Playing with words. Seriously.
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DOUG RIESENBERG of the 1987-95 NY Giants & GEORGE BURNSIDE of the 1926 Racine Tornadoes (also NFL) are the longest anagram pair to ever play in any of the Big 4 sports leagues-14 letters.
(Ok, the pic is really of Ambrose Burnside of “sideburns” fame, but it’s a much cooler pic)
English: tsktsks (good in Scrabble)
Czech: čtvrtscvrkls (“you shrank by a quarter”)
Or in the Salish language Nuxalt: Clhp'xwlhtlhplhhskwts' (“he has a bunchberry plant”).
As of 2021 there were only 3 living speakers of Nuxalt. Haven’t checked in on them lately.
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And for some wordplay, a cryptic clue from #trippayne - not about Rick Ankiel, but baseball related and deviously good. 90s/00s MLB chops will help.
“Braves infielder walks in New York.” (4, 6)
If you need a hint…
A streak is on the line! First the Beyond, then the Wordplay:
The last 40 World Series have featured at least 1 player who was a teammate of Rick Ankiel. The Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman can keep the streak alive *if* the Dodgers rally from down 0-2 to beat Milwaukee and make it to the Series.
sports.yahoo.com/articles/do…
We asked AI to identify a promising untranslated passage of Etruscan and try to decipher it. Interesting.
chatgpt.com/s/t_6accc702e4a8…
Etruscan is only partially understood, but certain words have made their way to us via Latin. The Etruscan word “phersu” (“mask” or “masked character”), became “persona” and eventually our familiar “person”.
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phersu
Here’s a grid of words with bigrams from AA-AZ, getting as close as possible to an uncapitalized word with an English reference. The web cites words like HANGXIETY and WOMXN. Loan words fill tricky spots like QGOM (A Zulu EDM genre) and NOQKWIVI (a Hopi stew). Colored by source.
The QZERTY keyboard (note: “qwerty” and its plural “qwertys” are both acceptable in US Scrabble.) reddit.com/r/typewriters/com…
Does Doechii really have… hangxiety? adf.org.au/insights/what-is-…
Everybody’s New Favorite Genre - Qgom (Also spelled GQOM!)
thinkinelectronic.com/2015/0…
Excited see the talented @GaryGulman perform his show GRANDILOQUENT tomorrow.
Keen observers will notice the title's ALL-VOWEL-USING (aka SUPERVOCALIC) status. We hope to ask him about this and more after the show.
He won't see this as his account is suspended - if anyone has contact info, message us privately?
wl.eventim.us/event/gary-gul…
Day Seven - The Book of Genesis in passages of 100 Scrabble tiles or Babelgrams. We reach the Day of Rest, and shall pause. Oddly, God resting incurs a chapter break, so we went and covered all of Chapter 2 in one shot. These were challenging and enjoyable to make, so we may resume some day. We hope you enjoyed this effort.
Day Six - we tell the Book of Genesis in passages of 100 Scrabble tiles, or Babelgrams.
We won’t rest until He does.
Then we’ll see.
We broke protocol and rested after Day Four, but we’re back with Day Five of the Book of Genesis in passages of 100 Scrabble tiles, or Babelgrams. (Blanks: L, R)
For some reason this one proved so difficult we nearly went with the phrase “Wookiee-sized Leviathans”. But we got around it.
Day Four - We tell the Book of Genesis in passages of 100 Scrabble tiles, or Babelgrams. (Blanks: N, S)
AI used for images only, Babelgrams created by hand.
Thanks and salute to @dc_scrabblegram for setting the bar in this pursuit.
Day Four - We tell the Book of Genesis in passages of 100 Scrabble tiles, or Babelgrams. (Blanks: N, S)
AI used for images only, Babelgrams created by hand.
Thanks and salute to @dc_scrabblegram for setting the bar in this pursuit.
