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Bingo of the Days

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Oct 17, 2011

FOVEOLETn pl. -S  a foveola64 points (14 points without the bingo)So, if a foveolet is a foveola, what's a foveola? It's a small fovea. Okay… what's a fovea? It's a shallow anatomical depression, whic ...

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Oct 15, 2011

There's only a few week left until costumes and candy take over the streets, which means they'll be more and more seven-letter words in the Scrabble Bingo of the Days that relate to the Fall season, h ...

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Oct 15, 2011

ZUGZWANGn pl. -S  a situation in chess that forces a disadvantageous move81 points (31 points without the bingo)You may not ever get a chance to play zugzwang on the Scrabble board, since it requires ...

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Oct 15, 2011

Improve your bingo skills with a roundup of this week's Scrabble Bingo of the Days. What exactly is a bingo? It's when a player empties his or her rack in one turn, placing all seven of their letters ...

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Oct 15, 2011

REAPHOOKn pl. -San implement used in reaping67 points (17 points without the bingo)After guisard was featured a couple days ago, it seems right to keep throwing in a few Halloween related Bingo of the ...

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Oct 14, 2011

COLOSSUSn pl. COLOSSUSES or COLOSSIa gigantic statue60 points (10 points without the bingo)A colossus is a huge statue with great size and proportions, but it could also mean a person or thing of imme ...

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Oct 13, 2011

BEJABERSinterj  bejesus (used as a mild oath)69 points (19 points without the bingo)An oath is almost always associated with promises or sworn declarations, but it also has a different meaning as a pr ...

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Oct 12, 2011

EUCAINEn pl. -San anesthetic59 points (9 points without the bingo)The first effective local anesthetic ever was cocaine, obtained from the leaves of the coca plant, and it's still legal for medical us ...

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Oct 10, 2011

VERONICAn pl. -Sa handkerchief bearing the image of Christ's face63 points (13 points without the bingo)Veronica was the name given to the cloth veil that was supposedly impressed with an image of Jes ...

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Oct 9, 2011

GUISARDn pl. -Sa masker59 points (9 points without the bingo)This is a pretty simple word to explain. Since the definition states guisard being a masker, then it's easy to tell where this word comes f ...