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My Genius list:
Real pangram: GIRLHOOD
Fake pangram: DOHGIRL
A female stan of Homer Simpson.
Difficulty: Challenging
I got the pangram in short order, but stalled out longer than usual before getting to Genius level. I tried many a moonshot phony -- GORILLO (male form of GORILLA), LORRID (portmanteau of LURID and TORRID), GRIO (a type of wine?) -- before seeing the real HORRID, which finally pushed me over the edge.
Olio: Didn't we just see WOMANHOOD a few weeks ago? It was before I started this blog, so I don't have it on record, but I'm pretty sure we did. Maybe space out the -HOOD pangrams a bit more. Other than that, a fine, if sparse, puzzle. I like the word DOLOR; it's underutilized, for sure.
My Genius list:
Real pangram: GIRLHOOD
Fake pangram: DOHGIRL
A female stan of Homer Simpson.
Difficulty: Challenging
I got the pangram in short order, but stalled out longer than usual before getting to Genius level. I tried many a moonshot phony -- GORILLO (male form of GORILLA), LORRID (portmanteau of LURID and TORRID), GRIO (a type of wine?) -- before seeing the real HORRID, which finally pushed me over the edge.
Olio: Didn't we just see WOMANHOOD a few weeks ago? It was before I started this blog, so I don't have it on record, but I'm pretty sure we did. Maybe space out the -HOOD pangrams a bit more. Other than that, a fine, if sparse, puzzle. I like the word DOLOR; it's underutilized, for sure.
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