http://www.wordnik.com/lists/identify-the-wordie.xml BZZZT!<br /><br />You know what that sound means! The game is now over! Congratulations to all our contestants!<br /><br />I mean that. Stop playing.<br /><br />*smacks the one kid, you know who you are, who frantically keeps trying to play*<br /><br />Our judges have just informed me of the final scores. Before we go any further, I'd just like to assure all of you that your anonymity is safe on the internet. You guys don't know each other at all.<br /><br />It seems we have a three-way tie! Each with a grand total of 3 out of a possible 8 correct matches, will reesetee, rocksinmypockets, and skipvia please step forward? All of you were pretty pathetic at this game, but you did better than anyone else. Textual prizes have been awarded on your profiles.<br /><br />We have some lovely parting gifts for the rest of you!<br /><br />So what were the answers?<br /><br />chained_bear is <a href="/words/obnoxious">obnoxious</a>. Hey, her words, not mine. 1 player out of 7 guessed it.<br />jennarenn is <a href="/words/sunny">sunny</a>. Well duh. 5 players out of 7 guessed it, and one of the wrong guesses was her own <a href="/words/fried goodness">fried goodness</a>.<br />John is <a href="/words/abecedarian">abecedarian</a> and 4 out of 7 players had him figured out.<br />reesetee is <a href="/words/intense">intense</a> and nobody guessed it, but 4 out of 7 players said <a href="/words/caffeinated">caffeinated</a>.<br />rocksinmypockets is <a href="/words/tenacious">tenacious</a>. Nobody guessed it either but we'll let it slide because she's a <a href="/words/noob">noob</a>.<br />seanahan is <a href="/words/rapprochemental">rapprochemental</a>. Only 1 player out of 7 guessed it, and he didn't even believe it himself!<br />skipvia is <a href="/words/dissociative">dissociative</a>. No two people guessed the same word for him, but one person did get it right.<br />uselessness is <a href="/words/sophistical">sophistical</a> and 2 out of 7 figured it out. Which disappoints him greatly.<br /><br />The <a href="/words/red herring">red herring</a>s were <a href="/words/caffeinated">caffeinated</a>, <a href="/words/moist">moist</a>, and <a href="/words/winsome">winsome</a>. Haha!<br /><br />Additional thoughts:<br />John joined in late, and I was sure that careful observers would be able to identify his word as the "new one" in the list. So I blamed c_b for "forgetting" him and the diversion worked perfectly. That is, until John blew his own cover and fessed up. Didn't seem to make a difference in the long run, though.<br /><br />If anybody wants to play other games like this in the future, let me know. We can do the same thing and pick different adjectives, or maybe try a variation. It's a good argument for a private messaging feature, so you can send me your secret words without using e-mail or Facebook. Just a thought, for those who might be opposed to the idea.<br /><br />And that's all! Have a great night, don't forget to help control the pet population, and stuff. http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/abecedarian Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:01:18 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/abecedarian http://www.wordnik.com/words/caffeinated Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/caffeinated http://www.wordnik.com/words/dissociative Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:35:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dissociative http://www.wordnik.com/words/intense Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:35:49 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/intense http://www.wordnik.com/words/moist Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:35:46 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/moist http://www.wordnik.com/words/obnoxious Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:35:43 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/obnoxious http://www.wordnik.com/words/rapprochemental Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:34:44 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/rapprochemental http://www.wordnik.com/words/sophistical Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:50:19 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sophistical http://www.wordnik.com/words/sunny Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:50:15 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sunny http://www.wordnik.com/words/tenacious Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:50:08 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/tenacious http://www.wordnik.com/words/winsome Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:50:00 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/winsome