NASPA Word of the Day: LOGANIA adj designating a family of flowering plants. Anahooks:Diagonal Kaoliang Magnolia analogiC gonaDial. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: BETELNUT n a seed chewed as a stimulant. Hook:betelnutS. Blanagrams:bRunette blunteSt butYlene lunetteS nettAble tuneAble unSettle unbOttle unbelteD unletteD. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: SULFA n a bacteria-inhibiting drug. Hook:sulfaS. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: PALLETTE n a piece of armor protecting the armpit. Anagram:platelet. Hook:palletteS. Typo:palmette. Anahooks:paIllette patellAte peltatelY plateletS. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

The cover on my BBQ grill is 81°C (178°F), just from being in the sun today. I’m tempted to make some soft-boiled eggs. Cancelling most of my outdoor and gardening plans though in favour of air-conditioned lexicography. Happy Canada Day!

NASPA Word of the Day: MALIC adj pertaining to apples. Anagram:claim. Hook:malicE. Extensions:ANImalic UNmalicIOUS UNmalicIOUSLY malicES malicIOUS malicIOUSLY malicIOUSNESS malicIOUSNESSES. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: KETENE n a toxic gas. Hook:keteneS. Typos:ketone retene. Anahook:keeneSt. Blanagrams:Mentee entRee etHene eteRne keeneD keeneR kenteS teeneR. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: COQUITO n a palm tree. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: VIBIST n one who plays the vibraphone. Hook:vibistS. Blanagrams:biNits tibiAs visitS. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: EPIGEOUS adj growing on or close to the ground. Anahooks:epiLogues epigeNous. Blanagrams:epiLogue epigoNes epigoNus euLogies euLogise gRoupies peRogies piRogues pisHogue su... https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: WHITTRET n a weasel. Hook:whittretS. Blanagrams:Atwitter twitCher twitterS twitterY whittLer whitterS. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: SEPPUKU n a Japanese form of suicide. Hook:seppukuS. Blanagram:upkeEps. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: TRINKUMS n small ornaments. Blanagrams:murkiEst nAtriums nAturism tErminus unmitErs unmitrEs. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: TYPP n a unit of yarn size. Hook:typpS. Typos:type typo typy. Anahook:tIppy. Blanagrams:pAty pIpy pIty. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: IMP v to graft feathers onto a bird's wing. Hooks:Gimp Jimp Limp Pimp Simp Wimp impI impS. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: MENISCUS n a crescent-shaped body. Extension:meniscusES. Anahooks:Lemniscus mucKiness. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: COWFISH n an aquatic mammal. Extension:cowfishES. Typo:codfish. Blanagram:woLfish. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: FLICHTER v to flicker. Hook:flichterS. Extensions:flichterED flichterING. Blanagrams:chlOrite clOthier elDritch filcherS filthIer fletchEr fliNcher flitcheD flitcheS. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: HENBANE n a poisonous herb. Hook:henbaneS. Blanagrams:Shebean banShee beneaTh enhanCe hennaeD. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

Almost got carded at the drugstore on Seniors Day, possibly because bike helmet covers too much grey. Must remember to bring a cane next time.

NASPA Word of the Day: SPADILLE n the highest trump in certain card games. Hook:spadilleS. Anahooks:pallidesT spiRalled. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

Seen on tonight’s e-bike ride, an unkindness of ravens and a trip of goats.

NASPA Word of the Day: QUANDONG n an Australian tree. Hook:quandongS. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: ZEATIN n a chemical compound found in maize. Hook:zeatinS. Anahooks:tziGane zanieSt zinCate. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

Happy 6/7 to all who celebrate! www.reuters.com/video/watch/...

NASPA Word of the Day: BEZOAR n a gastric mass. Hook:bezoarS. Anahook:zebraNo. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: MILKWEED n a plant that secretes a milky juice. Hook:milkweedS. Typo:silkweed. Anahook:midweeklY. Blanagrams:dOmelike midweekS mildeweD weedlikE. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

Building a better future through tabletop gaming: Winners of United for Literacy's annual Game Night helped close Cboe Canada's trading day. Happy to be a part of a decades-old tradition, thank you to UfL and Cboe, and congrats to Scrabble champ Wai-Kwong Wong. www.unitedforliteracy.ca/Game-Night

NASPA Word of the Day: BOMBAX adj pertaining to a family of tropical trees. Typo:bombyx. Blanagram:bamboO. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: HABITAN n a French settler. Hooks:habitanS habitanT. Extensions:COhabitanT COhabitanTS INhabitanCIES INhabitanCY INhabitanT INhabitanTS habitanTS. Typo:habitat. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: NOMINAL n a word used as a noun. Hook:nominalS. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: ZIGGURAT n an ancient Babylonian temple tower. Hook:zigguratS. Blanagram:zaStrugi. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

Learned with @kchew.bsky.social that the Lower Don Trail, while officially closed, is cyclable from Todmorden Mills to Corktown Common, and full of birds and art.

NASPA Word of the Day: SADIRON n a heavy flatiron. Anagrams:donairs inroads ordains. Hook:sadironS. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: OBLATELY adv elliptically. Anagram:lobately. Anahooks:bellyBoat toleRably. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: KOP n a hill. Hooks:kopH kopS. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: THERMEL n a device for temperature measurement. Hook:thermelS. Typos:thermal thermes. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

Went looking for birds, found a public art installation that I knew nothing about.

Possible contronym alert: if you lend someone a C$20 bill (note) and ask for it back *in specie*, do you expect the bill back, or ten toonies (coins)?

NASPA Word of the Day: ENDWISE adv lengthwise. Anagram:sinewed. Hook:Bendwise. Anahooks:Pinweeds Rewidens dewinesS wideneRs widenesS. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: AMPLEXUS n the mating embrace of frogs. Extension:amplexusES. Blanagrams:ampOules examplEs plumaGes. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: HOMEOTIC adj being a gene producing a shift in development. Anahook:hemotoXic. Blanagrams:Smoothie chRomite choWtime emoticoN methoDic tRichome. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: FRAKTUR n a style of type. Hook:frakturS. Typo:fractur. Blanagram:futHark. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: DRUPE n a fleshy fruit. Anagrams:duper perdu prude urped. Hooks:drupeL drupeS. Extensions:QUAdrupeD QUAdrupeDAL QUAdrupeDS drupeLET drupeLETS drupeLS. Typos:drape druse. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: MASHGIAH n an inspector of kosher establishments. Anahook:mashgiaCh. Blanagram:shaNghai. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

My late mother’s apple tree looks like it’s getting ready for a bumper crop this year.

NASPA Word of the Day: TREVALLY n an Australian food fish. Hook:trevallyS. Anahook:veNtrally. Blanagrams:Gravelly latTerly lyratelY reCtally retRally varletRy veStally verBally verNally. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

NASPA Word of the Day: JASPER n a variety of quartz. Anagram:japers. Hooks:jasperS jasperY. Extensions:jasperWARE jasperWARES. Typos:gasper rasper. https://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/wotd.pl

Ooh, looks just like *my* son’s new kitten

I thought this would be the best part of our Sunday bike ride, but that was a tossup between spotting the wild deer in the Don Valley, and seeing a fight between some red-winged blackbirds and a great egret at the Brickworks, even if the egret didn’t use 白鶴拳