New game 548 is now available.
Wednesday 31 December 2014
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Friday 28 November 2014
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Saturday 22 November 2014
Other word games
I thought I'd take a moment to mention some computer games that might scratch that word-finding itch. The first two are only available for Windows (the following links are to their Steam pages): Bookworm Adventures Deluxe, and its sequel Bookworm Adventures Volume 2. Both have demos available, so you can check it out and see if it's the kind of thing that appeals.
The second game is Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey. It is clearly derivative of Bookworm Adventures; not quite as polished, but it adds enough new features to be more than just a knock-off. It is available for most platforms, and includes a convenient web demo.
The second game is Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey. It is clearly derivative of Bookworm Adventures; not quite as polished, but it adds enough new features to be more than just a knock-off. It is available for most platforms, and includes a convenient web demo.
Friday 21 November 2014
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Wednesday 19 November 2014
Tuesday 18 November 2014
Monday 17 November 2014
Friday 14 November 2014
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Wednesday 12 November 2014
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Monday 10 November 2014
Friday 7 November 2014
Thursday 6 November 2014
Wednesday 5 November 2014
Tuesday 4 November 2014
NG 507
New game 507 is now available. I'll slowly work my way through the backlog of games and get the details up.
Monday 3 November 2014
Friday 31 October 2014
Thursday 30 October 2014
Wednesday 29 October 2014
Tuesday 28 October 2014
Monday 27 October 2014
Saturday 25 October 2014
Friday 24 October 2014
Thursday 23 October 2014
NG 498
New game 498 is now available.
I'm having surgery tomorrow, so I won't be updating things here for a bit. I have queued up enough games to hopefully last until I'm back in action, but the writeups will have to wait until much later.
I'm having surgery tomorrow, so I won't be updating things here for a bit. I have queued up enough games to hopefully last until I'm back in action, but the writeups will have to wait until much later.
Wednesday 22 October 2014
Delays
Something came up unexpectedly, so the rest of the week's games will be delayed. I'll aim to have them up on Thursday, Friday, Saturday instead. Apologies.
Tuesday 21 October 2014
Monday 20 October 2014
Friday 17 October 2014
Thursday 16 October 2014
Wednesday 15 October 2014
Tuesday 14 October 2014
Monday 13 October 2014
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Thursday 2 October 2014
Wednesday 1 October 2014
Tuesday 30 September 2014
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Friday 26 September 2014
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Friday 19 September 2014
Thursday 18 September 2014
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Monday 15 September 2014
Friday 12 September 2014
Thursday 11 September 2014
Wednesday 10 September 2014
Tuesday 9 September 2014
Monday 8 September 2014
NG 466
New game 466 is now available. Also, as mentioned in a comment a little while back, I have now disabled anonymous commenting. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Friday 5 September 2014
Thursday 4 September 2014
Wednesday 3 September 2014
Tuesday 2 September 2014
Monday 1 September 2014
Friday 29 August 2014
Thursday 28 August 2014
Wednesday 27 August 2014
NG 458
New game 458 is now available. Apologies for the lateness and the lack of results for previous games; I've been a bit preoccupied with other matters recently.
Tuesday 26 August 2014
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Friday 1 August 2014
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Monday 30 June 2014
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Monday 9 June 2014
Sunday 8 June 2014
Revised acceptable word policy
It's hardly news that the official rules do not interact with the Macquarie's vagaries as well as one would hope, leading to many words being rejected that "should" be accepted. In the past I've noted such instances as invalid (and generally complained about it). The time has come, I feel, to adopt a slightly different set of rules for acceptable words. This breaks compatibility with the show, of course, but by now that's hardly a drawback.
The revisions are as follows:
The revisions are as follows:
- Derived forms of variant spellings are allowed when the corresponding derived forms are listed for the main spellings. Thus the listing of MOULDIER and MOLD as a variant of MOULD means that MOLDIER is valid under this modification. Similarly for AMBRIES and AUMBRY making AUMBRIES valid.
- Nouns ending in -y do not require the plural form to be explicitly listed if this form is made by replacing the -y by -ies. So LORRIES is valid even though no plural form of LORRY is listed. (I am avoiding being explicit about which words are assumed to have a plural of that form, but loosely speaking it will be nouns where a consonant preceeds that final Y).
- Two-syllable adjectives ending in -y or -ey do not require comparative or superlative forms to be explicitly listed if those forms are made by replacing the -y or -ey by -ier or -iest as appropriate. So (to cite a recent example) the forms BLOCKIEST and BLOKIEST are now valid, even though not listed, since BLOCKY and BLOKEY are listed. Again, I am avoiding explicit mention of the requirements, going for a "I'll know it when I see it" approach.
- Words, and derived forms of them, that only appear in phrases will be considered valid unless they are otherwise invalid. This makes EARSHOT (only listed as part of phrases) valid, and also the verb senses of MINOR and MAJOR (and thus MINORED and MAJORING are valid, for instance). Words that are part of compound nouns (the BOK of BOK CHOY, for instance) remain invalid (unless they have a standalone meaning, of course).
Friday 6 June 2014
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Friday 30 May 2014
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Friday 23 May 2014
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Friday 16 May 2014
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Wednesday 14 May 2014
Tuesday 13 May 2014
NG 382
New game 382 is now available. The MUMS Puzzle Hunt has finished now, so hopefully I'll be somewhat more prompt in the writeups.
Monday 12 May 2014
Friday 9 May 2014
Thursday 8 May 2014
Wednesday 7 May 2014
Tuesday 6 May 2014
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Friday 2 May 2014
Thursday 1 May 2014
Wednesday 30 April 2014
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Friday 25 April 2014
Thursday 24 April 2014
Wednesday 23 April 2014
Tuesday 22 April 2014
Monday 21 April 2014
NG 366
New game 366 is now available. I've switched to a new method for generating the letters rounds -- hopefully it will produce generally more helpful mixes. Also, the MUMS Puzzle Hunt starts on May 3rd -- do check it out if you enjoy puzzles.
Friday 18 April 2014
Thursday 17 April 2014
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Tuesday 15 April 2014
Monday 14 April 2014
Friday 11 April 2014
Thursday 10 April 2014
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Tuesday 1 April 2014
Monday 31 March 2014
Friday 28 March 2014
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Friday 7 March 2014
Thursday 6 March 2014
Wednesday 5 March 2014
NG 333
New game 333 is now available. As an aside, after a fairly quiet spam period this blog has received a ton of it over the last couple of weeks. If it shows up in the comments, just ignore it -- I'll get to it soon.
Tuesday 4 March 2014
Monday 3 March 2014
Friday 28 February 2014
Thursday 27 February 2014
Wednesday 26 February 2014
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Monday 24 February 2014
Friday 21 February 2014
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Friday 17 January 2014
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Tuesday 14 January 2014
Monday 13 January 2014
Friday 10 January 2014
Thursday 9 January 2014
NG 294
New game 294 is now available. If this were regular games, this would be the first quarterfinal of the season.
Wednesday 8 January 2014
Delays
Apologies for the delay on NG 292, and NG 293 will also be delayed, possibly until Thursday morning.
Tuesday 7 January 2014
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Wednesday 1 January 2014
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