made it to genius again, but stopped 7 words short of QB. Glad I didn't press on. I would have likely got 4-5 more, but there were a couple of words I wasn't familiar with. "Coact" and "coxa" are not in my vocabulary. I guess they actually are now
got "coact" but missed "coxa" and a few others like "toccata", "cami" and "camo"...altogether i was 6 short of QB yesterday.
We're very careful not to give up anything on the current day's puzzle.
Besides, we can't know the words we DIDN'T get until they publish the answers the next day.
My apologies. I may have used a funky application.
sometimes if I leave it open on my phone until the next day, I can still play the previous day's game. and yes, if you are still playing yesterday's puzzle, it's best to avoid this thread
I was discussing Tuesday's puzzle on FB and one person was flummoxed by "coati." I said that was an easy one for me. I've known for years it's short for "coatimundi", which is Mexican raccoon.
I first heard of it here:
Felix: We stayed in and watched an educational show on TV.
Oscar: Oh, that's thrilling.
Felix: No, it was very, very exciting. It was all about the habits of the Central American raccoon. No kidding. It's called the coatimundi, and it has an almost prehensile nose.
The coatimundi eats nothing but dead worms, and its diet is better than yours.
Got QB today! Good day to go for it - no particularly obscure words.
Congrats! I'm still missing 3 words and am about to call it quits for today.
ETA: just found another word...now I'm down to 2.
ETA: down to the wire...just found another word so it's one more to go for QB. Either that, or I'll miss it by one, something I've done one too many a time.
I’m gonna guess that Pitapat and Piccata were the most common missed.
I missed one -- pitapat. I had NO idea that was a word. I've seen pitty-pat (which wouldn't count as a hyphenated word). I'll have to file that one for future.
I missed one -- pitapat. I had NO idea that was a word. I've seen pitty-pat (which wouldn't count as a hyphenated word). I'll have to file that one for future.
I only got it because it was a word on past puzzles.
I missed it by three...gorp, pinioning, and pong
I think they put the "genius" level kind of low so we keep coming back. Most days there are still about a dozen words left when you make it to genius.