Commtech Sio Bibble 2,043 Posted July 18 The Dictionary Deadpool Returns Welcome back to the Dictionary Deadpool (The Squeakquel), a few things have been tweaked since last time so make sure to read the rules. 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 for that name 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, so feel free to pick as many famous Mongolian sheep farmers as you want. Posting in the thread that your chosen celebrity has died is greatly encouraged, however at the end of the game I will check to ensure no-one has been missed from the scoreboard. In the case of a tie, the team with the most unique picks wins, if it’s still a tie after that the winners can either choose to share the victory or agree to meet in real life and fight it out. Duplicate words are not allowed so if 2 players submit teams with the same word, it’ll be first come first serve and the second player will have to change their entry. A bonus point will be awarded at the start of the game to the player who, in my opinion, has chosen the most interesting word. The game will end one year after starting (August 4th 2025). Thank you for playing. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commtech Sio Bibble 2,043 Posted July 18 Scoreboard. Grimgrass - 24 Toast - 7 TQR - 6 Superstar - 6 MariNisia - 6 ladyfiona - 5 theoldlady - 3 time - 2 Summer in Transylvania - 2 Wannamaker - 2 Torva Messor - 2 Ajlposh - 2 diego - 2 Captain Chorizo - 1 Handrejka - 1 Funeralopolis - 1 Captain Hemlock - 1 Buffalo Phil - 1 livingbygrace YoungWillz Bibliogryphon polar duck Yvonne Tracy 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 Hits - Chi Chi Rodriguez - Unique R for time Wayne Eddy - Unique E for ladyfiona Alain Delon - A for Toast & Summer in Transylvania Bill Pascrell - Unique B for Superstar Sven Goran Eriksson - S for ladyfiona & Buffalo Phil. E for Captain Hemlock, MariNisia, Toast, Wannamaker, Summer in Transylvania, Captain Chorizo. James Earl Jones - Unique alliterative J for Grimgrass Alberto Fujimori - Unique A for Superstar Rupert Keegan - R for Wannamaker, Toast & Funeralopolis. K for MariNisia Alexandre do Nascimento - Unique N for diego Ethel Kennedy - K for TQR. E for Handrejka Teri Garr - Unique T for Ajlposh Janey Godley - Unique G for theoldlady June Spencer - Unique S for Torva Messor Two Jags Prescott - Unique P for Toast John Tinniswood - Unique T for ladyfiona Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commtech Sio Bibble 2,043 Posted July 18 Team List: livingbygrace - PUZZLEMENT Joan Plowright Bob Uecker Anthony Zerbe Joel Zwick Jim Lovell Michael Elsworth Rita Moreno Eva Marie Saint Julie Newmar James Tolkan YoungWillz - COMESTIBLE Jimmy Carter Yoko Ono Steve McMichael Esther Rantzen Nigel Starmer-Smith Michael Tilson Thomas Ion Iliescu Bruce Willis Linda Nolan Clint Eastwood TQR - KIBBUTZNIK Khaleda Zia Ion Iliescu Bob Barker (Rugby Union) Brigitte Bardot Bob Uecker Linda Tirado Miloš Zeman Noam Chomsky Mika Immonen Ethel Kennedy Ajlposh - ADJACENTLY Alan Alda Doc Severinsen Jimmy Carter Alan Greenspan Clarence Carter Eva Marie Saint Noam Chonsky Teri Garr (unique) Liza Minnelli Yoko Ono Bibliogryphon - EPISTOLARY Peter Easterby Priscilla Pointer Ion Illescu Eva Marie Saint Norman Tebbit Yuri Oganessian Penelope Lively John Astin Robert Rankin Arnold Yarrow theoldlady - ZIGZAGGING Milos Zeman Isabel Peron Ed Gale (Chucky Actor) Zhu Rongji John Ashton (musician) Janey Godley (unique) Sanda Gall Ion Iliescu Sam Neill Rhod Gilbert Funeralopolis - JACKHAMMER Jimmy Carter Antero Laukkanen Noam Chomsky Chuwit Kamolvisit Heinz Hoenig Aleksandr Mitta Henry Mountcharles Steve McMichael Esther Rantzen Rupert Keegan ladyfiona - JEJUNITIES Jimmy Carter Esther Rantzen Jayapataka Swami Ulla Orring (Swedish politician) Noam Chomsky Imelda Marcos John Tinniswood (old man) (unique) Induratana Paribatra (Thai royal) Wayne Eddy (radio DJ) (unique) Sven-Goran Eriksson Captain Hemlock - CANCELLING Jimmy Carter Christina Applegate Noam Chomsky Violeta Chamorro Sven Goran Eriksson Jeannette Lee Marv Levy Isabel Peron Nigel Starmer-Smith Gene Hackman BuffaloPhil - JACKKNIVES John Hemingway Anne Baker Frank Caprio Sophie Kinsella Georg Koch Nigel Starmer-Smith Imelda Marcos Violeta Chamorro Erik Jensen Sven-Goran Eriksson polar duck - QUIZZINGLY Qian Qihu Uma Ukpai Ion Iliescu Zhu Zaibao (Chinese Environmentalist) Zdeněk Zeman Igor Ivanov Nick Nolte Gerd Goran Lisa Lu Yang You diego - DICTIONARY Denis Law Ida Vitale Jimmy Carter Ahmed Taleb-Ibrahimi Ion Iliescu Ove Fundin Alexandre do Nascimento (unique) Alan Alda Ray Anthony Arnold Yarrow time - NECROPOLIS Linda Nolan Erik Estrada Clarence Carter Chi Chi Rodriguez (unique) Yoko Ono Peter Parfitt Ozzy Osbourne Phyllida Law Ion Iliescu Sirhan Sirhan MariNisia - JAILKEEPER Jasper Johns Ray Anthony Irma P. Hall Len Deighton Keegan, Rupert Earl Holliman Hy Eisman Priscilla Pointer Sven-Göran Eriksson Richard "Black Bart" Harris Toast - PACHYDERMS John Prescott (unique) Alain Delon Cleo Laine Gene Hackman Yoko Ono Denis Law Sven Goran Erikson Rupert Keegan Steve McMichael Stephen Darby Wannamaker - LUMBERJACK Linda Tirado Uecker, Bob José Mujica Theo Burrell Sven-Göran Eriksson Rupert Keegan Jimmy Carter Eddie Annand Noam Chomsky Chuwit Kamolvisit Torva Messor - MACCHIATOS Mahathir Mohamad Aldrin, "Buzz" Jimmy Carter Noam Chomsky Herbert Blomstedt Ion Iliescu Arthur Cohn Michael Tilson Thomas Yuri Oganessian June Spencer (unique) Grimgrass - JAYHAWKERS James Earl Jones (unique) Lenita Airisto Yoji Yamada Heikki Hasu Eeva Ahtisaari William H. Webster Ilkka Kuusisto Taina Elg Ristomatti Ratia Seppo Kannas Yvonne - ORNAMENTAL Yoko Ono Patricia Routledge Russell M Nelson Buzz Aldrin Imelda Marcos Leo Esaki Willie Nelson Norman Tebbit David Attenborough Cleo Laine Summer In Transylvania - ABJECTNESS Alain Delon Geoffrey Boycott Jimmy Carter Sven-Göran Eriksson Chuwit Kamolvisit Saalumarada Thimmakka Noam Chomsky Esther Rantzen Steve "Mongo" McMichael Khamtai Siphandone Handrejka - ADJECTIVAL Angela Alvarez Dave Davies John Rhys Davies Ethel Kennedy James Carter Russ Tamblyn Imelda Marcos Vic Tablian Ursula Andress Linda Lavin Superstar - CHARITABLE Choe Yong-Rim Harvey Weinstein Alberto Fujimori (Unique) Sonny Rollins Paul Ignatius Torsten Wiesel Pierre Alechinsky Bill Pascrell (unique) Tom Lehrer Edmund Kemper Captain Chorizo - JACKKNIFED Joanna-Paul Robie Alfonso Arau Jimmy Carter Kamini Kaushal Chuwit Kamolvisit Willie Nelson Ion Iliescu Roberta Flack Sven-Goran Eriksson David Irving (Author) Tracy - VISCOUNTY Anne Vernon Ion Iliescu Nigel Starmer-Smith Jimmy Carter Denise Oliver-Velez Bob Uecker Nelson Acosta Linda Tirado Noam Chomsky Yoko Ono 3 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,395 Posted July 18 Will be submitting my entry shortly, cheers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted July 18 I'm in (in theory), will work on entry soon as* I've sorted my Scavenger Bingo Hunt entry! *possibly before, during or instead of. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted July 18 What time said. Here it is - PACHYDERMS Prescott, John Alain Delon Cleo Laine Hackman, Gene Yoko Ono Denis Law Eriksson, Sven Goran Rupert Keegan McMichael, Steve Stephen Darby 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted July 18 List done (while waiting for those Scavenger Hunts entries to come in) Is there anything stopping players using the same word as the original game? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commtech Sio Bibble 2,043 Posted July 18 11 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: Is there anything stopping players using the same word as the original game? No, I had considered adding that as a new rule but in the end I decided against it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted July 18 1 hour ago, time said: I'm in (in theory), will work on entry soon as* I've sorted my Scavenger Bingo Hunt entry! *possibly before, during or instead of. Ditto. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,585 Posted July 18 Word - Jejunities (0/10) J - Jimmy Carter E - Esther Rantzen J - Jayapataka Swami U - Ulla Orring (Swedish politician) N - Noam Chomsky I - Imelda Marcos T - Tinniswood, John I - Induratana Paribatra (Thai royal) E - Eddy, Wayne S - Sven-Goran Eriksson Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,301 Posted July 18 Entry sent! Thanks for doing this game again! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commtech Sio Bibble 2,043 Posted August 3 Just over 24hrs until entries close, for anyone who is yet to submit and wants to a list of the already chosen words (not teams) can be found above. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted August 3 Entry just sent. Thanks for running this again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torva Messor 279 Posted August 3 My entry is in. Thanks for reprising this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,194 Posted August 3 On 18/07/2024 at 15:13, Commtech Sio Bibble said: WORDS ALREADY CHOSEN Puzzlement Comestible Kibbutznik Adjacently Epistolary Zigzagging Jackhammer Jejunities Cancelling Jackknives Quizzingly Dictionary Necropolis Pachyderms These are interesting words, but... where is my word, @Commtech Sio Bibble? A banned word? My word is not a dirty word. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yvonne 360 Posted August 3 Can you add "ORNAMENTAL" please? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingbygrace 339 Posted August 3 3 minutes ago, Yvonne said: Can you add "ORNAMENTAL" please? Yvonne did you PM your choice of names for the word? I only ask because time is ticking and I do not want you to miss the window of getting your players in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commtech Sio Bibble 2,043 Posted August 3 36 minutes ago, livingbygrace said: Yvonne did you PM your choice of names for the word? I only ask because time is ticking and I do not want you to miss the window of getting your players in. Yvonne's team has been sorted, no need to worry. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Superstar 295 Posted August 3 submitted, although I had to submit twice because I accidentally submitted the first draft early Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commtech Sio Bibble 2,043 Posted August 4 Now closed for entries. Expect the team list up later, I'm just waiting on a response from someone about their team. 2 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commtech Sio Bibble 2,043 Posted August 5 I've added the list of teams, if you spot anything wrong let me know. Bonus point for best word goes to TQR for KIBBUTZNIK. 7 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingbygrace 339 Posted August 7 When days after the game starts you find a cool word you would have loved to use. Oh well put it in the closet and maybe use it for next year. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
