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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).
Pangram: BEWITCH
BEECH BEWITCH BITCH CHEW CHIC CHIT ETCH ETHIC HECTIC HITCH ITCH TECH TECHIE TEETH TEETHE THEE THETIC TITHE TWITCH WHEE WHET WHICH WHITE WITCH WITH
Fun words. Beginning with BITCH.
THETIC is a bit of a conundrum. Merriam-Webster defines it as: constituting or beginning with a poetic thesis, which sounds iffy at best. Dictionary.com has something entirely different: positive, dogmatic - even less convincing as the two words don't really mesh in my mind. Collins: set forth dogmatically; prescribed, confirming one of Dictionary.com's definitions. FreeDictionary.com:
1. Beginning with, constituting, or relating to the thesis in prosody. 2. Presented dogmatically; arbitrarily prescribed.
OK, so it pretty much a consensus, except for the 'positive'.
Missed words: 'whew'. I am not crazy about onomatopoetic words (that is, words that immitate a sound), especially when standing for an indescribable sound like a cough or a 'whew'. But where do you draw the line? Buzz, ding, whew...
Another day.