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The Dictionary Deadpool

 

Each participant must pick a 10 letter word reasonably valid in the Oxford English Dictionary and then for each letter of the word choose a ‘celebrity’ who’s first or last name matches with the corresponding letter (similar to the ABC deadpool). If your chosen word includes the same letter more than once, please choose different ‘celebrities' for each.

 

Example - Strawberry

 

Simon Cowell

Terry Gilliam

Ryan Reynolds

Alan Alda

William Shatner

Barlow, Thelma

Ewards, Huw

Roberts, Eric

Roberts, Julia

Yuri Oganessian


 

Scoring - 

 

Each death will be scored based on the value of the letter in the English language Scrabble so in the example above Thelma Barlow would be worth 3 points as B is worth 3 in Scrabble.

 

There's no difference in points whether first or last name is used, however

 

Alliterative Names, such as Alan Alda, will score double points.

 

Unique picks are worth an extra point.

 

Unique & Alliterative picks are worth triple points.


 

General Rules - 

 

Entries close at midday (BST) August 4th and must be sent by private message.

 

Usual deadpooling rules apply (have to be reasonably famous, no death row picks etc…).

 

Make sure to clarify who you’ve chosen if necessary or else the first google result will be used.

 

No need to pick subs, if one of your picks dies in the next week I'll PM you to ask for a replacement.

 

I’m not particularly fussed about obituaries just as long as there’s enough proof to say they’re dead (a wikipedia edit won’t cut it but a reputable tweet might).

 

The game will last until either someone has all ten of their picks die or until one year after starting (August 4th 2024).



 

This is my first time creating a deadpool so if anything is unclear or you have any questions feel free to ask!

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Scoreboard 

 

Lady Fiona - 29

polar duck - 22

Funeralopolis - 19

DDI - 19

Captain Hemlock - 18

Grimgrass - 17

Perhaps - 14

Wannamaker - 13

CaptainChorizo - 12

MariNisia - 12

Tracy - 10

WEP - 9

GuyFromFuture - 9

Time - 9

Torva Messor - 9

Great Uncle Bulgaria - 8

Arghton - 8

BuffaloPhil - 8

BabyBlue - 7

Summer In Transylvania - 7

Grim reaper - 6

Bibliogryphon - 6

Handrejka - 5

Youngwillz - 5

TQR - 4

Yvonne - 4
Yorkshire Banker - 4

Toast - 4

JoeMoneypenny - 2

theoldlady - 2

Ajlposh - 2

Diego - 1

Famous6Eva - 1

 

                                                                                                                            

 

1 point - A, E, I, O, U, L, N, S, T, R

2 points - D, G

3 points - B, C, M, P

4 points - F, H, V, W, Y

5 points - K

8 points - J, X

10 points - Q, Z

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List of teams.

 

YoungWillz - Majorities

 

Shane MacGowan

Alan Bennett

James Whale

Yoko Ono

Rob Burrow

Jonnie Irwin

Norman Tebbit

Jeremy Isaacs

Eileen Derbyshire

Sepp Blatter

 

TQR - Bollocking

 

Rob Burrow

Yoko Ono

Jacques Laffite

Cleo Laine

Bill Oddie

Jimmy Carter

Kris Kristofferson

Jonnie Irwin

Linda Nolan

Julie Goodyear

 

Great Uncle Bulgaria - Dismembers

 

Douglas Hurd

Ion Iliescu

Stanley Baxter

Peter Murray

Elsa Cárdenas

Mel Brooks

Bob Barker

Duane Eddy (unique)

Ruggero Raimondi

Nigel Starmer-Smith

 

Time - Patriarchy

 

Ken Palmer (unique)

Anouk Aimée

Dick Taverne

Chi-Chi Rodríguez

Ion Iliescu

Alan Alda

Robbie Robertson (Unique)

Clarence Carter

Alwen Hughes

Arnold Yarrow

 

Wannamaker - Jackhammer

 

James Carter Cathcart

Anna Cardwell

Simon Cowell (wildlife)
Henry Kissinger

Jack Hanna

Martti Ahtisaari

Matthieu Lartot

Mahathir Mohamad

Esther Rantzen

Rob Burrow

 

Grimgrass - Mycorrhiza

 

Patrick Murray

Michael York

Jimmy Carter

Ozzy Osbourne

Robert Rankin

Rosalynn Carter

Steve Halliwell (Unique)

Ion Iliescu

Mário Zagallo

Martti Ahtisaari

 

LadyFiona - Embezzlers

 

Eckart Dux (Unique)

Mahathir Mohamad

Rob Burrow

Esther Rantzen

Zvi Zamir

Franklin B. Zimmerman

Linda Nolan

Elliott Erwitt (Unique)

Rosalynn Carter

June Spencer

 

theoldlady - Conspiracy 

 

Jimmy Carter

Yoko Ono

Linda Nolan

Nigel Starmer-Smith

Larry Pressler

Jonnie Irwin

Rosalynn Carter

David Attenbourgh

Violeta Chamorro

Arnold Yarrow

 

Captain Hemlock - Handicraft

 

Henry Kissinger

Andy Taylor

Norman Tebbit

Daniel Barenboim

Imelda Marcos

Chevy Chase

Robert Redford

Aaron Neville

Frank Field (Unique)

Tom Smothers (Unique)

 

MariNisia - Chimpanzee

 

Cleo Laine

Malcolm Hebden

Jonnie Irwin

Vera Miles

Priscilla Pointer

Joss Ackland

Nigel Starmer-Smith

Mário Zagallo

Earl Holliman

Esther Rantzen

 

WEP - Windjammer

 

James Whale

Jonnie Irwin

Linda Nolan

Shannen Doherty

Jimmy Carter

Tore Aleksandersen (Unique)

Shane MacGowan

Imelda Marcos

Esteban Bullrich

Rob Burrow

 

Ajlposh - Facilitate

 

Frankie Valli

Andy Taylor

Celine Dion

Iggy Azalea

Liza Minnelli

Imelda Marcos

Teri Garr

Alexei Navalny (Unique)

Tim Curry

Eva Marie Saint

 

Perhaps - Quizmaster

 

Marita Camacho Quirós

Bob Uecker

Ion Iliescu

Zhu Rongji

Malachy McCourt (unique)

Anouk Aimée

Henry Sandon (unique)

Michael Tilson Thomas

Edith Eger

Rob Burrow

 

Funeralopolis - Jackhammer

 

James Whale

Abdullah the Butcher

Simon Cowell (wildlife)

Bob Knight (Unique)

Henry Kissinger

Alberto Fujimori

Steve McMichael

Michela Murgia

Princess Elizabeth di Toro

Roberta Flack

 

BuffaloPhil - Bandmaster

 

Bob Barker

Alan Alda

Nigel Starmer-Smith

Dick Van Dyke

Michael Tilson Thomas

Iris Apfel

Simon Cowell (wildlife)

Ted Turner

Esther Rantzen

Linda Ronstadt

 

Bibliogryphon - Literature

 

Ray Lawler (unique)

James Ivory

Barbara Taylor-Bradford

Clint Eastwood

Sonny Rollins

Iris Apfel

Ted Turner

Gudrun Ure

Jacob Rothschild (Unique)

Peter Easterby

 

YorkshireBanker - Daintiness

 

Dick Clark (senator) (Unique)

John Amos

Jonnie Irwin

Linda Nolan

Renee Taylor

Ilene Beckerman

Tatsuya Nakadai

Clint Eastwood

Jose Sarney

Sally Hawkins

 

Arghton - Volumetric

 

Ioannis Varvitsiotis

Sandra Day O’Connor (unique)

Beverly LaHaye (Unique)

Bob Uecker

Ma Shitu (unique)

Ethel Kennedy

Taisto Tähkämaa

Rupert Murdoch

Ieremia Tabai

Cesar Virata

 

Handrejka - Lumberjack

 

Linda Lavin

Gudrun Ure

Mohammed Al-Fayeed (Unique)

Brigitte Bardot

Vince Earl

Marion Ross

Joy Whitby

Akinwale Arobieke

Jimmy Carter

Ethel Kennedy

 

CaptainChorizo - Viewership

 

Paul Vachon (Unique)

Jonnie Irwin

Eva Marie Saint

Oscar Wyatt

Robin Eames

Rob Burrow

Steve McMichael

Pat Heywood (unique)

Ion Iliescu

William "The Refrigerator" Perry

 

Yvonne - Ornamental

 

Yoko Ono

Patricia Routledge

Bob Newhart (unique)

Joss Ackland

Imelda Marcos

Anthony Epstein

Willie Nelson

Norman Tebbit

David Attenborough

Cleo Laine

 

Famous6Eva - Juvenility

 

Joanne Woodward

Gudrun Ure

Violeta Chamorro

Edith Mathis

Nanette Newman

Ildikó Rejtő

Penelope Lively

Igor Spassky

Beata Tyszkiewicz

Young Thug

 

DDI - Scrimshaws

 

Shannen Doherty

Jimmy Carter

Ryan Minor (Unique)

Jonnie Irwin

Michela Murgia

Samuel Wurzelbacher (Unique)

Françoise Hardy (Unique)

Anna Cardwell

James Whale

Simon Cowell (wildlife)

 

Diego - Anatomical

 

Iris Apfel

Nigel Starmer-Smith

Alan Alda

Andy Taylor

Nancy Olson

Maria Branyas

Imelda Marcos

Jimmy Carter

Marshall Allan

Lou Carnesecca

 

Torva Messor - Princedoms

 

Priscilla Pointer

Richard Rohmer

Paul Ignatius

Linda Nolan

Jimmy Carter

Elisabeth Waldo

Shannen Doherty

Olav Thon

Michela Murgia

Simon Cowell (wildlife)

 

polar duck - quizzingly

 

Qi Xin

Bob Uecker

Irwin Winkler

Zvi Zamir

George Zweig

Eric Idle

Nikolai Ryzhkov (Unique)

Gilberto Gil

Larry Lieber

Yang You (scientist)

 

Toast - Jockeyship

 

Jimmy Carter

Oleg Protopopov (Unique)

Clem Cattini

Katherine, Duchess of Kent

Ethel Caterham

Yoko Ono

Shane MacGowan

Alwen Hughes

Jonnie Irwin

Priscilla Pointer

 

JoeMoneypenny - Brainchild

 

Bowie Wu

Rebecca Pan

Alfonso Arau

Robert Ito

Nobel Vega (Unique)

Jimmy Carter

Hwang In-shik

Ian McMillan

Law Lan

Diana Muldaur

 

GuyFromFuture - Powerwalks

 

Phyllida Law

Edna O’Brian (Unique)

Wanda Półtawska (Unique)

Eva Marie Saint

Roy Face

Kim Weston

Alice Munro (Unique)

Lisa Lu

Sid Krofft

Dennis Skinner

 

Tracy - Seajacking

 

Vic Seixas (Unique)

Esther Rantzen

Ray Anthony

Jimmy Carter

Peter Angelos (unique)

Simon Cowell (wildlife)

Shmuel Kamenetzky

Jonnie Irwin

Nelson Broms (Unique)

Lloyd Geering

 

Summer in Transylvania - Widebodies

 

James Whale

Jonnie Irwin

Dikembe Mutombo

Esther Rantzen

Rob Burrow

Yuri Oganessian

Shannen Doherty

Indarjit Singh

Anthony Epstein 

Khamtay Siphandone

 

Babyblue - Dumfounder

 

Michel Drucker

Ugo Mifsud Bonnici

Mangosuthu Buthelezi (Unique)

Freddy Quinn

Oleg Grigoryev

Uljana Semjonova

Nana Mouskouri

Doreen Mantle (Unique)

Emilio Fede

Carlo Rubbia

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Good idea. Just PM’d my team.

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Oh goody, another overly-complicated deadpool for me to enter then forget I've entered! ;)

 

Anyway, a question for you @Commtech Sio Bibble - on the subject of bonus poins for alliterative names. Taking as an example the late Dambuster Squadron Leader Johnson. He was known (as were a a lot of other Johnsons), as Johnny, though his given name was George. So bonus or not? There are a few other cases where this might come into play, including one of my prospective picks.

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12 minutes ago, time said:

Oh goody, another overly-complicated deadpool for me to enter then forget I've entered! ;)

 

Anyway, a question for you @Commtech Sio Bibble - on the subject of bonus poins for alliterative names. Taking as an example the late Dambuster Squadron Leader Johnson. He was known (as were a a lot of other Johnsons), as Johnny, though his given name was George. So bonus or not? There are a few other cases where this might come into play, including one of my prospective picks.

If they're commonly known by a nickname or anything other than they're birth name, it's perfectly acceptable to use that. For the example you gave his Wikipedia article is titled Johnny Johnson not George Johnson so I'd accept the nickname as his name. 

 

If you have any doubts about specific people you'd want to use that you're unsure on, just PM me the name and I'll take a look. As long as your'e not taking the mick, I'll probably allow it.

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Just now, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

If they're commonly known by a nickname or anything other than they're birth name, it's perfectly acceptable to use that. For the example you gave his Wikipedia article is titled Johnny Johnson not George Johnson so I'd accept the nickname as his name. 

 

If you have any doubts about specific people you'd want to use that you're unsure on, just PM me the name and I'll take a look. As long as your'e not taking the mick, I'll probably allow it.

Team will be winging its way to you any second now. My specific concern was name number 7, but I've never heard him referred to as anything other than the alliterative first name stated.

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10 letter word: Embezzlers

 

E - Eckart Dux

M - Mahathir Mohamad

B – Burrow, Rob

E - Esther Rantzen

Z - Zvi Zamir

Z – Zimmerman, Franklin B.

L – Linda Nolan

E – Elliott Erwitt

R – Rosalynn Carter

S – Spencer, June

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I like this idea and will be playing.

 

Jockeyship

 

J - Jimmy Carter

O - Oleg Protopopov   :rip:

C - Clem Cattini

K - Katherine Kent (Duchess of)

E - Ethel Caterham

Y - Yoko Ono

S  - Shane MacGowan  :rip:

H - Hughes, Alwen

I - Irwin, Jonnie  :rip:

P - Priscilla Pointer

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theoldlady - Conspiracy 

 

2 PTs so far.

 

Jimmy Carter

Yoko Ono

Linda Nolan

Nigel Starmer-Smith

Larry Pressler

(Jonnie Irwin:rip:

(Rosalynn Carter :rip:)

David Attenbourgh

Violeta Chamorro

Arnold Yarrow

Edited by theoldlady
Deaths of Irwin & R. Carter

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Entry sent. I hope everyone has picked some lovely words.

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Hello folks,

 

I've currently got 15 entries and one word shared between two teams, so I thought I'd put it to the participants on whether I should allow the same word for multiple teams, disqualify the word all together or ask the more recent of the two entrees to change their word.

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14 minutes ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

Hello folks,

 

I've currently got 15 entries and one word shared between two teams, so I thought I'd put it to the participants on whether I should allow the same word for multiple teams, disqualify the word all together or ask the more recent of the two entrees to change their word.

Well, I'd say there's no rule against the same word. As long as it's not also a duplication of a team, I don't see the issue.

 

Maybe a consideration for future games?

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40 minutes ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

Hello folks,

 

I've currently got 15 entries and one word shared between two teams, so I thought I'd put it to the participants on whether I should allow the same word for multiple teams, disqualify the word all together or ask the more recent of the two entrees to change their word.


I think it’d be better if everyone had a different word. Acts as one’s team name dunnit. 

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1 hour ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

Hello folks,

 

I've currently got 15 entries and one word shared between two teams, so I thought I'd put it to the participants on whether I should allow the same word for multiple teams, disqualify the word all together or ask the more recent of the two entrees to change their word.

As it wasn't originally specified what would happen in the event of duplicated words, I'd say allow it this occasion, but amend the rules to forbid future duplicates, the original entrant to keep their entry, the duplicate to change, applicable from now. There, it is said, approximately 35,000 ten-letter words in the English language.

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It wouldn’t be too much of a spoiler to just list the words in play (without saying who picked what) to avoid duplicate entries, would it?

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1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

Well, I'd say there's no rule against the same word. As long as it's not also a duplication of a team, I don't see the issue.

 

Maybe a consideration for future games?

It is of course possible to have different words and still duplicate a team (though, granted, the chances are somewhat remote).

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3 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

My word has gone in.

Your word has made an appearance (10 Letters).

 

It has been introduced (10 Letters).

 

It has germinated (10 Letters).

 

Good of you to registrate (10 Letters).

 

I wish you all good providence (10 Letters).

 

And so on...;)

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