Scrub

[Alan Sondheim]

Scrub, in the evening


In the word game where I make my rules:

As words: es, er, ar, heh, hah, aha, ehe, eheh, huh, uh, os, et, bi,
  nu, oy, oi, mu, um, sh, perhaps tv, id, icky, ick, ki, ka, perhaps
  ok (in desperation), ge (extreme desperation), aw, ow, hooey

Words ending in 'est' as thinkest, walkest, talkest, but also dost

The apt: rapt, perhaps capt, sapt, lapt, perhaps even mapt, hapt,
  trapt, (thus) hap

Words from music: re, mi, fa, la, ti, da, sol

Behold: lo, yo, wow, whee, perhaps yow (depending on desperation)

The 'jin' family: jin, jinn, jins, jinns, djinn, djinns

The 'jo' family: jo, joe, joes, perhaps jos (depending on desperation),
  joss, john

Grey: grey, gray

Re: reprogramming, retravel, rework, remail, remodel, remodelling,
  remodeling

Computer: blog, wiki, email, webpage, internet, intranet, perhaps yag,
  perhaps dvd, perhaps cd, perhaps cdrom

Animal sounds: moo, baa, meow, miaou

Oddity: dick, slacker, trucker, trucking, sic, vis (as in vis-a-vis)

Tri-k: kat, kar, (perhaps) kot, (perhaps) ket, (desperate perhaps)
  cay

Q-tricks: qay, quay, quern, qat, qats, qin and qins, qua, quo, quair,
  quoin

Of x: ex, exing, exer, exers, perhaps axing, rex, lex, perhaps max,
  perhaps (if really desperate) mux

More alphabet: dee, vee, ef, gee, kay, el, aitch, eff, ess, cay

Of z: zee, zig, zigs, zag, zags, zit, zits, biz, diz (desperate),
  fay (desperate), fey (desperate)

Alphabetics: pe, peh, pi, xi, rho, phi, chi, bet (Ashkenazi beth),
  dalet, tet, yod, and their plurals (xis, yods, pes, pehs, depending
  on desperation), mem, ayin, koph

Of c and variant: clue, clew, co (very desperate), con, carl, karl,
  jarl

Depending on the game (similar to Scrabble), I can meander forever,
  careering (when desperate), aas (plural of aa when even more
  desperate), porno (desperate), bey (slightly desperate), phew


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