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BOGGLE: HOUR 5

[[A man and two women are seated around a table]]
Man: Okay, I’ve got “GLOND.” Anybody else? GLOND?
Woman #1: That’s not a word
Man: Sure it is! Means “to lie convincingly.” Archaic, but it’s in the oed.

Man: Do you want me to dig out the dictionary again?
Woman#2: For Pete’s sake just let him HAVE it so we can get ON with it
Man: Okay. So from glond I also have GLONDS, as in “he glonds.”
Man: Anybody? Glonds?
Woman #2: NO nobody has GLONDS

Man: Okay, then next I have GLONDER and GLONDEE. Also GLONDED, GLONDING, and GLONDT which is of course the purperfect
Man: “He had glondt”
Man: Plus all the variants: “he will have glonden”, “he would have ben glondering” …
Man: No present subjunctive, though, no “K” on the board.

Man: So tallying up all the conjugations, that’s eighty-seven points.
Woman #2: You’re telling me you got all those but you missed GLONDXHATZOLJLG?
Man: Aw geez! I was staring right at it, too!

{{header: quickly spell WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: So far in this game, Laurence has identified twenty-four previously-unknown terms for ‘to lie convincingly.’}}

#680; Boggle by Attrition transcribed by in

BOGGLE: HOUR 5

[[A man and two women are seated around a table]]
Man: Okay, I’ve got “GLOND.” Anybody else? GLOND?
Woman #1: That’s not a word
Man: Sure it is! Means “to lie convincingly.” Archaic, but it’s in the oed.

Man: Do you want me to dig out the dictionary again?
Woman#2: For Pete’s sake just let him HAVE it so we can get ON with it
Man: Okay. So from glond I also have GLONDS, as in “he glonds.”
Man: Anybody? Glonds?
Woman #2: NO nobody has GLONDS

Man: Okay, then next I have GLONDER and GLONDEE. Also GLONDED, GLONDING, and GLONDT which is of course the purperfect
Man: “He had glondt”
Man: Plus all the variants: “he will have glonden”, “he would have ben glondering” …
Man: No present subjunctive, though, no “K” on the board.

Man: So tallying up all the conjugations, that’s eighty-seven points.
Woman #2: You’re telling me you got all those but you missed GLONDXHATZOLJLG?
Man: Aw geez! I was staring right at it, too!

{{header: quickly spell WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: So far in this game, Laurence has identified twenty-four previously-unknown terms for ‘to lie convincingly.’}}

#680; Boggle by Attrition transcribed by in

BOGGLE: HOUR 5

[[A man and two women are seated around a table]]
Man: Okay, I've got "GLOND." Anybody else? GLOND?
Woman #1: That's not a word
Man: Sure it is! Means "to lie convincingly." Archaic, but it's in the oed.

Man: Do you want me to dig out the dictionary again?
Woman#2: For Pete's sake just let him HAVE it so we can get ON with it
Man: Okay. So from glond I also have GLONDS, as in "he glonds."
Man: Anybody? Glonds?
Woman #2: NO nobody has GLONDS

Man: Okay, then next I have GLONDER and GLONDEE. Also GLONDED, GLONDING, and GLONDT which is of course the purperfect
Man: "He had glondt"
Man: Plus all the variants: "he will have glonden", "he would have ben glondering" ...
Man: No present subjunctive, though, no "K" on the board.

Man: So tallying up all the conjugations, that's eighty-seven points.
Woman #2: You're telling me you got all those but you missed GLONDXHATZOLJLG?
Man: Aw geez! I was staring right at it, too!

{{header: quickly spell WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: So far in this game, Laurence has identified twenty-four previously-unknown terms for 'to lie convincingly.'}}

So far in this game, Laurence has identified twenty-four previously-unknown terms for 'to lie convincingly.'

#680; Boggle by Attrition

  — November 26th, 2010

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May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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