kens

verb: to know; to recognize or identify

played by Megan for 14 points

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gaby

noun: simpleton

played by Lorraine for 11 points

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bandy

adjective: curved so as to be wide apart at the knees


verb: pass on or discuss an idea in a casual way

noun: a game similar to field hockey

synonyms: crooked - curved - bandy-legged - exchange

played by Anna for 25 points (in conjunction with other words)

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nu

noun: thirteenth letter of the Greek alphabet

played by me for 25 points (in conjunction with another word)

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hern

noun: dialect variant of heron

played by Lorraine

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ut

noun:  a syllable used for the first note in the diatonic scale in an early solmization system and later replaced by do


played by Lorraine and myself (Anna) many a time for a varying number of points


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dex

noun: the sulfate of dextroamphetamine

played by Lorraine for 22 points

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ria

noun: a long narrow river inlet

played by Lorraine for 5 points

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Hey friends

So my roommate Lorraine and I are in love with the game Words With Friends. Often we try to play words just for the sake of getting rid of letters. We hardly ever know what these words mean; basically, we're making them up and somehow they turn out to be real.

I will be documenting such words on this blog.

peart

adjective: lively; cheerful

synonym: merry

played by Lorraine for 16 points

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