Round 3654: Vote for RICKMATIC

[Daniel B. Widdis]

I am amazed how hard it is for dealers to get the round number right.  The round is 3654, not 3664 as advertised in the call for defs.  And I have twice, just today, made an off-by-one error in digits of software versions.  Is there a word for this?   Maybe it's RICKMATIC, as at least one definition in the list below suggests.  Or maybe it's not?  You decide.

Among the 12 definitions below, 11 are fake.  Pick two of them to reward your fellow players.

As I (probably) won't be awake at the 36-hour deadline, I'll set a 34-hour deadline of Sunday at 11:30 pm PDT which is Monday at 2:30 am EDT, 6:30 UTC, 7:30am BST, 8:30 am CEST, and 6:30 pm NZST.

*** RICKMATIC ***

1. A spiral-shaped pattern that was popular on ties and socks in the 1950's; also, a descriptive word used in advertising to convey modernity.

2. describing frequent or unexpected changes in rhythm, especially in Creole folk singing.

3. An early 20c horsedrawn farm implement for stacking hay, orig. a trade name.

4. Children's word: arithmetic.

5. showing symptoms of rickets.

6. concern, business

7. Approximate calculation; guesstimation.

8. [Obs] A person (usually a woman) employed to answer calls at a telephone exchange.

9. Automated loading system to handle small loads of timber and wood products more efficiently.

10. a small, spring‑loaded latch used to keep folding stools or step‑ladders locked in the open position.

11. A temporary summer bothy; originally a small cottage so badly built that it was not expected to last even a season

12. A computer virus that randomly redirects a web browser to a YouTube video of Rick Astley performing "Never Gonna Give You Up" (c.f., rickroll)

[Paul Keating]

> I am amazed how hard it is for dealers to get the round number right.  The round is 3654, not 3664 as advertised in the call for defs.  ...  Is there a word for this?

Sure there is. It's the same as the one for when dealers manage to spell The Word two, three or more different ways in the course of a round. If you're being charitable it is 'clerical error'. If you're not, it is 'carelessness'.

[Chowie]

1 for creativity, and 3 because I don't believe any of them are right.

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[Judy Madnick]

3. An early 20c horsedrawn farm implement for stacking hay, orig. a trade name.

9. Automated loading system to handle small loads of timber and wood products more efficiently.

 

Judy Madnick  

[Tim Bourne]

2 and 3, please.

Tim B 

[Paul Keating]

What an implausible bunch! 6, 11.

P

[Shani Naylor]

3 & 9 for me. 

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[Tim Lodge]

I'm tempted by 12, but I'll vote for 2 and 4:

           2. describing frequent or unexpected changes in rhythm, especially in Creole folk singing.

           4. Children's word: arithmetic.

Incidentally, I don't see my def here, unless you've combined it with another.

--  Tim L

[John Barrs]

I love #10, we need a word for that;  but nothing else tempts me so I'll go halfway with #6

JohnnyB

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go for 3 and 11.

--Mike

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[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 3 and 5.

Eric

[Efrem Mallach]

9 and 10, please.

Efrem

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> On Jun 6, 2026, at 5:31 PM, Daniel B. Widdis <wid...@dixonary.net> wrote:
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> I am amazed how hard it is for dealers to get the round number right. The round is 3654, not 3664 as advertised in the call for defs. And I have twice, just today, made an off-by-one error in digits of software versions. Is there a word for this? Maybe it's RICKMATIC, as at least one definition in the list below suggests. Or maybe it's not? You decide.
>
> Among the 12 definitions below, 11 are fake. Pick two of them to reward your fellow players.
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> As I (probably) won't be awake at the 36-hour deadline, I'll set a 34-hour deadline of Sunday at 11:30 pm PDT which is Monday at 2:30 am EDT, 6:30 UTC, 7:30am BST, 8:30 am CEST, and 6:30 pm NZST.
>
> *** RICKMATIC ***
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[Tony Abell]

I'll try 2 and 4:

> 2. describing frequent or unexpected changes in rhythm, especially in
> Creole folk singing.

> 4. *Children's word:* arithmetic.

[nancygoat]

Like John Barrs, I hope there is a word for 10, if that is not it.

Also, like him, I'm voting for 6 and 10.

Nancy