<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#000000">Hi guys I will find a word in the next few days!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 12:53 PM J-J Cote <<a href="mailto:marydevinechandler@gmail.com">marydevinechandler@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">
<div>Josha's fiddlehead takes the day. (They should be ready for harvest soon, but I always drag my feet and miss out, maybe this is the year. They're said to be quite tasty.) You're up, Joshua!</div><div><br></div><div>Jean-Joseph</div><div>__________________________________</div><div><br></div><div>helice - n. - A dynamic shotgun discipline designed to mimic the
erratic flight of live birds. Instead of traditional clay targets, this
sport uses small plastic propellers which spin unpredictably when
launched, creating challenging and realistic shooting scenarios.</div><div>The real definition, adapted from the one given on the <a href="http://nordicclays.com" target="_blank">nordicclays.com</a> website. I found out about this because a video popped up on my Youtube feed. As somebody who is not a gun guy, this looks insanely difficult.</div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlSao0DVf10" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlSao0DVf10</a></div><div>David 1, Ranjit 2, Joshua 1 = 4 points</div><div>Ranjit:
2 points for whirly-skeet because I imagine the targets make an entertaining whirring-whistling sound as they flutter around.<span><br></span></div><div><span>Elliott: </span>
And lots of plastic debris to clean up! At least clay pigeons are made of clay.<span><br></span>
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<span>helice - n. - An appendage present on male Phthiraptera, which hooks
onto the fifth or sixth abdominal segment of the female during mating.</span></div><div><span>From Eric.</span></div><div><span>Jacob 1</span>
= 1 point
</div><div><span>Pierre: </span>HE+LICE. This def is lousy!<span><br></span></div><div><span>Elliott (as a general comment, because he apparently didn't pick up on this): </span>
I'm surprised no one submitted "male lice", or anything having to do with DNA.</div><div>Jean-Joseph: I'm glad somebody did this.</div><div><br></div><div><span></span></div>
<div>helice - n. - In cross-country skiing, a ski pole tip that is
attached at an angle of greater than 60° (permitted in Olympic but not
FIS competition).</div><div>From Jacob.</div><div>Ranjit 1, Pierre 1 = 2 points</div><div>Ranjit: 1 point because they still allow combat in Olympic CCS but take steps like this to make it slightly safer</div><div>Elliott: Maybe, but I wouldn't know one way or the other.<span><br></span>
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helice - n. - An error in simultaneous location and mapping in which
part of the trajectory is both displaced along and rotated around an
axis.<font color="#888888"><br></font></div><div>From Pierre.</div><div>David 2, Joshua 2, Elliott 2 = 6 points</div><div>Elliott:
The word looks like a back-formation from "helices" (like "matrice", which I've heard repeatedly in real life), and sounds plausible as a name for a kind of technical error. But "mapping" sounds two-dimensional, and helices are three-dimensional. Hmm. Everything<br>
else on the ballot is even less plausible, so I'll give this two points.<span><br></span>
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helice - n. - A combustion turbine, forerunner of the modern jet engine, used to blow-dry drenched sheep.</div><div>From Elliott. </div><div>No points
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After they've been raddled with tiver, or after you try to wash the tiver off? Sounds like Elliott.<span><br></span></div><div><span>Elliott:</span> I mean, how else are you going to get them dry in a hurry?<span><br></span>
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<span>helice - n. - The tightly coiled crosier, also known as the "fiddlehead", of a fern.</span></div><div><span>From Joshua.</span></div><div><span>Eric 2, Jacob 2, Pierre 2, Elliott 1, plus one for correct guess = 8 points</span></div><div><span>Eric:</span> Very plausible.<span><br></span></div><div><span>Elliott: </span>One point for being less implausible than all the rest.<span><br></span>
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helice - n. - A string tied around one’s finger as a reminder.</div><div>From Ranjit. Two for correct guess = 2 points</div><div>Elliott:
How often does anyone actually do that? I leave specific objects in the way when I want to remember to do something with them, but the classic string around the finger is like counting sheep: talked about much more than done, I think<span><br></span>
</div><div><br></div><div><span>helice - n. - A female helix.</span></div>From David.</div><div>Eric 1, plus one for correct guess = 2 points</div><div>Elliott: Preposterous!<span><br></span>
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