March 18, 2025
Game
KINDER
DICE
SINGULAR
DIE
OXEN
SPECIAL
DEER
LICE
UNIQUE
SHEEP
SQUID
ANGST
MICE
WURST
REMARKABLE
SHRIMP
Hints
EXCEPTIONAL
Outstanding or Unique
- REMARKABLE: Worthy of attention; striking.
- SINGULAR: Exceptional or extraordinary.
- SPECIAL: Better, greater, or otherwise different from what is usual.
- UNIQUE: Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.
GERMAN WORDS
Words borrowed from the German language
- ANGST: A feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically about the human condition or the state of the world.
- DIE: The German word for 'the' (feminine singular or plural).
- KINDER: The German word for 'children'.
- WURST: The German word for 'sausage'.
PLURAL ANIMALS IDENTICAL TO THEIR SINGULAR FORMS
Animals whose plural forms are the same as their singular forms
- DEER: A hoofed grazing or browsing animal, with branched bony antlers that are shed annually and typically borne only by the male.
- SHEEP: A domesticated ruminant animal with a thick woolly coat and (typically only in the male) curving horns.
- SHRIMP: A small free-swimming crustacean with an elongated body, typically marine and frequently harvested for food.
- SQUID: A mollusk with a long body, eight arms, and two tentacles, typically able to change color.
PLURAL WORDS THAT ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THEIR SINGULAR FORMS
Words whose plural forms are significantly different from their singular forms
- DICE: Plural of 'die', a small cube with each side having a different number of spots on it, used in games of chance.
- LICE: Plural of 'louse', a small, wingless, parasitic insect that lives on the skin of mammals and birds.
- MICE: Plural of 'mouse', a small rodent that typically has a pointed snout, relatively large ears and eyes, and a long tail.
- OXEN: Plural of 'ox', a castrated bull used as a draft animal.