Census Word Whiz -- game of matching wits & phrases -- game has a winner

have almost all the grumpy synonyms -- deadline's tomorrow in the a.m. ET.

 

Player Roster & Scores

1. Ceillean !!
Score: 1 point.

2. Hazel !!
Score: 1 point.

3. Fels
Score:

4. NYCitygurl/Nat
Score:

5. prj1
Score:
One missed round.

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Round #1:
Ceillean sent in "grouchy".

Hazel sent in grouchy, which matched. !!

Nat -- cranky.

Fels -- pissy (lol!).

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48 hours to send in matching phrases for: "monkey" in a figure of speech.

Hazel is the player to match with.

 

Roster & Scores --

1. Ceillean
Score: 1 point.

2. Hazel
Score: 1 point.

3. Fels
Score:

4. NYCitygurl/Nat
Score:

5. prj1
Score:
One missed round.

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Round #2:

Hazel -- monkey see, monkey do. !! This is one phrase I have heard and used quite a lot LOL. I almost expected four matches !!!


Nat -- don't monkey around.

Fels - monkeying around.

prj1 - monkey around.

Ceillean - grease monkey.

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48 hours to send in matching phrases for: "snow"
Fel is the player to match with.

 

Less than 24 hours remain to send in snowy phrases.

 

Phrases Received:

Snow days from Fels.

Snowball from Nat.

Snow White from hazel.

Pure as the driven snow from prj.

As white as snow from Ceil.



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Current Scores:

Ceil - Score: 1 point.

Hazel - Score: 1 point.

Fels - Score:

Nat - Score:

prj1 - Score:
(1 missed round.)

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48 hours to PM in phrases & hopefully match Nat on:

butterfly ----

 

Less than 24 hours left to get all of the butterfly-ish phrases in.

 

Phrases Received:

From Nat- butterfly effect.

From Hazel- Butterfly effect, a matcharoo!

From Fels- Butterfly kisses

From prj- love is like a butterfly. Melty melt! Ah, the multicolored moods of love -- !!

From Ceil- butterflies in the stomach. SQUEE! over that one LOL! Because Jade_eyes doesn't think of it as anxiety, but as a melty reaction to --

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Current Scores:

Ceil - Score: 1 point.

Hazel - Score: 2 points.

Fels - Score:

Nat - Score: 1 point.

prj1 - Score:
(1 missed round.)

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48 hours to PM in phrases & hopefully match prj1 on:

figure of speech, forget

 

Just a teensy bit of 24 hours to get all the forget expressions

 

Phrases Received:

From prj1- forgive and forget.

From Nat- forget it (short and to the point) LOL

From Hazel- forgive and forget, woot! A match!

From Fels- forget me not.

From Ceil- another forget me not. !!


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Current Scores:

Ceil - Score: 1 point.

Hazel - Score: 2 points.

Fels - Score:

Nat - Score: 1 point.

prj1 - Score: 1 point.
(1 missed round.)

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48 hours to PM in phrases & hopefully match Ceillean on:

storm, synonyms

 

Still need a stormy synonym. A bit under 24 hours.

 

Phrases Received:

From Ceil- downpour.

tempest.

Eye of the sto9rm.

turmoil.

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Current Scores:

Ceil - Score: 1 point.

Hazel - Score: 2 points.

Fels - Score:

Nat - Score: 1 point.
(One missed round)

prj1 - Score: 1 point.
(One missed round.)

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Player to match-- Hazel on cuckoo in figure of speech

48 hours to PM in phrases.

 

Little under 24 hours to finish getting in cuckoo phrases

 

Phrases Received:

From Hazel - cuckoo in the nest.

From prj & Fels - cuckoo bird.

From Nat -- cukoo for coco puffs - yum! I like Cocoa Crispies... those make the best Rice Krispy treats.

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Current Scores:

Ceil - Score: 1 point.
(One missed round)

Hazel - Score: 2 points.

Fels - Score:

Nat - Score: 1 point.
(One missed round)

prj1 - Score: 1 point.
(One missed round.)

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Player to match-- Fels on Mary ------ 48 hours to PM in phrases.

 

still needing some mary -- phrases

 

Phrases Received:

Fels - Mary had a little lamb.
prj1 - Mary, Mary quite contrary.
Nat - Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary.
Hazel - Mary Poppins. !!Supercalafragilisticexpialadocious! That is one word you don't want to see in a spelling bee.

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Current Scores:

Ceil - Score: 1 point.
(Two missed round)

Hazel - Score: 2 points.

Fels - Score:

Nat - Score: 1 point.
(One missed round)

prj1 - Score: 1 point.
(One missed round.)

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Player to match-- Nat on pursue, antonyms. 48 hours to PM in phrases.

 

Right around 24 hours for the rest of our pursue antonyms

 

Phrases Received:

Nat - reject.
Hazel - eschew. !!
Fels - escape.

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Current Scores:

Ceil - Score: 1 point.
(Three missed rounds)

Hazel - Score: 2 points.

Fels - Score:

Nat - Score: 1 point.
(One missed round)

prj1 - Score: 1 point.
(Two missed rounds)

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Player to match-- prj1 on opera ----. 48 hours to PM in phrases.

 

Fast round! !!


Phrases Received:

prj1 - soap opera.
Nat - space opera.
Hazel - opera house.
Fels - opera house.

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Current Scores:

Hazel - Score: 2 points.

Fels - Score:

Nat - Score: 1 point.
(One missed round)

prj1 - Score: 1 point.
(Two missed rounds)

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Hazel's the winner after 2 cycles through the roster!!!

Huggles!

Question for players:

In future Whiz rounds, in case of a tie, do you want a) a bonus round, i.e., an 11th round? or b) a player vote via PMs for the best non-matched phrase? And this latter feature, would you like it to be a part of all rounds regardless of whether there's a tie?

The player whose phrase gets the most votes in that case would gain 2 points as a permanent feature, or as a tie-breaker.

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Congrats, Hazel!

 

Thanks!


About the questions , I think a vote for the non-matched phrases might be fun. As for them becoming a permanent feature, guess it might make things more exciting (not that they are not exciting as it is) because it might actually turn some of the scores around.

 

Congratulations.

 

Congratulations, Hazel!

In future Whiz rounds, in case of a tie, do you want a) a bonus round, i.e., an 11th round? or b) a player vote via PMs for the best non-matched phrase? And this latter feature, would you like it to be a part of all rounds regardless of whether there's a tie?

A bonus round if there is a tie. I'm not a fan of the voting for each round. It takes some of the strategy out of the game.

 

After giving it some thought, I agree with Fels.

 

Host Note: It has been decided to do the bonus round in case of a tie.



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