Solution to yesterday's #wordgame is 1C 2E 3D 4A 5B Three winners: @bwana @superball @lnr

The people have spoken: 56% prefer a new game.

1. Crocosmia

A. An infection of the lymph nodes
B. A cultivated flower, usually intensely orange in color
C. An ancient Egyptian creation myth describing the Creator as a crocodile

2. Barrette

A. A small revolver, typically strapped to the ankle
B. A hair decoration, similar to a slide
C. Military headgear for junior officers in Mayotte

Solution to yesterday's #wordgame is 1E 2C 3D 4B 5A @superball, a winner is you!

Today's game:

1. niblick
2. axon
3. numinous
4. bromeliad
5. taper

A. A member of the pineapple family
B. A slender candle
C. A number 9 iron in golf
D. Having a supernatural aspect
E. A nerve fibre

I'm thinking of changing the game so that every day I give one word with 3 definitions, two of them wrong. How do you like this idea?

Solution to yesterday's #wordgame 1B 2E 3C 4D 5A @Thebratdragon @xdydx and @valhalla are all winners!

Today's game:
1. Merkin
2. Soroban
3. Palliasse
4. Sudorific
5. Valency

A. The number of molecular bonds that a given atom can (typically) make with others
B. Causing to sweat
C. A Japanese abacus
D. A straw mattress
E. A pubic hair wig

Nobody played yesterday's #wordgame --the solution was 1C 2B 3E 4D 5A

Today's game:
1. Bating
2. Colcannon
3. Menhir
4. Ephod
5. Bretwalda

A. An Anglo-Saxon term, likely meaning "ruler of Britain" or "wide-ruler," used to describe a king who held overlordship over other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
B. A fisherman's term for decreasing when making nets
C. A standing stone
D. An Old Testament priestly garment, probably a kind of apron
E. A dish made primarily from potatoes and cabbage

Thanks to @mongoose who supplied me with a fresh batch of words, #wordgame continues!

Solution for yesterday: 1B 2A 3C 4E 5D

Today's game:
1. Paternoster
2. Ambigram
3. Capacitance
4. Challah
5. Talpid

A. A mole or member of the mole family.
B. A word or phrase that looks the same when turned upside down.
C. A kind of elevator consisting of a band of small, open, constantly moving cells.
D. A Jewish bread typically eaten on ceremonial occasions.
E. The ability to store electric charge.

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The solution to yesterday's #wordgame: 1D 2C 3E 4B 5A. @mongoose and @rupert win!

Today's game:
1. brinkmanship
2. dalmatic
3. fenland
4. desuetude
5. tablature

A. An ecclesiastical garment worn by a deacon.
B. Pushing a dangerous situation or confrontation to the limit, especially to force a desired outcome.
C. An area of low, marshy ground.
D. A form of musical notation for stringed instruments like the lute.
E. A state of neglect or abandonment.

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Answers to yesterday's #wordgame are 1B 2D 3A 4C 5E @mongoose and @rupert win again!

Today's game:

1. uraeus
2. collimator
3. misopogon
4. iteroparity
5. alterity

A. Otherness.
B. A reproductive strategy where organisms reproduce multiple times during their life.
C. A device that produces parallel rays or forms an infinitely distant virtual image that can be viewed without parallax.
D. A sacred serpent worn on the headdresses of ancient Egyptians.
E. A hater of beards.

Wordle 1,509 3/6

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Answers to yesterday's #wordgame are 1E 2D 3B 4C 5A. Congrats @mongoose and @rupert

Today's game:
1.inhumation
2. cipher
3. curule
4. thraldom
5. blandishment

A. A chair noted for its status as a symbol of political or military power
B. The act of burying a corpse
C. The state of being in slavery or bondage to another person
D. Zero; one that has no weight, worth, or influence: nonentity
E. A flattering statement or action meant to gently persuade someone to do something

Answers to yesterday's #wordgame are 1B 2D 3E 4C 5A Congrats to @lnr @rupert and @mongoose !

Today's game:
1. homiletic
2. metic
3. adamantine
4. oviparous
5. bilobate

A. Divided into two lobes
B. Unable to be broken
C. Producing eggs that develop and hatch outside the maternal body
D. An alien resident of an ancient Greek city who had some civil privileges
E. Preachy

Answers to yesterday's #wordgame are 1E 2D 3B 4A 5C. Four winners!

Today's game:
1. milpa
2. whorl
3. erigeron
4. wether
5. filigree

A. A form of intricate metalwork used in jewellery.
B. A traditional agricultural system used in Mesoamerica.
C. A male sheep castrated before sexual maturity.
D. A drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery.
E. A large genus of plants, closely related to the Old World asters and the true daisies.

Congrats to @mongoose for guessing yesterday's #wordgame: 1E 2A 3D 4B 5C. Today's game:

1. lapstrake
2. niggle
3. distaff
4. tittle
5. alluvium

A. A point or small sign used as a diacritical mark in writing or printing
B. Of or concerning women
C. Clay, silt, sand, gravel, or similar detrital material deposited by running water
D. A trivial criticism, discomfort, or annoyance
E. A method of boat building where the hull planks overlap each other, resembling the overlapping shingles on a roof.

Answers to yesterday's #wordgame : 1E 2B 3A 4D 5C. Congrats @mongoose

Today's game:

1. sophrology
2. encomium
3. moraine
4. pewter
5. amanuensis

A. A text that praises someone or something highly

B. A malleable metal alloy of tin, antimony, copper, bismuth, and sometimes silver

C. A literary or artistic assistant

D. An accumulation of earth and stones deposited by a glacier

E. A relaxation method combining techniques from Eastern and Western practices to harmonize the body and mind.

Answers to yesterday's #wordgame are 1E 2A 3C 4D 5B Congrats @David @mongoose

Today's game:

1. dyspeptic
2. inchoate
3. febrile
4. sublative
5. shambolic

A. Marked or caused by fever; feverish
B. Just begun and so not fully formed or developed, rudimentary; anticipating or preparatory to a further criminal act.
C. Obviously disorganized or confused
D. Able or tending to take away, concerned with taking something away
E. Bad-tempered, easily annoyed or angered

Answers to yesterday's #wordgame are 1A 2C 3B 4E 5D Congrats @mongoose @SorenMRiis !

Today's game:

1. cadastre
2. puce
3. topos
4. rhapsode
5. contretemps

A. A dark brownish-purple color.
B. A minor dispute or disagreement; an unexpected and unfortunate occurrence.
C. A traditional theme or formula in literature.
D. A person who recites epic poems.
E. An official register of the quantity, value, and ownership of real estate.

Answer to yesterday's #wordgame is 1D 2C 3B 4E 5A --congrats to @mongoose ! Today's game:

1. apostatize
2. bloodstone
3. pavise
4. garnet
5. privateer

A. Renounce a religious or political belief or principle.
B. A large, oblong shield.
C. A dark green chalcedony with red or orange spots.
D. An armed private ship licensed to attack enemy shipping; a sailor on such a ship
E. A brittle and more or less transparent usually red silicate mineral.

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