3639 🏆 BIGILLA

[Paul Keating]

Bigilla /bᵻˈɡɪlə/ is the Maltese answer to hummus, made with broad beans instead of chickpeas. I’ve been to Malta twice and must have eaten it there, but if I ever knew the word, I had forgotten it, and only discovered it (or rediscovered it) when it was added to the OED last December. Debbie Embler and Tim Lodge guessed it, and Johnny Barrs knew it already. 

The most popular definition was Shani Naylor’s edible Australian grub, which scored a natural 7 in a convincing win. Grub’s up! 🤢 … and Debbie says she voted for it because she was hungry. À chacun son goût. 

Runner-up was Tim Lodge, who scored 2 + 4 = 6*.

1	The complete yearly set of readings for Jewish Festivals [Megilla is the scroll read for Purim consisting of the book of Ruth; this word is a modern collective noun to cover all the scrolls required for all the festivals]
	Vote from Tony Abell
	Submitted by: Johnny Barrs, who did not vote (DQ). Score: 1.
2	A double tally or reckoning entered under a single account, especially one later found to have been made in error.
	No votes
	Submitted by: Dan Widdis, who voted for 6, 12.
3	Australian. An edible Australian wood-boring grub (Bardistus cibarius) or its larvæ.
	Votes from Tim Bourne, Debbie Embler, Hugo Kornelis, Tim Lodge, Efrem Mallach, Mike Shefler, Nancy Shepherdson
	Submitted by: Shani Naylor, who voted for 4, 5. Score: 7.
4	The embryonic leaves in the seeds of all dicotyledons.
	Vote from Shani Naylor
	Submitted by: Mike Shefler, who voted for 3, 5. Score: 1.
5	A flowering shrub, Brickellia multiflora, of Central America.
	Votes from Hugo Kornelis, Efrem Mallach, Shani Naylor, Mike Shefler
	Submitted by: Tim Lodge, who voted for 3, 13. Score: 4+2=6*.
6	Any long, boring story.
	Votes from Tony Abell, Dan Widdis
	Submitted by: Debbie Embler, who voted for 3, 13. Score: 2+2=4*.
7	Messenger, page, servant [fm Old Norse].
	Vote from Tim Bourne
	Submitted by: Hugo Kornelis, who voted for 3, 5. Score: 1.
8	A migraine or severe headache [pidgin].
	No votes
	Submitted by: Tim Bourne, who voted for 3, 7.
9	Sc. Milled barley, also called: bigg.
	No votes
	Submitted by: Nancy Shepherdson, who voted for 3, 10.
10	A plant structure formed of stipules fused into a sheath surrounding the stem.
	Vote from Nancy Shepherdson
	Submitted by: Efrem Mallach, who voted for 3, 5. Score: 1.
11	A short, narrow chisel used for carving fine detail in soft wood.
	Vote from Eric Boxer
	Submitted by: Judy Madnick, who did not vote. Score: 1.
12	A site of multiple shipwrecks.
	Vote from Dan Widdis
	Submitted by: Eric Boxer, who voted for 11, 14. Score: 1.
13	A traditional Maltese dish of mashed broad beans, olive oil, garlic, and red pepper, typically served as a dip or spread.
	Votes from Debbie Embler, Tim Lodge
	Real Definition. Score: D2.
14	A tree-filled courtyard.
	Vote from Eric Boxer
	Submitted by: Tony Abell, who voted for 1, 6. Score: 1.

Def no	Player	Voted for	Votes from	Score from votes	Correct guess	Total
3	Naylor	4, 5	Bourne, Embler, Kornelis, Lodge, Mallach, Shefler, Shepherdson	7		7
5	Lodge	3, 13	Kornelis, Mallach, Naylor, Shefler	4	2	6*
6	Embler	3, 13	Abell, Widdis	2	2	4*
1	Barrs	DQ	Abell	1		1
10	Mallach	3, 5	Shepherdson	1		1
4	Shefler	3, 5	Naylor	1		1
11	Madnick	DNV	Boxer	1		1
14	Abell	1, 6	Boxer	1		1
12	Boxer	11, 14	Widdis	1		1
7	Kornelis	3, 5	Bourne	1		1
8	Bourne	3, 7				0
2	Widdis	6, 12				0
9	Shepherdson	3, 10				0

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Paul Keating

Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France