ROUND 3184 - OPHIURAN - RESULTS

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Judy Madnick

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Jul 24, 2021, 9:19:26 AM7/24/21
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Well, this sure was an interesting round. To begin with, I had started out thinking I would use the word "ophiuran." Then I found another source for the definition of what I thought was for "ophiuran," but when I was tabulating the results and double-checked the link, I realized that the definition I used was for "ophiura." It appears they are about the same, but...well, it is what it is. 
 
Then Mike suggested that I should have combined his definition with mine, which probably would have resulted in fewer votes for the "real" definition due to the "star" similarity that attracted many voters. Since I didn't do so, Mike is our next dealer with 6 points. Here are the (correct, I hope!) results in table form as a .jpg and also attached as a .pdf file. 
 
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Debbie Embler

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Jul 24, 2021, 11:08:10 AM7/24/21
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I found it interesting how many went for the gold of Ophir slant. 

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Paul Keating

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Jul 24, 2021, 11:28:42 AM7/24/21
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I keep a list of candidate definitions. When a word comes up, I choose the least implausible. But  the overwhelming majority are nouns, with some verbs and very few adjectives.  My def was the only adjective in the list that vaguely fit. So I took it. I lack the biblical scholarship to have made the *gold of Ophir* connection, until you pointed it out. That was just wild luck.

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On Sat, 24 Jul 2021, 17:08 Debbie Embler, <chow...@gmail.com> wrote:
I found it interesting how many went for the gold of Ophir slant. .
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