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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).
ACACIA ACUITY ATACTIC ATTIC CAPACITY CAPITA CATTY PACT PAPA PAPACY PAPAYA PAPPI PAPPY PATTY PAUCITY PICA PITA PUPA TACIT TACT TACTIC TACTICITY TATTY TAUT TICTAC TIPCAT YAPPY
Pangrams: PAUCITY
ATACTIC: of, relating to, or being a polymer exhibiting no stereochemical regularity of structure. TACTICITY of polymers is a bit of an obscure topic, but it's easy to see what it's about, and makes for an interesting first date conversation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacticity#Atactic_polymers
PAPPI (plural of 'pappus'): an appendage or tuft of appendages that crowns the ovary or fruit in various seed plants and functions in dispersal of the fruit. To wit: the familiar dandelion puffballs are shaped by their pappi.
TICTAC: (Merriam-webster), or 'ticktack'
1: a ticking or tapping beat like that of a clock or watch
2: a contrivance used by children to tap on a window from a distance
What? What kind of a contrivance is used by children to tap on a window from a distance? Some kind of a lever with a string? Someone actually made enough of these for it to be a word in the dictionary? I want one!
Sadly, no other dictionary seems to have any TICTAC definitions. And doing searches is pointless, as the damned mint dominates the search space. No pictures.
If you have any information about these, or a picture, please contact me here.
Another day.
P.S. NABLA, the Wordo solution, is an ancient harp.