Towel Day Cryptic
Garden tool not right - it should be drier (5)
Answer: TOWEL
Easter Cryptic
Save lamb to roast, eating starters for family events for Easter? (7,5)
Answer: MOVABLEFEAST
International Women's Day Cryptic
Only half listen, catching 'One's a predatory female' (7)
Answer: LIONESS
Words You Just Hate To Read
It's hard to put your finger on why, but some words are just awful. These are some to be avoided as much as possible.
B
- bap
- blog
- bulbous
C
- chunky
- clogged
- coitus
- crevice
- crust
- curd
D
- damp
- discharge
- doily
- dripping
F
- fester
- fetus
- flaccid
- flaps
- frothy
G
- giblets
- goiter
- gurgle
- gushing
H
- hubby
I
- impactful
J
- jowls
L
- lugubrious
M
- maggots
- moist
- moreish
- mucus
- munch
O
- ointment
- orifice
P
- panties
- pantyhose
- phlegm
- prideful
- pustule
Q
- queasy
R
- renal
- riddle
- roaches
- rural
S
- secrete
- seepage
- slacks
- slurp
- smear
- sputum
- squelch
- squirt
T
- tofu
- turgid
U
- ululate
V
- viscous
- vomit
W
- wellness
- wifey
Y
- yeast
- yolk
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Hi!
I'm Chris, a software developer from Haverhill, Massachusetts, specializing in linguistics, readability, and NLP.
I've been obsessed with the curios of the English language for as long as I can remember and this blog is my excuse to spend even more time on them.