| Word | Ends... | Started By |
|---|---|---|
| IZANAGI (7) | 10 hours from now | blizihguh |
The current champion is dohz, with 334 wins! All hail dohz! Full stats
| Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| IZANAGI (7) | "Dynamite Giza" anime casts me for Japan's first father (7) | Dynamite = anagram indicator Giza anime = anagram fodder casts me = gets rid of the letters ME anagram GIZA ANI to IZANAGI Definition: "Japan's first father" -- he created Japan, as the story goes |
9 hours ago |
| IZANAGI (7) | Seized heart again, unfortunately, for old Japanese maker (7) | seIZed + AGAIN anagram definition: “old japanese maker” (he made japan, so I’m told) |
1 day, 1 hour ago |
| HARMLESS (8) | Initial hypothesis: appendage smaller unlikely to worry people (8) | H + ARM + LESS Definition = "unlikely to worry people" |
2 days, 9 hours ago |
| Contest | Winning Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANY CLUE THAT HAS ANOTHER CRYPTIC CLUE IN IT (?) (ended 4 hours, 44 minutes ago) | "Panoramic snapshot of superb road, maybe (5)" is the first one (5) | Inner clue: BROAD (definition = "panoramic") snapshot of superB ROAD Outer clue: VISTA (definition = everything in quote marks) V+IS+T+A (Five = V, IS, first letter of "The", one = A) This was hard! 🥲 |
barley |
| HARMLESS (8) (ended 9 hours, 33 minutes ago) | Leader in hospital with no arms; comes to, safe (8) | Leader in hospital = H with no arms = ARMLESS comes to = gives the answer, safe = harmless |
blizihguh |
| COMPUTER (8) (ended 2 days, 3 hours ago) | It handles programs for company without any true organization (8) | COMPany + TRUE* (letter deletion and anag.) | tuffyisfluffy |
| STEAMED HAMS (7 4) (ended 2 days, 9 hours ago) | Mashed meats, cooked burgers in upstate New York, allegedly (7,4) | Anagram (cooked) of MASHED MEATS is STEAMED HAMS Def = burgers in upstate New York, allegedly |
daniellinssen |
| NIGHTMARE (9) (ended 2 days, 21 hours ago) | Call a horse "sir"? That sounds awful! (9) | KNIGHT MARE homophone | dpad |
| CAUSTIC (7) (ended 5 days ago) | Cat circling us, then it cruelly starts biting (7) | CAT around US, then IC (starts of “it cruelly”) definition “biting” as a remark |
barley |
| RECORD (6) (ended 5 days, 17 hours ago) | Account overline? (6) | RE- (over) + CORD (line) | thechairguy |
| INTERN (6) (ended 6 days ago) | Confine within a winter night (6) | wINTER Night -> INTERN Definition = "Confine" |
daniellinssen |