Joanna, my scoring “system” is based on un-prompted answers, although on any scale, I’d say your scores are outstanding.

I think you’ll find the next batch almost as challenging as these. And I should mention, just for the record, that I myself didn’t know all that many of my Word Nerd words. Usually, they’re the ones I have to look up when reading.

Thanks for being aspiring Word Nerds!!

Thanks for another version of word nerd!

Now I’m wondering about how to score (how nerdish is that?!)

Is it 3 for words that I ‘knew’ without prompting, or 7 that I could answer with your (amazing) multiple choice questions?

And is it just me or was the test particularly hard this time with the inclusion of grampus, pismire, and nictitate?

I clearly have not spent nearly enough hours of my life on crosswords. Will try harder ahead of next time.

Joanna

PS Option A for parsimonious is inspired. Methinks this should really be the definition of the word