Round 3610 CHITTACK Results

[Eric Boxer]

The buzzer beating vote from Nancy turned out to be decisive. With a natural 5 points, Dan is the winner of round 3610! He edges out Mike's unnatural 5 and can take responsibility for the first deal of the new year :)

Chittack is an Indian unit of weight (guessed correctly by Johnny, Paul, and Mike). There were a few weight-equivalent definitions I found: one-sixteenth of a seer, 900 grains, five siccas, one ounce, 17 pennyweights, 12 grains troy. I just picked Merriam-Webster's listing arbitrarily. The word also has a few alternative spellings: CHITTAK, CHATTAK, CHATTACK.

I did try out Paul's word similarity checker, getting hits with similar South Asian origins like CHITAL and CHETTY. A few players this round caught on to this origin with their submitted definitions.

Debbie and Tim B.'s hut-related definitions could have been merged, but I chose to keep them separate because: 1) the distinction between the building and the construction material, 2) there were already a couple other pairs of somewhat related definitions so I thought the strategy of voting for or avoiding pairs would be diluted enough (e.g., monkeys, the true definition and Dan's tally marks/tokens).

1. A log or fallen tree in a forest.
Submitter: Tony Abell  Votes: 4 & 9  Score: 1 + 0 + = 1
Voted for by: Nancy Shepherdson

2. An Indian unit of weight equal to one-sixteenth seer or 900 grains.
Submitter: Merriam-Webster  Votes: - & -  Score: 3 + 0 + = D3
Voted for by: Johnny Barrs, Paul Keating, Mike Shefler

3. A star-shaped sponge with slender cylindrical rays.
Submitter: Nancy Shepherdson  Votes: 1 & 7  Score: 0 + 0 + = 0
Voted for by: Nobody

4. Onomatopoeic name for the temple monkeys of Dama Sutra based on their chattering sound.
Submitter: Johnny Barrs  Votes: 2 & 9  Score: 2 + 2 + = 4
Voted for by: Tony Abell, Efrem Mallach

5. A flood of spam messages in an online chat channel.
Submitter: Paul Keating  Votes: 2 & 7  Score: 0 + 2 + = 2
Voted for by: Nobody

6. A primitive hut made from sticks, leaves and whatever is at hand.
Submitter: Debbie Embler  Votes: 8 & 10  Score: 1 + 0 + = 1
Voted for by: Tim Bourne

7. A small tally, mark, or token used to record minor debts, quantities, or turns in informal exchange.
Submitter: Dan Widdis  Votes: 9 & 14  Score: 5 + 0 + = 5
Voted for by: Nancy Shepherdson, Paul Keating, Glenn Davis, Tim Lodge, Judy Madnick

8. Hard tack soaked in water and baked with fat and molasses.
Submitter: Shani Naylor  Votes: 12 & 13  Score: 1 + 0 + = 1
Voted for by: Debbie Embler

9. Any of several primates of the genus Semnopithecus (langurs), known for stealing shiny objects from tourists.
Submitter: Mike Shefler  Votes: 2 & 11  Score: 3 + 2 + = 5
Voted for by: Tony Abell, Johnny Barrs, Dan Widdis

10. A mixture usually including clay and plant materials such as straw, used as a building material in wattle and daub construction.
Submitter: Tim Bourne  Votes: 6 & 13  Score: 2 + 0 + = 2
Voted for by: Debbie Embler, Judy Madnick

11. A long journey, esp. on foot.
Submitter: Glenn Davis  Votes: 7 & 14  Score: 1 + 0 + = 1
Voted for by: Mike Shefler

12. [Indian Eng.] A deep gully with steep sides.
Submitter: Efrem Mallach  Votes: 4 & 13  Score: 2 + 0 + = 2
Voted for by: Shani Naylor, Tim Lodge

13. [Hist.] a mercenary native soldier in the army of the East India Company.
Submitter: Tim Lodge  Votes: 7 & 12  Score: 3 + 0 + = 3
Voted for by: Shani Naylor, Tim Bourne, Efrem Mallach

14. A shallow notch cut into a mast or spar to mark the placement of a temporary rigging line.
Submitter: Judy Madnick  Votes: 7 & 10  Score: 2 + 0 + = 2
Voted for by: Dan Widdis, Glenn Davis

-- Eric

[Eric Boxer]

I didn't notice that the formatting for the "*...*" had reverted to italics. Here's another copy of the results if that helps anyone:

1. A log or fallen tree in a forest.
 Submitter: Tony Abell  Votes: 4 & 9  Score: 1 + 0 + = 1
 Voted for by: Nancy Shepherdson

2. An Indian unit of weight equal to one-sixteenth seer or 900 grains.
 Submitter: Merriam-Webster  Votes: - & -  Score: 3 + 0 + = D3
 Voted for by: Johnny Barrs, Paul Keating, Mike Shefler

3. A star-shaped sponge with slender cylindrical rays.
 Submitter: Nancy Shepherdson  Votes: 1 & 7  Score: 0 + 0 + = 0
 Voted for by: Nobody

4. Onomatopoeic name for the temple monkeys of Dama Sutra based on their chattering sound.

 Submitter: Johnny Barrs  Votes: 2 & 9  Score: 2 + *2* + = 4*

 Voted for by: Tony Abell, Efrem Mallach

5. A flood of spam messages in an online chat channel.

 Submitter: Paul Keating  Votes: 2 & 7  Score: 0 + *2* + = 2*

 Voted for by: Nobody

6. A primitive hut made from sticks, leaves and whatever is at hand.
 Submitter: Debbie Embler  Votes: 8 & 10  Score: 1 + 0 + = 1
 Voted for by: Tim Bourne

7. A small tally, mark, or token used to record minor debts, quantities, or turns in informal exchange.
 Submitter: Dan Widdis  Votes: 9 & 14  Score: 5 + 0 + = 5
 Voted for by: Nancy Shepherdson, Paul Keating, Glenn Davis, Tim Lodge, Judy Madnick

8. Hard tack soaked in water and baked with fat and molasses.
 Submitter: Shani Naylor  Votes: 12 & 13  Score: 1 + 0 + = 1
 Voted for by: Debbie Embler

9. Any of several primates of the genus Semnopithecus (langurs), known for stealing shiny objects from tourists.

 Submitter: Mike Shefler  Votes: 2 & 11  Score: 3 + *2* + = 5*

 Voted for by: Tony Abell, Johnny Barrs, Dan Widdis

10. A mixture usually including clay and plant materials such as straw, used as a building material in wattle and daub construction.
 Submitter: Tim Bourne  Votes: 6 & 13  Score: 2 + 0 + = 2
 Voted for by: Debbie Embler, Judy Madnick

11. A long journey, esp. on foot.
 Submitter: Glenn Davis  Votes: 7 & 14  Score: 1 + 0 + = 1
 Voted for by: Mike Shefler

12. [Indian Eng.] A deep gully with steep sides.
 Submitter: Efrem Mallach  Votes: 4 & 13  Score: 2 + 0 + = 2
 Voted for by: Shani Naylor, Tim Lodge

13. [Hist.] a mercenary native soldier in the army of the East India Company.
 Submitter: Tim Lodge  Votes: 7 & 12  Score: 3 + 0 + = 3

 Voted for by: Shani Naylor, Tim Bourne, Efrem Mallach

14. A shallow notch cut into a mast or spar to mark the placement of a temporary rigging line.
 Submitter: Judy Madnick  Votes: 7 & 10  Score: 2 + 0 + = 2
 Voted for by: Dan Widdis, Glenn Davis

[Daniel B. Widdis]

The buzzer beating vote from Nancy turned out to be decisive. With a natural 5 points, Dan is the winner of round 3610! He edges out Mike's unnatural 5 and can take responsibility for the first deal of the new year :)

Thanks a lot, Nancy! 😆

I've spent much of today playing around with Paul's scores dataset combined with the used words list to identify optimal types of words to deal.  New word shortly.  Pun very much intended.

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