, tsar
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica, americana, alveolar, bizarre, bazaar, par, tsar, czar, avatar, gar
Alpha not: alveolar, americana, antimacassar, avatar, bar, bazaar, bizarre, britannica, circular, char, czar, encyclopedia, far, gar, guerilla, jar, mar, par, peculiar, spar, tsar
39rolandperkins
Just saw. in Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. a mention of a WW II
"__. __. __. Man". Strictly speaking, that's not a "Word" but the initials of 3 words. But the rhyme seems to be okay.
It's even kind of literary:The 1st "word" is the initial
of something having the same name as a famous Victorian poet.
I think "The __ __ __*
Man" is also the title of a
RIchard Yates short story.
*I put in the periods, above, just to show that it is 3 initials, not because the
literary writers did.
"__. __. __. Man". Strictly speaking, that's not a "Word" but the initials of 3 words. But the rhyme seems to be okay.
It's even kind of literary:The 1st "word" is the initial
of something having the same name as a famous Victorian poet.
I think "The __ __ __*
Man" is also the title of a
RIchard Yates short story.
*I put in the periods, above, just to show that it is 3 initials, not because the
literary writers did.
40rodneyvc
#39 The Richard Yates story is "The B.A.R. Man" – but I'm not sure about the Slaughterhouse Five context
Citizenjoyce (may I call you Joyce?) was getting synonymously close.
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica, americana, alveolar, bizarre, bazaar, par, tsar, czar, avatar, gar
Alpha not: alveolar, americana, antimacassar, avatar, bar, bazaar, bizarre, britannica, circular, char, czar, encyclopedia, far, gar, guerilla, jar, mar, par, peculiar, spar, tsar
Citizenjoyce (may I call you Joyce?) was getting synonymously close.
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica, americana, alveolar, bizarre, bazaar, par, tsar, czar, avatar, gar
Alpha not: alveolar, americana, antimacassar, avatar, bar, bazaar, bizarre, britannica, circular, char, czar, encyclopedia, far, gar, guerilla, jar, mar, par, peculiar, spar, tsar
41rolandperkins
"Iʻm not sure about the Slaughterhouse Five context."
( of B A R man). (40)
"SL H-5" was my mistake; it was actually a James Lee Burke
short story that I was thinking of. Youʻre right about Yates.
( of B A R man). (40)
"SL H-5" was my mistake; it was actually a James Lee Burke
short story that I was thinking of. Youʻre right about Yates.
42Tid
I'm astonished, nay gobsmacked, that no-one has gazed into the night sky to make a guess on this one.
44rodneyvc
#41 Roland, do I still owe you a guess?
#42, 42 Hi Tid, welcome to Crambo! Anyone who plays Crambo is a star, but I'm afraid that's not Crambo's word. Although anyone, or anything that is Crambo's word is arguably a star in their field. I'll also rule out quasar and pulsar.
The "Alpha not" is the list of unsuccessful guesses in alphabetical order to make it easier to spot if a word you are thinking of suggesting has already been suggested. I use the "Not" list for excluded words in chronological order for people to see what I though the word was that they were proposing - sometimes we get it wrong.
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica, americana, alveolar, bizarre, bazaar, par, tsar, czar, avatar, gar, star, quasar, pulsar.
Alpha not: alveolar, americana, antimacassar, avatar, bar, bazaar, bizarre, britannica, circular, char, czar, encyclopedia, far, gar, guerilla, jar, mar, par, peculiar, pulsar, quasar, spar, star, tsar
#42, 42 Hi Tid, welcome to Crambo! Anyone who plays Crambo is a star, but I'm afraid that's not Crambo's word. Although anyone, or anything that is Crambo's word is arguably a star in their field. I'll also rule out quasar and pulsar.
The "Alpha not" is the list of unsuccessful guesses in alphabetical order to make it easier to spot if a word you are thinking of suggesting has already been suggested. I use the "Not" list for excluded words in chronological order for people to see what I though the word was that they were proposing - sometimes we get it wrong.
Not: mar, spar, jar, char, antimacassar, circular, bar, far, peculiar, guerilla, encyclopedia, britannica, americana, alveolar, bizarre, bazaar, par, tsar, czar, avatar, gar, star, quasar, pulsar.
Alpha not: alveolar, americana, antimacassar, avatar, bar, bazaar, bizarre, britannica, circular, char, czar, encyclopedia, far, gar, guerilla, jar, mar, par, peculiar, pulsar, quasar, spar, star, tsar
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