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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).
BODE BODY DEED DEEM DEMO DEMODE DOBBY DODO DOME DOOM DOOMY DOSE EDDY EMBED EMBODY MODE MODEM MOOD MOODY ODYSSEY SEED SEEDBED SEEDY SODDY SODOMY SOMEBODY
Pangram: SOMEBODY
Special rule: • No -ED past-tense or adjective forms
Finally, a puzzle with a special rule went smoothly.
DEMODE, or démodé when spelled correctly, means outdated, no longer in fashion.
DOBBY, when capitalized, is the house elf. Otherwise it's a part of a loom.
MODEM I have an issue with, as it is really an acronym for MODulater/DEModulator, but it has entered common usage as 'modem', and is so listed in all dictionaries. It is apparently a verb as well. I will modem you the files, sir.
ODYSSEY has become a generic term of a drawn-out voyage with many changes of fortune... No longer capitalized, unless referring to Homer's Odyssey.
SODOMY: I was curious about the actual definition.
M.W. :anal or oral copulation with a member of the same or opposite sex also :copulation with an animal. Dictionary.com adds homosexuality as #2, moving bestiality to #3. Freedictionary.com is a treasure-trove for sodomites, adding rape to the menu:
: Any of various forms of sexual acts regarded as perverted, especially anal intercourse, oral-anal contact, or sexual intercourse with an animal.
: (Physiology) anal intercourse committed by a man with another man or a woman. Compare buggery
: 1. anal or oral copulation with a member of the same sex.
2. enforced anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.
3. bestiality (def. 4).
Cambridge dictionary is very succinct, with a single definition:
: the sexual act of putting the penis into another person's anus
Ok, enough of that.
Another day.