John Chew
@poslfit.bsky.social
I like words, math, languages, code, food, organisation, and problem-solving. I work on Scrabble, election data, dictionaries, and translation.
NASPA Word of the Day: GUANO n the accumulated excrement of seabirds. Hook:guanoS. Extensions:IguanoDON IguanoDONS guanoSINE guanoSINES. Typos:guaco guans. Anahooks:Lanugo Quango nougaT ouRang. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NASPA Word of the Day: GUANO n the accumulated excrement of seabirds. Hook:guanoS. Extensions:IguanoDON IguanoDONS guanoSINE guanoSINES. Typos:guaco guans. Anahooks:Lanugo Quango nougaT ouRang. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
NASPA Word of the Day: NICTATE v to wink. Anagram:tetanic. Hooks:nictateD nictateS. Typo:dictate. Anahooks:Pittance eXcitant entaStic inteRact tUnicate tacOnite tenacitY tetanicS. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NASPA Word of the Day: NICTATE v to wink. Anagram:tetanic. Hooks:nictateD nictateS. Typo:dictate. Anahooks:Pittance eXcitant entaStic inteRact tUnicate tacOnite tenacitY tetanicS. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
NASPA Word of the Day: EPITAXY n a type of crystalline growth. Blanagrams:Mixtape aNxiety apteRyx expiatE pyRexia. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NASPA Word of the Day: EPITAXY n a type of crystalline growth. Blanagrams:Mixtape aNxiety apteRyx expiatE pyRexia. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
Thanks to Stefan Dollinger for inviting @harrisonmooney.bsky.social to talk about inclusivity last night at UBC!
November 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Thanks to Stefan Dollinger for inviting @harrisonmooney.bsky.social to talk about inclusivity last night at UBC!
NASPA Word of the Day: PANTILE n a roofing tile. Hooks:pantileD pantileS. Anahooks:antipOle inteRlap palAtine paneliSt penalitY petalinE piePlant plaineSt pleatinG tRapline tRiplane tapelinE tinp... https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NASPA Word of the Day: PANTILE n a roofing tile. Hooks:pantileD pantileS. Anahooks:antipOle inteRlap palAtine paneliSt penalitY petalinE piePlant plaineSt pleatinG tRapline tRiplane tapelinE tinp... https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
No, thank you for asking. I would not like the Indigenous discount.
November 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
No, thank you for asking. I would not like the Indigenous discount.
NASPA Word of the Day: ALLHEAL n a medicinal herb. Hook:allhealS. Anahook:halalleD. Blanagrams:hallalS hallelS laBella laMella. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NASPA Word of the Day: ALLHEAL n a medicinal herb. Hook:allhealS. Anahook:halalleD. Blanagrams:hallalS hallelS laBella laMella. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
NASPA Word of the Day: MANSCAPE v to trim or shave a man's body hair to enhance appearance. Anagram:spaceman. Hooks:manscapeD manscapeS. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NASPA Word of the Day: MANSCAPE v to trim or shave a man's body hair to enhance appearance. Anagram:spaceman. Hooks:manscapeD manscapeS. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
Feeling unusually Canadian as I head to YYZ to fly to YVR to join a panel discussing inclusive standards in the Canadian English Dictionary with @harrisonmooney.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Feeling unusually Canadian as I head to YYZ to fly to YVR to join a panel discussing inclusive standards in the Canadian English Dictionary with @harrisonmooney.bsky.social
A podcast in which I try to explain with some success why it is that some people play competitive Scrabble
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Why? Episode 378- Competitive Scrabble
Podcast Episode · Why? The Podcast · 11/17/2025 · 55m
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November 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
A podcast in which I try to explain with some success why it is that some people play competitive Scrabble
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
NASPA Word of the Day: SOUPCON n a minute amount. Anagram:coupons. Hook:soupconS. Anahook:pucCoons. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NASPA Word of the Day: SOUPCON n a minute amount. Anagram:coupons. Hook:soupconS. Anahook:pucCoons. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
NASPA Word of the Day: CRAKE n a bird of genus Micropygia. Anagram:creak. Hook:crakeS. Extensions:CORNcrake CORNcrakeS. Typos:brake crane crape crate crave craze drake. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
November 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NASPA Word of the Day: CRAKE n a bird of genus Micropygia. Anagram:creak. Hook:crakeS. Extensions:CORNcrake CORNcrakeS. Typos:brake crane crape crate crave craze drake. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
NASPA Word of the Day: RIDLEY n a sea turtle. Anagram:direly. Hook:ridleyS. Anahooks:Tiredly Weirdly deVilry reAdily reEdily yieldEr. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
November 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NASPA Word of the Day: RIDLEY n a sea turtle. Anagram:direly. Hook:ridleyS. Anahooks:Tiredly Weirdly deVilry reAdily reEdily yieldEr. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
NASPA Word of the Day: LIMULUS n a horseshoe crab. Typo:mimulus. Blanagrams:Alliums illumEs muDsill. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
November 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NASPA Word of the Day: LIMULUS n a horseshoe crab. Typo:mimulus. Blanagrams:Alliums illumEs muDsill. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
NASPA Word of the Day: XENOTIME n a yellowish-brown mineral. Hook:xenotimeS. Anahooks:Sixteenmo exemPtion. Blanagrams:Semitone Zonetime exeRtion monetiSe monetiZe oximeteR. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NASPA Word of the Day: XENOTIME n a yellowish-brown mineral. Hook:xenotimeS. Anahooks:Sixteenmo exemPtion. Blanagrams:Semitone Zonetime exeRtion monetiSe monetiZe oximeteR. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
NASPA Word of the Day: WHIMBREL n a bird of genus Numenius. Hook:whimbrelS. Blanagram:wAmblier. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NASPA Word of the Day: WHIMBREL n a bird of genus Numenius. Hook:whimbrelS. Blanagram:wAmblier. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
NASPA Word of the Day: LOCULUS n a small, cell-like chamber. Typo:locules. Blanagrams:Bullous Mollusc cAllous ocEllus osculuM soulFul. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
November 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NASPA Word of the Day: LOCULUS n a small, cell-like chamber. Typo:locules. Blanagrams:Bullous Mollusc cAllous ocEllus osculuM soulFul. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
NASPA Word of the Day: NIGELLA n an annual herb. Anagram:gallein. Hook:nigellaS. Anahooks:alleRgin alleginG galleinS geniallY laBeling lingUlae. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NASPA Word of the Day: NIGELLA n an annual herb. Anagram:gallein. Hook:nigellaS. Anahooks:alleRgin alleginG galleinS geniallY laBeling lingUlae. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
NASPA Word of the Day: DOBRA n a former gold coin of Portugal. Anagrams:board broad. Hook:dobraS. Typos:cobra dobla dobro doura. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NASPA Word of the Day: DOBRA n a former gold coin of Portugal. Anagrams:board broad. Hook:dobraS. Typos:cobra dobla dobro doura. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
NASPA Word of the Day: THINDOWN n reduction in ionizing radiation as it passes through a medium. Hook:thindownS. Anahook:whodUnnit. Blanagrams:nonwhitE whodUnit. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
November 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NASPA Word of the Day: THINDOWN n reduction in ionizing radiation as it passes through a medium. Hook:thindownS. Anahook:whodUnnit. Blanagrams:nonwhitE whodUnit. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
NASPA Word of the Day: LEUKOMA n an opacity of the cornea. Hook:leukomaS. Typo:leucoma. Blanagrams:amPoule moRulae moulaGe. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NASPA Word of the Day: LEUKOMA n an opacity of the cornea. Hook:leukomaS. Typo:leucoma. Blanagrams:amPoule moRulae moulaGe. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
NASPA Word of the Day: ANTHER n the pollen-bearing part of a stamen. Anagram:thenar. Hooks:Panther antherS. Extensions:PantherS antherAL antherID antherIDIA antherIDIAL antherIDIUM antherIDS. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NASPA Word of the Day: ANTHER n the pollen-bearing part of a stamen. Anagram:thenar. Hooks:Panther antherS. Extensions:PantherS antherAL antherID antherIDIA antherIDIAL antherIDIUM antherIDS. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl
松茸御飯とイクラ Rice cooked with matsutake marinated in shoyu, mirin, sake & kombu dashi, topped with ikura (salmon roe). The Japanese use the Russian икра (ikra), probably because they showed the Japanese that they could safely eat it after freezing. икра also = calf of the leg ~ daikon in Japanese.
November 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
松茸御飯とイクラ Rice cooked with matsutake marinated in shoyu, mirin, sake & kombu dashi, topped with ikura (salmon roe). The Japanese use the Russian икра (ikra), probably because they showed the Japanese that they could safely eat it after freezing. икра also = calf of the leg ~ daikon in Japanese.