RE: [Dixonary] Round number puzzle

[Wayne Scott, M.D.]

parAmiographer is #1754.

Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.
-Ludwig Wittgenstein


> [Original Message]
> From: Paul Keating <coryphaeus (AT) prodigycomputing (DOT) com>
> To: <coryphaeus (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com>
> Date: 10/26/2006 5:19:07 PM
> Subject: [Dixonary] Round number puzzle
>
> I've been on- and off-line over the past few weeks (because of a forced
> upgrade) and haven't been paying close attention.
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> Please will someone explain what words have been played in what rounds.
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> According to my records,
> -- Round 1751 was bombazine/teazle/eozoon.
> -- Round 1753 was hooding
> -- Round 1754 is parmiographer.
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> So, what was the word in 1752? Was it horst or was it tomium? I know I
> submitted defs for both.
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> So if 1752 was tomium, then horst was really 1753 and all the subsequent
> round numbers are off by one.
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> This question might seem monumentally small-minded, but it does actually
> matter for things like rolling scores, the used-word list, and so on.
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> Paul Keating
> The Hague
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