February 11, 2024
Game
PLUTO
DORY
PURR
AUTO
NEMO
DEMO
BUZZ
BARGE
BUREAU
AMERICA
SCOW
HOOK
DRONE
SLOOP
MORGAN
HUM
Hints
MONOTONOUS SOUNDS
Single-tone, continuous sounds
- BUZZ: A low, continuous humming or murmuring sound, made by or similar to that made by an insect.
- DRONE: A continuous low tone produced by a musical instrument or a machine.
- HUM: A low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee.
- PURR: A low, continuous, rumbling sound made by a cat.
BOATS
Types of boats
- BARGE: A long, flat-bottomed boat for carrying freight on canals and rivers.
- DORY: A small, shallow-draft boat used for fishing.
- SCOW: A wide-beamed sailing dinghy.
- SLOOP: A one-masted sailboat with a fore-and-aft rig.
CAPTAINS
Famous captains, real or fictional
- AMERICA: Referring to Captain America, a fictional superhero.
- HOOK: Referring to Captain Hook, a fictional character in Peter Pan.
- MORGAN: Referring to Captain Henry Morgan, a historical figure known as a pirate.
- NEMO: Referring to Captain Nemo, a fictional character from the novel 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'.
PREFIXES WITH -CRACY
Prefixes used to form government or authority types
- AUTO: Meaning 'self', used in terms like 'autocracy'.
- BUREAU: Meaning 'office', used in terms like 'bureaucracy'.
- DEMO: Meaning 'people', used in terms like 'democracy'.
- PLUTO: Meaning 'wealth', used in terms like 'plutocracy'.