[Fictionary] A puzzle while we're waiting

[Nora Munoz]

I like Beth’s idea of multiple solutions. Quoll is the only one-syllable
word. Quolls also have polka dots which is totally cool in itself.
Nora

On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 7:47 PM Beth Bruch <beth.bruch at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's cool and actually really interesting, but I'd argue it's not a
> unique solution to the puzzle: Wombat is the only one where every letter
> appears only once. Also wombats are really cute, and significantly less
> likely than koalas to bite your nose.
>
> How many other solutions are there?
>
> :-)
>
> Beth
>
> On Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 12:57 PM Pierre Abbat <phma at leaf.dragonflybsd.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On Sunday, April 23, 2023 12:25:33 PM EDT Ranjit Bhatnagar wrote:
>> > My guess: bandicoot is the only one whose name isn't from an Australian
>> > language.
>>
>> Correct: it's from Dravidian and originally referred to a rodent, now
>> called
>> the bandicoot rat. All the other words are of Australian origin.
>>
>> Pierre
>>
>> --
>> The gostak pelled at the fostin lutt for darfs for her martle plave.
>> The darfs had smibbed, the lutt was thale, and the pilter had nothing
>> snave.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
Nora Muñoz, MPA
*she/her/ella*
nora at jaguarundi.com
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