Rnd 3670 Vote for SEKEL or SEQEL

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John Barrs

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Aug 4, 2026, 5:03:42 PM (6 days ago) Aug 4
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Here are 11 definitions for SEKEL OR SEQEL

 

Vote publicly for 2 defs that you divine might express the meaning of this word (or declare privately a DQ if you now know the meaning)

Deadline (or before if every submitter has voted)- 2100 BST Thursday 6th August

 

JohnnyB

 

1              A provisional mark entered beside goods awaiting allocation

2              A camel-racing jockey, usually a young boy

3              A red herring

4              A slight deviation in a measured vector, usually too small to affect overall calculations

5              SEKED(or SEQED) An ancient Egyptian term describing the inclination of the triangular faces of a right pyramid

6              [Arab.] a unit of weight, approximately 900 pounds, being the amount that a camel can normally carry.

7              [obs] sixteenth

8              A Yemeni hot sauce made of peppers, garlic and coriander

9              The concept of justice in Islamic jurisprudence

10              An Ancient Egyptian word for eternity, or a lifetime, or a very long time period, of a length dependent on context; also, the name of the hieroglyph 𓎛 that was used to represent it

11              fierce; angry [Zulu]


Efrem Mallach

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Aug 4, 2026, 5:18:29 PM (6 days ago) Aug 4
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John,

The word was announced as SEKED (or SEQED), with the final letter being a D, not SEKEL (or SEQEL) with an L at the end. Which is it? 

Thanks,

Efrem

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Tim Lodge

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Aug 4, 2026, 5:21:05 PM (6 days ago) Aug 4
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In honour of The Bangles, I'll walk like an Egyptian: 5 and 10, please.

           5.   SEKED(or SEQED) An ancient Egyptian term describing the inclination of the triangular faces of a right pyramid
         10.   An Ancient Egyptian word for eternity, or a lifetime, or a very long time period, of a length dependent on context; also, the name of the hieroglyph 𓎛 that was used to represent it

--  Tim L

Shani Naylor

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Aug 4, 2026, 5:54:18 PM (5 days ago) Aug 4
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I'll take the camels - 2 & 6.



France International/Mike Shefler

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Aug 4, 2026, 6:20:10 PM (5 days ago) Aug 4
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I'll avoid camels and Egyptians and go with 3 and 7.

--Mike

Judy Madnick

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Aug 4, 2026, 7:44:23 PM (5 days ago) Aug 4
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I'll try 5 and 6.
 
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Tim Bourne

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Aug 5, 2026, 12:40:01 AM (5 days ago) Aug 5
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2 and 11, please.

Best wishes,  Tim B 

John Barrs

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Aug 5, 2026, 4:02:12 AM (5 days ago) Aug 5
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My confusion the word should end in D 

SEKED (or SEQED)


JohnnyB

Hugo Kornelis

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Aug 5, 2026, 5:20:46 AM (5 days ago) Aug 5
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I assume SEKEL or SEQEL will then be the follow-up word?

Op 5-8-2026 om 10:01 schreef John Barrs:

John Barrs

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Aug 5, 2026, 6:20:29 AM (5 days ago) Aug 5
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Chowie

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Aug 5, 2026, 8:14:49 AM (5 days ago) Aug 5
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5 and 8 please

~Bending under the weight of His mercies~

 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and only Son, Who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:14

Eric Boxer

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Aug 5, 2026, 8:55:51 AM (5 days ago) Aug 5
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I'll vote for 1 and 10.

Eric

Efrem Mallach

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Aug 6, 2026, 1:45:39 PM (4 days ago) Aug 6
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Under the wire: 2 and 10.

Efrem

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On Aug 4, 2026, at 5:03 PM, John Barrs <jo...@john-barrs.co.uk> wrote:

Here are 11 definitions for SEKEL OR SEQEL

 

Vote publicly for 2 defs that you divine might express the meaning of this word (or declare privately a DQ if you now know the meaning)

Deadline (or before if every submitter has voted)- 2100 BST Thursday 6th August

 

JohnnyB

 

2              A camel-racing jockey, usually a young boy


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