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Bingo of the Days

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Oct 8, 2011

APOLOGUEn pl. -San allegory61 points (11 points without the bingo)An apologue (or apolog) is an allegorical short story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning or principl ...

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Oct 7, 2011

PHONEYS  64 points (14 points without the bingo)Definition: to phony, i.e. alters so as to make appear genuine [v]Phoneys (or phonies) is a word for altering something to make it appear legit, like tu ...

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Oct 6, 2011

HOOSGOW  64 points (14 points without the bingo)Definition: a jail [n]Actually, it's slang for jail. You may not believe that slang is allowed on the Scrabble board, but it most definitely is when the ...

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Oct 5, 2011

LEVOGYRE  65 points (15 points without the bingo)Definition: turning toward the left [adj]The basic meaning of levogyre above is correct, since it comes from the Latin words laevus (left) and gyrare ( ...

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Oct 4, 2011

ZEBRASS  68 points (18 points without the bingo)Definition: the offspring of a zebra and an ass [n]Didn't know they had a name for it, did you? Well, they do, and it's a nice looking portmanteau word ...

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Oct 3, 2011

Bingo! No, this isn't the game where balls fly around in machines and players dab their cards with daubers. In a game of Scrabble, bingo refers to the bonus a player receives when emptying their rack ...

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Oct 3, 2011

BOVINITY  66 points (16 points without the bingo)Definition: the state of being a bovine [n]At first glance, the definition for bovinity seems a bit too obvious… the state of being an ox-like animal. ...

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Oct 3, 2011

RHYOLITE  64 points (14 points without the bingo)Definition: a volcanic rock [n]Rhyolite is an igneous rock, which is one of the three main rock types, aside from sedimentary and metamorphic rock. It' ...

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Oct 1, 2011

JUMBUCK  74 points (24 points without the bingo)Definition: a sheep [n]There are many different words for sheep—not sheep breeds, but words separating sheep by ages, sex, and by the use of the animal ...

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Oct 1, 2011

CYNOSURE  63 points (13 points without the bingo)Definition: a center of attraction [n]A cynosure is something or someone that strongly attracts attention and admiration from others by its allure, bri ...