[Fictionary] ORRA: The Results

[Fran Poodry]

Andrew won, with 7 points.
I may or may not give everyone's comments later.
Here is the tally:

5 points:

orra - det., pron., adj., adv. - (Ireland) much, many; (Scotland) few;
rare, rarely

(Ranjit)

2 points from David Randall

1 point from Andrew

1 point from Matt

1 point from Jean-Joseph

4 points:

orra - n. - Territory submerged in the rest of the world when seawater is
displaced for land reclamation.

(Elliott)

1 point from Ranjit

2 points from Amelia

1 point for correct guess

2 points:

orra - adj. -  A brownish, dark yellow color.

(Amelia)

1 point from Nick

1 point from Hutch

0 points:

orra - n. - A large water container used by ancient Illyrian people.

(Pierre)

0 points:

orra - interj. - "By all the gods!" [(fr. Ugr.) orale rea: lit. on the
heads of the gods be it]

(Hutch)

0 points:

ORRA - n. - acronym for Our Righteous Ritual Acts, a pseudo-religious
organization based in Portland, OR.   Some detractors call it ORegon's
RAdicals.  Tenets are not as important as eating food together, mostly
fresh produce, and circle and spiral dancing.

(Linda)

9 points and the actual definition:

orra - adj. - not matched; odd

(The Oxford English Reference Dictionary)

2 points from Andrew

2 points from Matt

2 points from Nick

2 points from Jean-Joseph

1 point from Elliott

7 points:

orra - n. -  A member of the Osteoglossidae family of freshwater fish
native to Indonesia and Indochina. See SCLEROPAGES AUREUS.

(Andrew)

2 points for correct guess

1 point from Jim

2 points from Pierre

2 points from Linda

4 points:

orra - n. - The orbital cloud of dust around a star that eventually forms
into planets.

(Matt)

2 points for correct guess

2 points from Jim

4 points:

orra - n. - A foul in curling which occurs when the thrower releases the
stone after passing the hog line.

(Nick)

2 points from Ranjit

2 points for correct guess

5 points:

orra - n. - A device for stripping thorns from rose stems.

(Jean-Joseph)

1 point from Linda

2 points for correct guess

2 points from Elliott


5 points:

orra - n. - A cold east or northeast Moroccan wind that blows down from the
Anti-Atlas Mountains in spring and early summer.

(Jim)

1 point from David

1 point from Amelia

1 point from Pierre

2 points from Hutch


-- 
Fran Poodry
Physics Educational Technology Specialist
Vernier Software and Technology
AMTA Past President 2013-2014
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