Countdown

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I know I'm a sad old man but I do like to play Countdown every day - helps keep my grey cells active.

Question - should I be allowed GLAMPED?

Online dictionaries have GLAMPING as a noun but no mention of it as a verb.

But I think "We GLAMPED in Cornwall last summer" is perfectly acceptable.

Anyone got an up-to-date OED?

[bindeweede]

"Glamp" isn't in the latest Chambers Dictionary, which is recommended to crossword enthusiasts. And here, as you say, it's just given as a noun. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/glamping

But these days, it seems quite common to turn nouns into verbs - "I gifted...", so why not?

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Yes - 'Any noun can be verbed'.

I know that GLAMPING is in the OED and that is the dictionary Susie uses.

This (not being sure if your word/number solution is acceptable) happens quite regularly and it's a bit frustrating.

Anyway I beat both the contestants today - got a 9 letter CRANKIEST in the first round.

[polomint38]

They recently had Gobshite. There was a Y left over, could you say somebody was quite gobshitey.

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They recently had Gobshite. There was a Y left over, could you say somebody was quite gobshitey.

Love it when that happens. I noticed Adrian Chiles passed that one to Susie to say.

Normally she explains unusual words but she ducked FAPPED the other day.

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These were the letters in one round yesterday...

F D H U E K C O J

That had Rachel smirking.

Luckily Choked and Hocked were both there as well.

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Arrggghhh!!

Susie disallowed formic!!

I'm staggered.

She said it was only usable with acid - which a) shouldn't make any difference and b) isn't true anyway.

It means 'pertaining to ants' or 'ant like'.

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What about 'BASSIER' as in 'My new speakers are bassier than my old ones'?

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What about 'meagrest' as in 'he won by the meagrest of margins'.

It's in a couple of on-line dictionaries but by no means all.