Scrabble Bingo of the Day: GEOPHAGY [n]Geophagy is the practice of eating earth, especially chalk or clay, in famine-stricken regions. It applies to both wild animals and humans. When humans eat soil- ...
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: CABRESTA [n/pl.]A cabresta (also cabestro or cabresto) is simply a lasso, a rope formed with a running noose that's used on ranches and Western plains for catching horse and ...
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: * FINNESKO [n/pl.]A finnesko is a boot made of tanned reindeer skin, with the reindeer's fur on the outside. It's an especially good, warm boot for subarctic regions. These ...
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: LUMINARIA [n]A votive candle set into a small, decorative paper bag weighted down with sand and placed in a row with others along a walkway, driveway, or rooftop as a holida ...
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: HELLEBORE [n]A hellebore is any of the approximately 20 plants from the genus Helleborus, many of which are poisonous. Hellebores are herbaceous perennial flowering plants f ...
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: * CAGANER [n]A caganer is a small figurine of a person defecating in place, pants humorously around the character's ankles. It's a traditional Christmas decoration in Catalo ...
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: DAUBERY [n]An unskillful painting or work, one that is executed in a messy or inexpert way. Since art is highly subjective, I won't point out any dauberies. You probably alr ...
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: MIASMIC [adj]Miasmic is an adjective for miasm (or miasma), which means a noxious vapor—"bad air" harmful to health. The word miasma comes from the ancient Greek word for po ...
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: NOSEGAY [n]A nosegay is simply a bouquet of flowers, typically given as gifts. It comes from Middle English, from the words nose and gay, which in this case means brightly c ...
Scrabble Bingo of the Day: TRAVOISE [n]Today's word is in honor of Joel Sherman, whose record-breaking game last weekend netted him seven bingo plays, one of which was TRAVOISE. A travoise is a type o ...