Contests started: ANY CLUE THAT ONLY USES THE TEN HUNDRED MOST COMMON WORDS FROM XKCD'S THING EXPLAINER (?)
Contests won: MINESWEEPER (11), TENTS (5), SLANT (5), BJORK (5), FACTUAL (7), NORI (4), A CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD IS AN ANAGRAM INDICATOR, LOOP (4), NEXUS (5)
| Clue ID | Contest | Clue | Explanation (hover) | Submitted By | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12379 | NEXUS (5) | Link retired in North America (5) | N(EX)US | septacube77 | 4 |
| 10041 | TENTS (5) | T-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-teepees (5) | ddef t t t t t t t t t t = TEN T'S teepees = TENTS |
septacube77 | 3 |
| 10810 | A CLUE WHERE EVERY WORD IS AN ANAGRAM INDICATOR | Every word streak is an anagram indicator (8) | every word - anagram indicator STREAKIS - ASTERISK* an anagram indicator - def |
septacube77 | 3 |
| 10022 | MINESWEEPER (11) | A game about numbers -- prime, complex, round, cardinal, square, irrational numbers (11) | A game about numbers = def prime complex = MIPER anagram round = container indicator cardinal square = NESW (drawn out, these cardinal directions make a square) irrational numbers = EE Final parse: MI(NESW + EE)PER* |
septacube77 | 2 |
| 10037 | HYDROPHOBIC (11) | Scared of water drop? How come? I've heard before: being surrounded by water -- big body of water, some have said -- replaces extreme feeling (11) | scared of water = def drop = DROP how come? I've heard = Y (homophone of "why") before = Y comes before DROP being surrounded by = container indicator water = HHO (chemical formula for water) big = BIG body of water some have said = C (homophone of "sea") replaces = C replaces G in BIG extreme feeling = G (last letter) Final parse: H(Y + DROP)HO + BI(g->C) |
septacube77 | 2 |
| 10453 | FACTUAL (7) | For one, real! (7) | &lit for one = F real = ACTUAL F + ACTUAL |
septacube77 | 2 |
| 10844 | OUAGADOUGOU (11) | "Agua Duo" puzzle has missing "First You Go To Burkina Faso" part (11) | "Agua Duo" puzzle - OUAGADU* has - container missing "First You - (-y)OU Go - GO To - bridge Burkina Faso" part - def OUAGAD((-y)OU + GO)U* |
septacube77 | 2 |
| 11620 | KEFIR (5) | Milk drink is over-filled with potassium (5) | milk drink - def over - reversal filled with - RIFE potassium - K (K + EFIR)< |
septacube77 | 2 |
| 12367 | FRINGE (6) | Borderline foe? (6) | borderline - def foe - F O E -> F RING E |
septacube77 | 2 |
| 10091 | SLANT (5) | Change pitch, turn! (5) | &lit change pitch = shift solfege note by one turn = STINT parse: S(ti -> LA)NT |
septacube77 | 1 |
| 10226 | GUITALELE (9) | Instrument’s craft includes yarn (9) | instrument = def craft = GUILE includes = container yarn = TALE final parse = GUI(TALE)LE |
septacube77 | 1 |
| 10444 | BJORK (5) | ___ live: “Alarm Call”! (5) | &lit live = be alarm = irk call = homophone ”be irk” -> Björk Björk has sung the song “Alarm Call” live |
septacube77 | 1 |
| 10473 | DISCO (5) | Ball; ___ ball! (5) | &lit ball = DISC ball = O DISC + O disco is a synonym of ball (dance, noun), disco ball is a phrase |
septacube77 | 1 |
| 10579 | NORI (4) | Half of a puzzle where you shade blocks of size two and/or one (4) | N + OR + I half of a puzzle where you shade blocks of size two - def and - N or - OR one - I |
septacube77 | 1 |
| 11610 | LOOP (4) | Whirlpool whorl (4) | whirlpool - reverse POOL whorl - def |
septacube77 | 1 |
| 10031 | SATURN (6) | Sixth planet, sports golden rings (oddly, primarily seven) around it! (6) | &lit Sixth planet = T sports = container indicator golden = AU rings oddly = RNS primarily seven around it = move S from end to start Final parse: (+S) + A(T)U + RN(-s) |
septacube77 | 0 |
| 10101 | HIJACK (6) | First aid comes in right before the fast part to take over (6) | first aid comes = AC in = container indicator right before the last part = HIJK (fast part of alphabet song is "lmnop", "hijk" is right before that) to take over = def parse = HIJ(A_ + C_)K |
septacube77 | 0 |
| 10486 | ACROSS (6) | A+ (6) | ddef A = common abbreviation for ACROSS + = A CROSS |
septacube77 | 0 |