Author Topic: If the Password is ROLL ... and you're Dr. Reason A. Goodwin ... (Read 13261 times)

geno57 · « **on:** May 27, 2013, 05:33:49 AM »

Do you accept ROCKIN\' as a clue, or do you hit the ugly buzzer?

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #1 on:** May 27, 2013, 05:52:35 AM »

I\'d allow it. Don\'t like the clue though. Often your partner is going to assume you mean \"Rockin\'...\", not \"Rock N...\", and guess accordingly.

DrBear · « **Reply #2 on:** May 27, 2013, 06:49:42 AM »

Chair.

TLEberle · « **Reply #3 on:** May 27, 2013, 08:48:10 AM »

If there\'s a rule in place that your clue has to appear in the dictionary, no joy.

clemon79 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 27, 2013, 12:29:08 PM »

If there\'s a rule in place that your clue has to appear in the dictionary, no joy.

There is every argument that ROCKIN\' is simply a regional pronunciation of ROCKING, which I assure you appears in most English dictionaries.

(Also, that rule would never exist, at least not that cut-and-dried. Proper names are completely valid clues, yet many don\'t appear in dictionaries.)

TLEberle · « **Reply #5 on:** May 27, 2013, 12:44:14 PM »

I would argue that such a clue subverts the spirit of the game, if not the point, pronunciation or not, and 1a) \"rockin\'\" is a lousy clue to get to \'roll\'.

wasn\'t one of our rules that the clue had to pertain to the word in play so you couldn\'t just give a nonsense clue, wait for your opponents to play, then scoop it on the bounce? Rocking really doesn\'t pertain to the word \'roll,\' at least from my perspective.

clemon79 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 27, 2013, 01:05:16 PM »

1a) \"rockin\'\" is a lousy clue to get to \'roll\'.

I don\'t disagree, but the question was whether the clue was legal, not good.

wasn\'t one of our rules that the clue had to pertain to the word in play so you couldn\'t just give a nonsense clue, wait for your opponents to play, then scoop it on the bounce? Rocking really doesn\'t pertain to the word \'roll,\' at least from my perspective.

Again, don\'t disagree, but also again, the question was whether it would fly on the TV show, not at a Northwest Game Night.

mystery7 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 27, 2013, 03:56:22 PM »

Not illegal, just sneaky. I\'d be obligated to accept it despite my distaste for it. But yeah, not the best clue by like 3 longshots.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #8 on:** May 28, 2013, 06:28:36 PM »

Tootsie.....

DrBear · « **Reply #9 on:** May 28, 2013, 11:06:27 PM »

Pop. (sorry)

clemon79 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 28, 2013, 11:11:29 PM »

Pop. (sorry)

Yeah, I was waiting to see if someone would go here. Considering there are much better clues to get to \"pop\", I shall conclude that anyone who doesn\'t get to \"roll\" from \"Tootsie..\" is an idiot.

Hastin · « **Reply #11 on:** May 29, 2013, 05:20:31 PM »

Tootsie.....

Fruits!

clemon79 · « **Reply #12 on:** May 29, 2013, 06:01:36 PM »

Tootsie.....

Fruits!

Kudos on the choice of screencap, sir. Kudos, I say.

Jay Temple · « **Reply #13 on:** May 30, 2013, 06:07:36 PM »

Kaiser ...

(I don\'t claim it\'s a can\'t-miss first clue, but it seems like a perfect second clue.)

clemon79 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 30, 2013, 06:46:47 PM »

Kaiser ...
(I don\'t claim it\'s a can\'t-miss first clue, but it seems like a perfect second clue.)

...until it gets your partner thinking about German rulers, and you\'re utterly screwed.