2010 War of the Words: Winning Word Revealed

2010 War of the Words: Grand Champion / Andre Blerk

stupefy

Main Entry: stu·pe·fy

Pronunciation: \ˈstü-pə-ˌfī, ˈstyü-\

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): stu·pe·fied; stu·pe·fy·ing

Etymology: Middle English stupifien, modification of Latin stupefacere, fromstupēre to be astonished + facere to make, do

Date: 15th century

1 : to make stupid, groggy, or insensible

2 : astonish, astound

2010 War of the Words: Championship / Kip Winger

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5 letters or less WINNER (1) melee 6 - 7 letter WINNER (6) stupefy

(6) stupefy

(1) palpable

8 - 9 letter WINNER (1) palpable 10 letter + WINNER (4) protuberance

2010 War of the Words: Final Four / Dov Sortov

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5 letters or less 1 melee 3 lard 6 - 7 letters 16 mongrel 6 stupefy

1 melee 6 stupefy

palpable 1 protuberance 4

8 - 9 letters palpable 1 repugnant 6 10 letters + protuberance 4 cataclysmic 2

2010 War of the Words: Elite Eight / Sidney Surely

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5 letters or less 1 melee 4 kiosk 3 lard 10 spilt 6 - 7 letter 16 mongrel 12 dullard 6 stupefy 2 pilfer

1 melee 3 lard 16 mongrel 6 stupefy

palpable 1 repugnant 6 protuberance 1 cataclysmic 2

8 - 9 letter palpable 1 derelict 5 repugnant 6 rigmarole 7 10 + letters preposterous 1 protuberance 4 abomination 3 cataclysmic 2

2010 War of the Words: The Sweet Sixteen / Jonah Glessings

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5 letter or less 1 melee 4 kiosk 3 lard 2 spilt 6 - 7 letter 16 mongrel 12 dullard 6 stupefy 2 pilfer

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8 - 9 letter palpable 1 derelict 5 repugnant 6 rigmarole 7 10 letter + preposterous 1 protuberance 4 abomination 6 cataclysmic 2

2010 War of the Words: 10 letter + Region / Adelle Neppelbuns

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10 letter + Region

1 preposterous 16 laceration 8 torrential 9 meticulous 5 rambunctious 12 monstrosity 4 protuberance 13 extemporaneous 6 bombardment 11 exacerbate 3 abomination 14 concoction 7 debauchery 10 colloquial 2 cataclysmic 15 loquacious

1 preposterous 9 meticulous 12 monstrosity 4 protuberance 6 bombardment 3 abomination 7 debauchery 2 cataclysmic

1 preposterous 4 protuberance 3 abomination 2 cataclysmic

_________ _______ _________

2010 War of the Words: 8 - 9 letter Region / Dale Lib

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8 - 9 letter Region

1 palpable 16 misnomer 8 succinct 9 percolate 5 derelict 12 titillate 4 galvanize 13 perturbed 6 repugnant 11 skedaddle 3 charlatan 14 buoyancy 7 rigmarole 10 bombastic 2 saboteur 15 abhorrent

1 palpable 8 succinct 5 derelict 4 galvanize 6 repugnant 3 charlatan 7 rigmarole 2 saboteur

1 palpable 5 derelict 6 repugnant 7 rigmarole

_________ _______ _________

2010 War of the Words: 6 - 7 letter Region / Gladys Hindrance

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6 - 7 letter Region

1 lavish 16 mongrel 8 placebo 9 loathe 5 crinkle 12 dullard 4 bullion 13 quarry 6 stupefy 11 caveat 3 unitard 14 dubious 7 fathom 10 seethe 2 pilfer 15 cloaked

16 mongrel 9 loathe 12 dullard 4 bullion 6 stupefy 3 unitard 10 seethe 2 pilfer

16 mongrel 12 dullard 6 stupefy 2 pilfer

_________ _______ _________

2010 War of the Words: 5 letters or less Region / Dinah Horn

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5 letters or less Region

1 melee 16 duct 8 mire 9 muck 5 feign 12 pithy 4 kiosk 13 gaudy 6 slew 11 delve 3 lard 14 gourd 7 gruel 10 spilt 2 dank 15 ilk

1 melee 9 muck 5 feign 4 kiosk 11 delve 3 lard 10 spilt 2 dank

1 melee 4 kiosk 3 lard 10 spilt

_________ _______ _________

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Thoughts on the '10 letters plus' Region* / Denny Limp

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Biggest sleeper: monstrosity

Lucky to be here: loquacious

Most likely to succeed: cataclysmic

Most overrated: rambunctious

Biggest questions surrounding point guard depth: preposterous

Owes me $15: exacerbate

Has a really bad rash: colloquial

Fell off a four story balcony one time but amazingly only broke a collar bone but now won't ever shut up about it even though it was like 11 years ago: torrential

Biggest dong: protuberance

Cries itself to sleep every night despite publicly displaying an air of confidence, especially when using chop sticks and laser pointers: extemporaneous

Secretly can't spell (but can jump very far): bombardment

Most likely to have lied about seeing the movie 'The Transporter" for some reason: debauchery

Is currently dating 'concoction' and thinking about moving in together: abomination

Most convincing wig: laceration

Still has a Facebook status of single: concoction

*The views and opinions expressed in this analysis are solely those of the individual referenced in the post title** and in do not necessarily reflect those of the W.o.W. Commissioner. Any use of the aforementioned views and opinions to assist W.o.W. participants in making bracket selections should be undertaken at their own risk.

**Denny Limp

The skinny on the '8 - 9 letter' Region* / Lyle Alzado

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'Saboteur' will win. Easy. That word means like to sneak up on someone and blow up their blind side. How you going to beat a word like that? What are they a 2 seed? Please. That's a joke. What's 'palpable' got that my man 'saboteur' doesn't? A couple extra p's and that's about it. 'Palpable'. Sounds like something you'd say when you're stuttering and asking for your daddy.

Stuttering like a little bitch.

'Derelict' and 'charlatan' sound like little bitches too. Little bitches wearing silly hats and smoking on fancy pipes. What else we got here? 'Perturbed' and 'skedaddle' remind me of farts for some reason. I'm just being honest with you. 'Titillate' and 'buoyancy' remind of something else if you know what I'm saying. Ha ha ha. I'd like to succinct on some buoyancy titillates if you catch my drift. I know that you do!

I think I had a rigmarole for lunch.

All right all right let's get serious. I like 'saboteur' and 'repugnant' coming from the bottom there and 'percolate' and 'galvanize' from the top.

I'll tell you what. The more I think about it the only other word I respect in that region is 'galvanize'. That's a man's word. I was galvanizing my quads just before you shoved this piece of shit piece of paper in my face. I'll galvanize your whole world. How'd you like that?

Yeah, that's what I thought.

*The views and opinions expressed in this analysis are solely those of the individual referenced in the post title** and in do not necessarily reflect those of the W.o.W. Commissioner. Any use of the aforementioned views and opinions to assist W.o.W. participants in making bracket selections should be undertaken at their own risk.

**Lyle Alzado

Analysis of the '6-7 letter' Region* / Ethel Heavho

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What do the numbers mean again? Oh. . . Seeds you say? Oh I see. Well someone doesn't like 'mongrel' much then. 'Crinkle' is a good word. Better than most others I'm seeing here. Ohh I like 'bullion' too. I used the last of the chicken bullion last night to make that soup you like so much. You can freeze the leftovers and they last for months. I'll thaw some out next time you come to visit. Very tasty. Should I make some rolls too?

Oh right, the words. Let's see. 'Placebo' kind of scares me. I don't know what I'd do if Dr. Ludvich switched my back pills for some fake ones. That's nothing to take lightly in my opinion. 'Pilfer' is another word for stealing, right? 'Loathe' and 'seethe' aren't very nice words either. Whoever put this together must've gotten up on the wrong side of the bed or something. They should take a long hard look in the mirror and ask themselves why they think they are such a wise guy. Maybe then they'd start to see they weren't so smart after all. . .

Also it's never nice to make fun of unitards so I don't know if that's some sort of joke or something but it's not funny.

*The views and opinions expressed in this analysis are solely those of the individual referenced in the post title** and in do not necessarily reflect those of the W.o.W. Commissioner. Any use of the aforementioned views and opinions to assist W.o.W. participants in making bracket selections should be undertaken at their own risk.

**Ethel Heavho