plainglazed

_ O _ _ S ABORT - 0 SCARE - 0 THANK - 0 SWEAT - 0 LOWLY - 1 LOONY - 1 SCARY - 0 SOBER - 1 GOONY - 1 PONZI - 1 RULES - 1 ROWER - 1 ROARS - 2 FORMS - 3 OOZES - 2 CORES - 2 maurice +5 curr3nt +5 sorry for the delay all. that darn pesky work thing.

_ O _ _ S ABORT - 0 SCARE - 0 THANK - 0 SWEAT - 0 LOWLY - 1 LOONY - 1 SCARY - 0 SOBER - 1 GOONY - 1 PONZI - 1 RULES - 1 ROWER - 1 ROARS - 2 FORMS - 3 maurice +5 curr3nt +5 no, it's not April 15th yet...

_ O _ _ S ABORT - 0 SCARE - 0 THANK - 0 SWEAT - 0 LOWLY - 1 LOONY - 1 SCARY - 0 SOBER - 1 GOONY - 1 PONZI - 1 RULES - 1 ROWER - 1 ROARS - 2 and *the crowd goes wild* maurice +5 curr3nt +5 dont think I now need to score RULER

_ O _ _ _ ABORT - 0 SCARE - 0 THANK - 0 SWEAT - 0 LOWLY - 1 LOONY - 1 SCARY - 0 SOBER - 1 GOONY - 1 PONZI - 1 RULES - 1 ROWER - 1

_ O _ _ _ ABORT - 0 SCARE - 0 THANK - 0 SWEAT - 0 LOWLY - 1 LOONY - 1 SCARY - 0 SOBER - 1 GOONY - 1 PONZI - 1 RULES - 1

_ O _ _ _ ABORT - 0 SCARE - 0 THANK - 0 SWEAT - 0 LOWLY - 1 LOONY - 1 SCARY - 0 SOBER - 1 GOONY - 1 PONZI - 1 +5 maurice yeah, he's like an albatross looming overhead (had to look up GOONY just in case). and quick on the draw, too. dont think I need to score LOWER?

ABORT - 0 SCARE - 0 THANK - 0 SWEAT - 0 LOWLY - 1 LOONY - 1 SCARY - 0 SOBER - 1 (on a scale of 1-5.0)

ABORT - 0 SCARE - 0 THANK - 0 SWEAT - 0 LOWLY - 1 LOONY - 1 SCARY - 0

ABORT - 0 SCARE - 0 THANK - 0 SWEAT - 0 LOWLY - 1

ABORT - 0 SCARE - 0

should have probably considered that but decided to take a different tack. ABORT - 0

yikes. but cool. ok... _ _ _ _ _

man, am really on the wrong page. cant even spell. will have to think of one you might ALLOW

'tis the season for EXEMA (been itchin' to say that) EDIT: oops. been out of it for so long dont know how many pages back that guess might refer to...

ALOOF

S A V V Y BRAIN - 0 SPINE - 1 SLIME - 1 SLIMS - 1 OPINE - 0 SWORD - 1 STRAY - 2 STAIN - 1 SPINY - 2 SAVVY - 5 +5 maurice +25 Quag +9 plainglazed a very savvy response indeed. might just make the others surly

S _ _ _ Y BRAIN - 0 SPINE - 1 SLIME - 1 SLIMS - 1 OPINE - 0 SWORD - 1 STRAY - 2 STAIN - 1 SPINY - 2 +5 maurice +5 Quag process successful!

S _ _ _ _ BRAIN - 0 SPINE - 1 SLIME - 1 SLIMS - 1 OPINE - 0 SWORD - 1 STRAY - 2 STAIN - 1 +5 maurice

S _ _ _ _ BRAIN - 0 SPINE - 1 SLIME - 1 SLIMS - 1 OPINE - 0 SWORD - 1 STRAY - 2 +5 maurice

S _ _ _ _ BRAIN - 0 SPINE - 1 SLIME - 1 SLIMS - 1 OPINE - 0 SWORD - 1 +5 maurice

S _ _ _ _ BRAIN - 0 SPINE - 1 SLIME - 1 SLIMS - 1 OPINE - 0 +5 maurice Should I score CLIMB? could give info re the last letter but... EDIT: just got Glyc's edit

_ _ _ _ _ BRAIN - 0 SPINE - 1 SLIME - 1 SLIMS - 1

_ _ _ _ _ BRAIN - 0 SPINE - 1 SLIME - 1

_ _ _ _ _ BRAIN - 0 SPINE - 1

haha - too funny. really appreciate your logic apart from this puzzle. not that, mojobrain. The times zone difference makes it a little tough to participate actively especially when the DD Show is on This one has me truly stumped and not that, rsn. too bad for all of us re that time zone thing. find myself on at odd hours though so maybe will cross paths in real time yet. yes, that. woot woot. don't call him late for dinner. nice solve, fabpig. and right on with the explanation.