I’m thinking of a word that rhymes with cornet
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1Jenni_Canuck
It’s sweltering here in Toronto today, a good day for eating ice cream in between dips in the pool or lake or bathtub or just pouring a bottle of cold water over one's head!
2brightcopy
I'm going to send some giant wasps your way for choosing a word that can be pronounced two different ways!
4Jenni_Canuck
oooh, what was I thinking? Upon reflection, it doesn't matter, it's a loose rhyme with both pronunciations.
I've taken an antihistamine, so send your wasps: I'm not a-scared-a you!
NOT: hornet
I've taken an antihistamine, so send your wasps: I'm not a-scared-a you!
NOT: hornet
5defaults
He used to play a Grafton plastic saxophone but I don't know if he still does. Free jazz trivia isn't my forte.
6Jenni_Canuck
Mine neither. In fact, Free Jazz competes closely with nails down a blackboard for my least favourite sound. Also, Crambo's word is not a proper noun.
NOT: hornet, ornette
NOT: hornet, ornette
8Jenni_Canuck
Don't forget your opera cape. What a dashing figure you'll cut. No one will even notice you're not a Crambo winner.
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette
10Jenni_Canuck
#3 “The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent." Hey, I'm not a crook!
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet
ALPHA NOT: dragnet, hornet, lorgnette, ornette
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet
ALPHA NOT: dragnet, hornet, lorgnette, ornette
11brightcopy
I sphere my guess might not even be within the same solar system as crambo's word.
12Jenni_Canuck
ISS doesn’t rhyme so it can’t be that. But it’s not any orbiting orb, neither inside nor outside our solar system.
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet
ALPHA NOT: dragnet, exoplanet, hornet, lorgnette, ornette, planet
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet
ALPHA NOT: dragnet, exoplanet, hornet, lorgnette, ornette, planet
15rolandperkins
A pretentious (some might say) way of saying "the beginning" is
"the __ __ __ __ __, but whatʻs pretentious about being 4-letters shorter?
"the __ __ __ __ __, but whatʻs pretentious about being 4-letters shorter?
18Jenni_Canuck
#13 YOU’VE GIVEN ME AN EARWORM!!!!! But, it’s one I never tire of, Rhapsody in Blue :-D
#14 You look FABULOUS, dahling! I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
#15 But how different this quote would be using any other word: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” ~Winston Churchill
#17 Ah, the things kings do to raise money!
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, clarinet, compassionate, dragnet, exoplanet, hornet, lorgnette, onset, ornette, planet
#14 You look FABULOUS, dahling! I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
#15 But how different this quote would be using any other word: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” ~Winston Churchill
#17 Ah, the things kings do to raise money!
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, clarinet, compassionate, dragnet, exoplanet, hornet, lorgnette, onset, ornette, planet
20Jenni_Canuck
Alas, not soldiers in petticoats!
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet, suffragette
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, clarinet, compassionate, dragnet, exoplanet, hornet, lorgnette, onset, ornette, planet, suffragette
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet, suffragette
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, clarinet, compassionate, dragnet, exoplanet, hornet, lorgnette, onset, ornette, planet, suffragette
22rolandperkins
CoUld it be "__ __ __"
(used to be colloquiailly pronounced "__ __", leaving out the vowel that is its middle letter): the past tense
of a commonly used verb. The present tense is spelt the same way as this archaic past.
(used to be colloquiailly pronounced "__ __", leaving out the vowel that is its middle letter): the past tense
of a commonly used verb. The present tense is spelt the same way as this archaic past.
23Jim53
Back when I played the B-flat cornet, I played in groups ranging from four to eight members (just trying to eliminate a bunch of similar words without guessing each one separately).
24rolandperkins
Probably not a monosyllable, but iʻll still try: "__ __ __"
As a crossword clue might say:
"Game" and "Match"ʻs partner
As a crossword clue might say:
"Game" and "Match"ʻs partner
25Jenni_Canuck
#21 Suddenly I'm feeling like a princess and craving an icy cold Guinness :-/
#22 Not sure I can really take a bite out of this one, Roland. I may need a hint :-(
#23 No musical groups were harmed in the making of this Crambo.
#24 Never underestimate the power of monosyllables!
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet, coronet, eat/et, quartette, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, set
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, clarinet, compassionate, coronet, dragnet, eat/et, exoplanet, hornet, lorgnette, octet, onset, ornette, planet, quartette, quintet, septet, set, sextet
#22 Not sure I can really take a bite out of this one, Roland. I may need a hint :-(
#23 No musical groups were harmed in the making of this Crambo.
#24 Never underestimate the power of monosyllables!
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet, coronet, eat/et, quartette, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, set
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, clarinet, compassionate, coronet, dragnet, eat/et, exoplanet, hornet, lorgnette, octet, onset, ornette, planet, quartette, quintet, septet, set, sextet
27Jenni_Canuck
Avec plaisir, cher ami! Je suis désolé mais comme ce n'est pas le mot correct.
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet, coronet, eat/et, quartette, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, set, courgette
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, clarinet, compassionate, coronet, courgette, dragnet, eat/et, exoplanet, hornet, lorgnette, octet, onset, ornette, planet, quartette, quintet, septet, set, sextet
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet, coronet, eat/et, quartette, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, set, courgette
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, clarinet, compassionate, coronet, courgette, dragnet, eat/et, exoplanet, hornet, lorgnette, octet, onset, ornette, planet, quartette, quintet, septet, set, sextet
29rolandperkins
22 > 25
No hint needed. Youʻve got it: 7th in the alpha list of "NOTs"
No hint needed. Youʻve got it: 7th in the alpha list of "NOTs"
30rolandperkins
Much as to realize this pains
Me, I see only 7 members have McShaneʻs
Ill _ _ _ by a Fish Shop in
George Street.
Could it be read only by the elite?
Me, I see only 7 members have McShaneʻs
Ill _ _ _ by a Fish Shop in
George Street.
Could it be read only by the elite?
31Jenni_Canuck
#28 Cry me a river! Really, I hope it's because you're in a pool, hot tub or some other shark-free water.
#30 Perhaps not elitist, but rather obscure and out of print.
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet, coronet, eat/et, quartette, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, set, wet, met
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, clarinet, compassionate, coronet, dragnet, eat/et, exoplanet, hornet, lorgnette, met, octet, onset, ornette, planet, quartette, quintet, septet, set, sextet, wet
#30 Perhaps not elitist, but rather obscure and out of print.
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet, coronet, eat/et, quartette, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, set, wet, met
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, clarinet, compassionate, coronet, dragnet, eat/et, exoplanet, hornet, lorgnette, met, octet, onset, ornette, planet, quartette, quintet, septet, set, sextet, wet
32rolandperkins
"let it stand" is the monosyllable "__ __ __ __"
in Lat-
in: Have I got it with that?
in Lat-
in: Have I got it with that?
34Jenni_Canuck
#32 As a former editor, this is a word which I know well but, not Crambo's word.
#33 I can think of a couple of possibilities but nothing, or no one, shameful here.
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet, coronet, eat/et, quartette, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, set, wet, met, stet, profligate, degenerate
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, clarinet, compassionate, coronet, degenerate, dragnet, eat/et, exoplanet, hornet, lorgnette, met, octet, onset, ornette, planet, profligate, quartette, quintet, septet, set, sextet, stet, wet
#33 I can think of a couple of possibilities but nothing, or no one, shameful here.
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet, coronet, eat/et, quartette, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, set, wet, met, stet, profligate, degenerate
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, clarinet, compassionate, coronet, degenerate, dragnet, eat/et, exoplanet, hornet, lorgnette, met, octet, onset, ornette, planet, profligate, quartette, quintet, septet, set, sextet, stet, wet
35rolandperkins
Because of the syllabic stress it doesnʻt rhyme
Very well but I venture to forward "__ __ __ __ __" this time:
Another Latin verb*-turned -Eng-
lish-noun. My addiction to such is the thing
Thatʻs at the root of these guess-
es. I wonʻt give ʻem up, but I will confess
To them, and, "as a former ed-
itor", youʻll hardly be away from them led.
*The Latin meaning is
ʻit lacks".
Very well but I venture to forward "__ __ __ __ __" this time:
Another Latin verb*-turned -Eng-
lish-noun. My addiction to such is the thing
Thatʻs at the root of these guess-
es. I wonʻt give ʻem up, but I will confess
To them, and, "as a former ed-
itor", youʻll hardly be away from them led.
*The Latin meaning is
ʻit lacks".
36Jenni_Canuck
I've always thought of it as "insert here" which is certainly another way of saying "it lacks".
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet, coronet, eat/et, quartette, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, set, wet, met, stet, profligate, degenerate, caret
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, caret, clarinet, compassionate, coronet, degenerate, dragnet, eat/et, exoplanet, hornet, lorgnette, met, octet, onset, ornette, planet, profligate, quartette, quintet, septet, set, sextet, stet, wet
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet, coronet, eat/et, quartette, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, set, wet, met, stet, profligate, degenerate, caret
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, caret, clarinet, compassionate, coronet, degenerate, dragnet, eat/et, exoplanet, hornet, lorgnette, met, octet, onset, ornette, planet, profligate, quartette, quintet, septet, set, sextet, stet, wet
37Jim53
As David Porter once wrote:
So, honey, don't you worry
'Cause you ain't seen nothin' up to this point
(two words)
So, honey, don't you worry
'Cause you ain't seen nothin' up to this point
(two words)
38Jenni_Canuck
awww, don't fret honey even though you haven't guessed it yet :(
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet, coronet, eat/et, quartette, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, set, wet, met, stet, profligate, degenerate, caret, fret, yet
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, caret, clarinet, compassionate, coronet, degenerate, dragnet, eat/et, exoplanet, fret, hornet, lorgnette, met, octet, onset, ornette, planet, profligate, quartette, quintet, septet, set, sextet, stet, wet, yet
HINT: Most humans do this daily.
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet, coronet, eat/et, quartette, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, set, wet, met, stet, profligate, degenerate, caret, fret, yet
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, caret, clarinet, compassionate, coronet, degenerate, dragnet, eat/et, exoplanet, fret, hornet, lorgnette, met, octet, onset, ornette, planet, profligate, quartette, quintet, septet, set, sextet, stet, wet, yet
HINT: Most humans do this daily.
39rolandperkins
If itʻs something we do every day,
Iʻm hoping you wonʻt have to say
Itʻs just plain "__ __ __ __ __ __", the ant-
-onym of "pat yourself on the back for" - (you canʻt):
The "Ayenbite of Invit", as
Joyce used
To often quote. Got it? Or confused?
Iʻm hoping you wonʻt have to say
Itʻs just plain "__ __ __ __ __ __", the ant-
-onym of "pat yourself on the back for" - (you canʻt):
The "Ayenbite of Invit", as
Joyce used
To often quote. Got it? Or confused?
40Jim53
I know there's something I do every day, more now than I used to... It's right on the tip of my tongue... Wait a minute, I'll get it... Oh darn! Maybe it will come back to me.
41Jenni_Canuck
#39 Prick of conscience doesn't rhyme, so I moved on to remorse and landed at regret. Have I followed the correct path?
#40 You and me both, mister! But, unless I've had a worse-than-usual memory lapse, it's not Crambo's word :-/
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet, coronet, eat/et, quartette, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, set, wet, met, stet, profligate, degenerate, caret, fret, yet, regret, forget
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, caret, clarinet, compassionate, coronet, degenerate, dragnet, eat/et, exoplanet, forget, fret, hornet, lorgnette, met, octet, onset, ornette, planet, profligate, quartette, quintet, regret, septet, set, sextet, stet, wet, yet
HINT: Most humans do this daily.
#40 You and me both, mister! But, unless I've had a worse-than-usual memory lapse, it's not Crambo's word :-/
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet, coronet, eat/et, quartette, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, set, wet, met, stet, profligate, degenerate, caret, fret, yet, regret, forget
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, caret, clarinet, compassionate, coronet, degenerate, dragnet, eat/et, exoplanet, forget, fret, hornet, lorgnette, met, octet, onset, ornette, planet, profligate, quartette, quintet, regret, septet, set, sextet, stet, wet, yet
HINT: Most humans do this daily.
42rolandperkins
"Regret" (39) has correctly made it to the "nots".
43defaults
A politician has offered you some of this substance. Do you accept the offer as a classic of wartime oratory or suggest that he take a shower?
44Jenni_Canuck
@darsu, you've stymied me! The only thing I seem to get from politicians these days is debt since no one wants to pay for the social services we all want. Methinks I need a hint!
45defaults
The most famous instance of the offer was made by Churchill... there were some other things on the list as well.
46Jenni_Canuck
@darsu, thank you for the hint. With Winnie's “blood, toil, tears and sweat”, I now know for certain that you are the winner. Congratulations!
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet, coronet, eat/et, quartette, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, set, wet, met, stet, profligate, degenerate, caret, fret, yet, regret, forget
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, caret, clarinet, compassionate, coronet, degenerate, dragnet, eat/et, exoplanet, forget, fret, hornet, lorgnette, met, octet, onset, ornette, planet, profligate, quartette, quintet, regret, septet, set, sextet, stet, wet, yet
HINT: Most humans do this daily.
CRAMBO's WORD: Sweat
NOT: hornet, ornette, lorgnette, dragnet, planet, exoplanet, clarinet, barrette, compassionate, onset, baronet, coronet, eat/et, quartette, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, set, wet, met, stet, profligate, degenerate, caret, fret, yet, regret, forget
ALPHA NOT: baronet, barrette, caret, clarinet, compassionate, coronet, degenerate, dragnet, eat/et, exoplanet, forget, fret, hornet, lorgnette, met, octet, onset, ornette, planet, profligate, quartette, quintet, regret, septet, set, sextet, stet, wet, yet
HINT: Most humans do this daily.
CRAMBO's WORD: Sweat
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