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5-Letter Words (14):
S·1+H·4+A·1+F·4+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+T·1 = 8 pts
S·1+H·4+E·1+E·1+T·1 = 8 pts
S·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 8 pts
S·1+H·4+I·1+F·4+T·1 = 11 pts
shirt (8 points)
Bad thing to lose gambling (wordplay)
Maybe chemise Trish repaired
Back cover (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+I·1+R·1+T·1 = 8 pts
S·1+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
S·1+H·4+O·1+A·1+T·1 = 8 pts
S·1+H·4+O·1+O·1+T·1 = 8 pts
S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 8 pts
S·1+H·4+O·1+T·1+T·1 = 8 pts
S·1+H·4+O·1+U·1+T·1 = 8 pts
S·1+H·4+U·1+N·1+T·1 = 8 pts
sight (9 points)
A lot, or parcel of land, you say
Long time, no see? No, no!
Tourist's destination, perhaps
S·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 9 pts
6-Letter Words (8):
sachet (11 points)
Small packet (of, eg, shampoo)
Small soft bag, of perfumed powder say
Scented bag (... first 2)
S·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+T·1 = 11 pts
schist (11 points)
A slaty rock, easily split
It's from the Latin for "fissile stone"
Crystalline, flaky rock
S·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+C·3+H·4+U·1+I·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
shrift (12 points)
Short (little attention)
Absolution (usually short!)
Unsympathetic rejection (with "short")
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+F·4+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+H·4+Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 10 pts
sought (10 points)
This should be looked for at the South
Greatly desired species, we're told
Searched for - investigated - desired
S·1+O·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 10 pts
7-Letter Words (8):
S·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+T·1 = 10 pts
sherbet (12 points)
Drink fixed containing mint, say
Basil, say, among group getting drink
Drink perhaps Basil set out
S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+O·1+O·1+T·1 = 10 pts
S·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+P·3+I·1+T·1 = 12 pts
shutout (10 points)
Baseballing winner of 1942 Derby?
Prevent from scoring, thus (wordplay)
Exclude thus, perhaps
S·1+H·4+U·1+T·1+O·1+U·1+T·1 = 10 pts
sleight (11 points)
The trick is to say 'aspersion'
Like the "hand" of a magician (wordplay)
Trickery is no big deal, they say
S·1+L·1+E·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 11 pts
sophist (12 points)
Clever quibbler from Aesop (Histories)
Spot his fallacious reasoning!
Clever but specious thinker.
S·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 13 pts
8-Letter Words (30):
S·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+Z·10+O·1+N·1+T·1 = 22 pts
S·1+E·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+H·4+A·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+H·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+O·1+U·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+H·4+A·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
sharpest (13 points)
The best knife, compared to others
Like the most effective knife
Most keen and cutting
S·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+H·4+E·1+E·1+P·3+C·3+O·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+H·4+E·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+H·4+O·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
shootout (11 points)
Penalty showdown (wordplay)
Gunfight that follows penalty (wordplay)
Armed conflict to drive away solicitor
S·1+H·4+O·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+U·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+H·4+O·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+F·4+T·1 = 16 pts
shortcut (13 points)
Time-saver for curt host, perhaps (5.3)
Dieter's piece of meat (wordplay)
Bob perhaps finds faster route
S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+C·3+U·1+T·1 = 13 pts
shortest (11 points)
Least likely to make the NBA
Like William Henry Harrison's presidency
Like the losing straw
S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+H·4+O·1+U·1+L·1+D·2+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+H·4+O·1+W·4+B·3+O·1+A·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+H·4+O·1+W·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
skylight (19 points)
Is it the moon in window (wordplay)
Star as a roof-raiser (wordplay)
Star in the roof (wordplay)
S·1+K·5+Y·4+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 19 pts
snapshot (13 points)
Two pictures for one (wordplay)
Broken image (wordplay)
Photograph of game killed (wordplay)
S·1+N·1+A·1+P·3+S·1+H·4+O·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+W·4+H·4+A·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+O·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
straight (12 points)
Frank Blunt (wordplay)
Honest hand (wordplay)
Honest about a hand at poker (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+W·4+H·4+A·1+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+U·1+B·3+S·1+H·4+A·1+F·4+T·1 = 16 pts
sunlight (12 points)
Morning awakener, perhaps
Prerequisite for photosynthesis
It can bathe people in warmth
S·1+U·1+N·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+H·4+I·1+T·1 = 13 pts
9-Letter Words (38):
safelight (16 points)
A lamp having one or more color filters allowing moderate darkroom illumination without affecting photosensitive film or paper.
S·1+A·1+F·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+Z·10+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 23 pts
S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+H·4+A·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+H·4+A·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+H·4+A·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+H·4+A·1+M·3+E·1+F·4+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 17 pts
S·1+H·4+E·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+V·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+H·4+I·1+F·4+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+H·4+I·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+H·4+O·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+H·4+O·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
shortlist (12 points)
List of final candidates
Place for a select group
Applicants selected from a larger group
S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+H·4+O·1+U·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+H·4+R·1+E·1+W·4+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
sidelight (14 points)
Small illumination (on car)
Not light in the head in the car
Incidental information in window by door
S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 17 pts
slightest (13 points)
Tiniest moan about large cricket match
Least tight, less loose
Very trifling but cunning-sounding exam
S·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
slingshot (13 points)
The Y in "Angry Birds" (wordplay)
No slights (anagram) - catapult (US)
Catapult - thin gloss (anagram)
S·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+H·4+O·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+L·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+H·4+O·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
smoothest (14 points)
Descriptive of the best golf swing
Finest golf swing or playing surface
Having the fewest hiccups
S·1+M·3+O·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
soothfast (15 points)
""Firmly fixed in, or founded upon, the thruth; true; genuine; real; also, truthful; faithful.""
S·1+O·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+F·4+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+W·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
spotlight (15 points)
It brightens up a performance
Stage actor may be in it
Flimsy blouse held up in public eye
S·1+P·3+O·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 15 pts
superheat (14 points)
""To heat too much, to overheat; as, to superheat an oven. as, to superheat an oven.""
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+Y·4+C·3+O·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 19 pts
10-Letter Words (34):
S·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+Z·10+Z·10+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 33 pts
S·1+H·4+A·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 17 pts
S·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+H·4+A·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
shipwright (22 points)
Skilled craftsman (wordplay)
A worker who knows his craft (wordplay)
Craftsman cracking whip's not mistaken
S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+W·4+R·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 22 pts
S·1+H·4+I·1+R·1+T·1+F·4+R·1+O·1+N·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+H·4+I·1+R·1+T·1+W·4+A·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+F·4+R·1+O·1+N·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+E·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 17 pts
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 17 pts
S·1+H·4+R·1+U·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 17 pts
S·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+K·5+E·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 19 pts
S·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+M·3+U·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 17 pts
S·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+O·1+D·2+O·1+N·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 22 pts
S·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 22 pts
starchiest (15 points)
Smash hit - actress is most stiff
Most like pasta and potatoes
Tops in formality
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+T·1+A·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+T·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 20 pts
stitchwort (18 points)
Wild plant with small white flowers
Two chits - right? - required for the plant
Herb as son, little chap with endless merit
S·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 18 pts
stringhalt (14 points)
""An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock.""
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+H·4+A·1+L·1+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 16 pts
swarthiest (16 points)
Wearing sweatshirt that's most black
Darkest-complexioned and least confident, having blemish
S·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
sweatshirt (16 points)
Wears t-this loosely? Exactly!
Track cover-up (wordplay)
Long-sleeved top worn by athletes
S·1+W·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+R·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+T·1 = 16 pts
symphonist (20 points)
Beethoven, notably
Eg, Beethoven
Soda-server is absorbing Mahler's First and Tchaikovsky's (or one of their ilk)
S·1+Y·4+M·3+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 20 pts
S·1+Y·4+N·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+S·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
11-Letter Words (20):
saxophonist (23 points)
John Coltrane, for one
One blows it by running into shop
Bill Clinton or Lisa Simpson, at times
S·1+A·1+X·8+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 23 pts
S·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1+H·4+O·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+A·1+L·1+Z·10+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 27 pts
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 18 pts
S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 18 pts
searchlight (20 points)
20th Century Fox picture (wordplay)
It illuminates land under damaged arches
*'Slumdog Millionaire' studio [37]
S·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 20 pts
shelterbelt (16 points)
A barrier of trees and shrubs that protects against the wind and reduces erosion.
S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+H·4+M·3+A·1+L·1+T·1+Z·10+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 25 pts
S·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+E·1+F·4+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 22 pts
spendthrift (20 points)
Not one to buy with prudence
Extravagantly spending person
Irresponsible user of money
S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+T·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+F·4+T·1 = 20 pts
spheroplast (18 points)
""A bacterial cell whose cell wall is absent or deficient, causing it to have a spherical form.""
S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 18 pts
S·1+P·3+L·1+O·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 18 pts
spreadsheet (17 points)
Program to start making bed (wordplay)
Partly make a bed as a table (wordplay)
Cell block (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+S·1+H·4+E·1+E·1+T·1 = 17 pts
S·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+L·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 25 pts
S·1+Q·10+U·1+O·1+O·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 23 pts
S·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+E·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 19 pts
12-Letter Words (6):
S·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+A·1+L·1+T·1+Z·10+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 28 pts
silhouettist (15 points)
""SILHOUETTE A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.""
S·1+I·1+L·1+H·4+O·1+U·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
slaphappiest (21 points)
""Slaphappier , slaphappiest Slang Dazed, silly, or incoherent from or as if from blows to the head; punch-drunk.""
S·1+L·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 21 pts
S·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+N·1+M·3+O·1+S·1+T·1 = 17 pts
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 18 pts
S·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 19 pts
13-Letter Words (1):
sadomasochist (21 points)
Person in a painful relationship!
Painstaking (and giving) type might crack his cat as moods vary
S·1+A·1+D·2+O·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 21 pts
14-Letter Words (1):
straightjacket (31 points)
Restraining garment (alternative spelling)
Restraining garment
Honest alien holding flag put under severe restraint
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+J·8+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+T·1 = 31 pts
16-Letter Words (3):
southeasternmost (21 points)
S·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+M·3+O·1+S·1+T·1 = 21 pts
southwesternmost (24 points)
S·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+W·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+M·3+O·1+S·1+T·1 = 24 pts
superheavyweight (34 points)
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+V·4+Y·4+W·4+E·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 34 pts
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