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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).
Special rule: only one R
EERIE ENVIRON EVENER EVER INKIER INNER INVOKER IRON KEENER KINKIER KIRK KROONI NERVE NEVER NOONER ONER OVER REEK REIN REVIVE REVOKE RINK RIVEN ROOK ROOKIE ROVE VEER VENEER VERVE VIER
Pangram: INVOKER
Missing: KERN NOIR INKER KRONE KRONEN
What a shitshow! My quality control sucks, and I didn't double-check the puzzle after messing with it with special rules and such. The puzzle file starts with the 7 letters making up the puzzle, and somehow I left it in double-quotes. That screwed up the game for those trying to play it early on.
But it got worse: after I fixed it by removing the double-quotes, Ariane browser (Android) continued to display an incorrect puzzle, showing E in the center and " instead of R. I cannot find a good explanation for how that is possible. Ariane does other weird things, like assuming that a space follows a # and removing it (even though the spec allows no space), so some headlines are weirdly missing the first character. I suspect it treats the first character weirdly, and somehow the " gets stuck in the buffer for successive pages. Anyway, the game was screwed for a bunch of people.
Ah, the botched state also gave away the pangram.
Anyway. ENVIRON (verb): surround, encircle. NOONER: something (usually sex) taking place around noon. Perhaps daytime makes it KINKIER. ROVE: roam, or past tense of reeve (to pass a rope through or around something).
I apologize for KROONI, outdated Estonian currency. That is obscure, especially considering I missed a more popular 'krone' and 'kronen' ('kroner' has two R's). I don't want to outlaw currencies, because they are kind of fun and good fodder for a conversation (I made some kwachas, etc). But there are so darn many of them, and a lot are pretty obscure...
Some of the names of currencies at Merriam-Webster's
Another sucky day.