Round 3651GRIEBEN Results

[Tim Lodge]

Although GRIEBEN derives from German, I found it as a legitimante English word in Merriam Webster,  Judy Madnick knew, and Efrem Mallach and Mike Shefler guessed, that it meant goose fat cracklings.  Mike's guess plus three votes for his reindeer bells makes him the next dealer.  Dan Widdis is the lucky runner up with 4 votes for his candle wax remnant.

-  Tim L

 *** GRIEBEN ***

1.  Mourning.               
Submitter: Tim Bourne Votes: 8 & 9 Score: 2  + 0 + 0  = 2  
Voted for by: Debbie Embler, Paul Keating             

 2.  Petty annoyances, trivial irritations.              
Submitter: Efrem Mallach Votes: 3 & 9 Score: 2  + *2* + 0  = 4 *
Voted for by: Eric Boxer, Debbie Embler             

 3.  Cracklings from goose fat usually salted.            
Submitter:  MW Dictionary Votes: - & - Score: 2  + 0 + 0  = D2  
Voted for by: Efrem Mallach, Mike Shefler             

 4.  A three-bladed inboard motorboat propeller.           
Submitter: Eric Boxer Votes: 2 & 8 Score: 0  + 0 + 0  = 0  
Voted for by: Nobody               

 5.  Made of or derived from milk or dairy products.           
Submitter: Debbie Embler Votes: 1 & 2 Score: 1  + 0 + 0  = 1  
Voted for by: Shani Naylor              

 6.  [Botany] A resilient species which colonises barren environments.      
Submitter: Shani Naylor Votes: 5 & 9 Score: 0  + 0 + 0  = 0  
Voted for by: Nobody               

 7.  A small, toasted barley garnish commonly added to soups for a bit of body.     
Submitter: Judy Madnick Votes: DQ & 0 Score: 0  + 0 + 0  = 0  
Voted for by: Nobody               

 8.  A remnant of candle wax kept after a Sabbath or festival observance as a sign of continuity or blessing.
Submitter: Dan Widdis Votes: 0 & 0 Score: 4  + 0 + 0  = 4  
Voted for by: Tim Bourne, Eric Boxer, Mike Shefler, Paul Keating        

 9.  Small bells placed by the Sami people around the necks of reindeer to enable them to be located in the dark of winter.
Submitter: Mike Shefler Votes: 3 & 8 Score: 3  + *2* + 0  = 5 *
Voted for by: Tim Bourne, Efrem Mallach, Shani Naylor          

10.  Among 19th-century spiritualists, a malcontent spirit that interrupted or disrupted seances that were arranged to communicate with other spirits.
Submitter: Paul Keating Votes: 1 & 8 Score: 0  + 0 + 0  = 0  
Voted for by: Nobody               

[Paul Keating]

I would have voted for #3 had I known that AmE cracklings is plurale tantum, unlike its BrE counterpart crackling which is a mass noun. But sadly I did not. I unlikely to forget that now, much good that that will do me.

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Paul Keating

Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France

On 2026-05-26 23:02:10, 'Tim Lodge' via Dixonary <dixo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Although GRIEBEN derives from German, I found it as a legitimante English word in Merriam Webster,  Judy Madnick knew, and Efrem Mallach and Mike Shefler guessed, that it meant goose fat cracklings.  Mike's guess plus three votes for his reindeer bells makes him the next dealer.  Dan Widdis is the lucky runner up with 4 votes for his candle wax remnant.

[Judy Madnick]

Grieben also known as gribenes. are crispy cracklings made from rendered chicken or goose skin fried with onions in poultry fat, serving as a byproduct of producing schmaltz, the traditional rendered chicken fat in Jewish cooking. Before chicken fat became a no-no, I would sometimes make gribenes and...yum! I would hate to think what that would do to me now!

 

When I said I was DQ, I assumed that grieben and gribenes were synonymous, which I now know for sure they are. I was hoping that my fake definition of "A small, toasted barley garnish commonly added to soups for a bit of body" might be chosen along with the real definition but, unfortunately, that didn't happen.   

 

Judy

[Shani Naylor]

Sounds delicious 😋 

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[Judy Madnick]

It seems as though everything that's bad for you is delicious! 

 

Judy

 

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Date: 5/26/2026 7:25:04 PM

Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 3651GRIEBEN Results

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