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DO OR DIE (2 2 3) 22 hours from now Zimodo
CHILD'S PLAY (6, 4) 1 day, 13 hours from now koha____
INTELLIGIBILITY 1 day, 19 hours from now Haxegons

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BLANKET (7) 9 hours from now
ASPARTAME (9) 1 day, 1 hour from now
ANY ALLITERATIVE CLUE (?) 1 day, 12 hours from now
PLURILINGUALISM 1 day, 19 hours from now

The current champion is dohz, with 334 wins! All hail dohz! Full stats


Recent Clues

Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
DO OR DIE (2 2 3) DoorDash lost product in a fire; that is, it's a critical situation (2,2,3) DOORDASH - ASH (product in a fire) + IE (that is) -> DO OR DIE (a critical situation) 10 hours ago
PLURILINGUALISM Natural consequence of a philosophy of diverse peoples having two lungs without singular order! (15) PLURALISM (a philosophy of diverse peoples) having [II (two) LUNGS without S(ingular)]* (order) -> PLURILINGUALISM (semi-&lit) 10 hours ago
ANY ALLITERATIVE CLUE (?) Completely compounding consecutive consonants! (12) ALL (completely) + ITERATION (compounding, as a gerund) -> ALLITERATION (Completely compounding consecutive consonants!) 11 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
I ❤ NY (1 1 2) (ended 6 hours, 7 minutes ago) Iconic organ featured in timeless little slogan (1, 1, 2) ❤ (an organ in the form of an icon) in [-t]INY koha____
TOMODACHI (9) (ended 7 hours, 26 minutes ago) Some Greek cut German's roof with one Japanese friend (9) some Greek cut = TOMOs (a cut as a noun, as in a section)
German's roof = DACH, one = I
biocuriousgeorgie
CANDOR (6) (ended 12 hours, 7 minutes ago) Mostly sweet or showing honesty (6) CANDy (sweet as noun) + OR; showing = linking word, honesty = def biocuriousgeorgie
BLOOD (5) (ended 15 hours, 55 minutes ago) Produced flowers, leaving author kind of red (5) BLOO[-me]D koha____
AI SLOP (2,4 OR 1,1,4) (ended 2 days, 14 hours ago) For the most part, Congress is divided by this overpowered source of misinformation (2,4) AISL[-e] + OP koha____
BAZOOKA (7) (ended 2 days, 15 hours ago) Japanese idiot smuggles racket as a weapon (7) BAKA (idiot in jp) smuggles ZOO (in the sense of a fracas or commotion) = a weapon quatrevingtneuf
REALLY (6) (ended 2 days, 18 hours ago) Start rising early - refreshing, for sure (6) R_ + EARLY* biocuriousgeorgie
BRAVADO (7) (ended 3 days, 1 hour ago) Unfinished Pixar movie trailer has zero attitude (7) Def= attitude. Unfinished Pixar Movie = BRAV(e) + trailer = AD + zero = O cryptic_iris
RANDO (5) (ended 4 days, 22 hours ago) Someone and/or somehow (5) ANDOR* biocuriousgeorgie
BUGBEAR (7) (ended 4 days, 22 hours ago) Annoy hairy gay man (e.g. Marcid the Typhoon) (7) BUG + BEAR; Marcid the Typhoon is a Bugbear in Dimension 20 manofsteele
SPINACH (7) (ended 6 days, 16 hours ago) What gets Popeye going in his can, cartoonishly! (7) P_ in (HIS CAN)* &lit koha____
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