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This is a gemlog for the SpellBinding puzzle, in which you construct words using the specified letters (each word must contain the anchor letter).
EVOLUTE EVOLVE LOLL LOOT LOTTO LOUT LOVE OLIVE OUTLET OUTLIVE OUTVOTE TOIL TOILET TOILETTE TOITOI TOLL TOOL TOOT TOOTLE TOUT VETO VIOL VIOLET VOILE VOLE VOLT VOLUTE VOTE VOTIVE
OUTLIVE was the pangram. If you hadn't realized yet, one of the tricks for quickly getting to genius is noticing common prefixes or suffixes that can be used for a number of words. In this case, we have OUTLIVE, OUTLET, and OUTVOTE (I missed OUTVIE)- not too many but enough to make a dent, especially with the pangram.
Outside the usual TOILET (or is it TOILETTE) humor, there were few surprises. EVOLUTE is a geometrical term describing a derivative curve, not really related to EVOLVE. LULL is all about sleepiness, while LOLL is more about relaxing, similar enough to confuse me.
TOITOI - you would probably not hear about it unless you are in New Zealand, and I should probably not have it here as too obscure. It was 6 points you were not likely to get, mea culpa.
VOILE - and TOILE which I failed to include are fabrics.
TOOTLE - to toot gently, or drive leisurly. For some reason I thought it was 'toodle' sp I learned something new today.
I failed to include the following words that belong here:
TOTE, TOILE, OUTVIE, OLIO, OLEO, LULL
Another day...