[Game] Word Hunt Diamond - Game 1

[Mi-Amigo]

Hello everyone

Do you enjoy wordsearch, Scrabble, anagrams? Then you might like a brand new game -

                                                               The Word Hunt Diamond

The game is open to all members.

Each week, a grid of nine letters in a diamond will be posted with a target number of words to find using only the letters in the grid.

This week`s grid is as follows:

                                                                          H

                                                                      N      C

                                                                   I       P      A

                                                                       L      G

                                                                           E

This week`s target is 75 words using only the letters in the grid.

Each word must contain four letters or more and must include the red letter.

No proper names are allowed.

Each letter in the grid can only be used once in each word [so, for example, PIPE wouldn`t be allowed].

Of course, words do not have to start with the red letter.

Only one word per post and please wait until someone else has posted before posting again.

There is one nine-letter word using all the letters in the grid. 

Regular updates will be given of the words found and the number of words still to be found.

Good luck everyone 

@Mi-Amigo 

[Mi-Amigo]

@pgn - apneic is in the list 

@BobM - pelagic is in the list - 

@Cleoriff - pingle is not in the list but is valid as in Merriam-Webster dictionary [struggle; or in Scotland dawdle] 

update to follow:

I can offer two spoilers

1] the number of letters in words still to be found

2] definition for words still to be found

please let me know if and when you agree on one or both spoilers

good luck - everyone is doing amazingly well with this game...

[BobM]

Will try a couple of possibles before the hints if no one minds....

PECH and PECHING.   

(Again Scottish words meaning to pant or gasp for air.... worth a try)

[Mi-Amigo]

Update:

                                                                          H

                                                                      N      C

                                                                   I       P      A

                                                                       L      G

                                                                           E

67 words found so far [five not on original list]:

aleph

alpine

aping

apneic

caliph

cape

cephalin

chap

chapel

cheap

cheaping = not in original list

chip

clap

clip

clipe = not in original list

epic

gape

gelcap [yes, it is in the list @Cleoriff ]

heap

heaping

help

helping

leap

leaping

nape

neap

pace

pacing

page

pail

pain

pale

paling

pane

panel

pang

panic

panicle

peach

peal

pealing

pecan

pelagic

pelican

penal

pencil

phage

phial

pica

pile

pinch

pine

pineal

ping

pingle = not in original list

place

placing

plage = not in original list 

plaice

plain

plan

planche

plane

plea

pleach

pleaching

pling = not in original list

13 words still to find...

[Cleoriff]

@Mi-Amigo 

I see @BobM  has given some words which are probably relevant, after those and in terms of spoilers giving the amount of letters in a word would be of no use to me at all. I have a sheet of paper covered with every combination of letters....all garbage

I would rather see definitions. (personal preference)

[Mi-Amigo]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

@Mi-Amigo 

I see @BobM  has given some words which are probably relevant, after those and in terms of spoilers giving the amount of letters in a word would be of no use to me at all. I have a sheet of paper covered with every combination of letters....all garbage

I would rather see definitions. (personal preference)

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@Cleoriff 

Thanks for your post. PECH - given by @BobM - is another not in the list [as it Scottish]

As to the spoiler, I can give the following definitions:

More info

1. small Atlantic fish [six letters]

2. alternative spelling of 1 ^ [seven letters]

3. poetic composition [six letters]

4. pin of a buckle [five letters]

5. fruit of tropical American tree [five letters]

6. name for rabbit [five letters]

7. outer garment of leather or wool [five letters]

8. gas at pressure greater than atmospheric pressure [five letters]

9. ridge of tissue - medical [five letters]

10. palm tree [four letters]

11. strike with a hammer [four letters]

12. former Indian monetary unit [four letters]

13. beads of shells, used as currency by native North Americans [four letters]

[Cleoriff]

No 4 CHAPE

[BobM]

No1.... PLANCH

[Mi-Amigo]

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@BobM wrote:

No1.... PLANCH

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PLANCH isn`t No 1 [a small Atlantic fish] - but it is an alternative spelling of PLANCHE [already given], which is a plank floor - so an extra one to the list.

@Cleoriff 

No 4 is CHAPE

Well done, both of you.

Can you bust the rest?

[BobM]

I'm sure @Cleoriff  would have found this if it's correct, so I'm assuming it may be wrong....

No 9 (the medical one).... PLICA

[Mi-Amigo]

@BobM wrote:

I'm sure @Cleoriff  would have found this if it's correct, so I'm assuming it may be wrong....

No 9 (the medical one).... PLICA

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Correct @BobM 

11 words to find...