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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).
BOBBER BOOB BOOR BOOZE BOOZER BORE BORER BOSS BOURSE BOZO BURO BURRO EROSE ERROR EURO OBESE OBOE OBSESS OOZE ORZO OUZO RESORB ROBBER ROBE ROSE ROUSE SOBBER SOBER SOBERER SORE SOUR SOURER SUBEROSE SUBEROUS SUBZERO ZERO
Pangram: SUBZERO.
Here we go. BURO is an unfortunate form of BUREAU, a writing desk or an administrative branch. A BURRO, on the other hand, is an ass of the donkey variety.
Things to consume to become OBESE: BOOZE, ORZO, OUZO and SOUR BURRO.
BOURSE is a stock exchange, or a marketplace for collectivle items.
OUZO again, 3 days later! Greek anise liqueur.
RESORB - swallow or suck in again, or break down and assimilate components.
SUBEROSE/SUBEROUS - having a corky texture resulting from or like that resulting from suberization. OK, I'll bite. 'suberization': conversion of the cell walls into corky tissue by infiltration with suberin. We have a rabbithole. 'suberin': a complex fatty substance found especially in the cell walls of cork. Whew.
Missed: ROUSER, OBSESSUS (a person posessed by an evil spirit), REBORE, and possibly SORBUS (genus of trees and shrubs) although fairly obscure. I do not like BOBO (a member of a social class of well-to-do professionals who espouse bohemian values and lead bourgeois lives), as I don't think it is a real word. SORUS: a cluster of plant reproductive bodies... Again a little obscure...
Another day.