Word of the Day - Sporadic

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Sporadic

Meaning - Occurring at irregular intervals or in isolated or scattered places

Usage - His attendance was sporadic at best.

Synonyms: occasional, infrequent, irregular.

Antonyms: regular, consistent, steady.

Anagrams - Picadors
Front hook - none
Back hook - none

Word of the Day - Malinger

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Malinger

Meaning - pretending illness in order to escape work.

Usage - He learned fast to malinger on the job.

Synonyms: dodge, fake, evade.

Antonyms: do, meet, face.

Anagrams - Germinal, Maligner
Front hook - none
Back hook - S, Y

Word of the Day - Cardinal

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Cardinal

Meaning - of the greatest importance; fundamental. Also a red bird.

Usage - As a salesman, the cardinal rule is to do everything you can to satisfy the customer.

Synonyms: chief, paramount, foremost.

Antonyms: lowest, least important,not required.

Anagrams - none
Front hook - none
Back hook - S

Word of the Day - Paragon

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Paragon

Meaning - Model of excellence or perfection of a kind.

Usage - Mother Theresa is a paragon of virtue.

Synonyms: nonpareil, apotheosis, ideal, exemplar.

Antonyms: antithesis.

Anagrams - none
Front hook - none
Back hook - S

Word of the Day - Absolve

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Absolve

Meaning - To pronounce clear of guilt or blame.

Usage - The agitating leader, absolved her party of any responsibility in the intimidation of co-workers.

Synonyms: discharge, liberate, forgive.

Antonyms: charge, blame, convict.

Anagrams - none
Front hook - none
Back hook - D, S, R

Word of the Day - Dolorous

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Dolorous

Meaning - feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress.

Usage - The doctor believes the patient will be less dolorous after she takes antidepressants for a few weeks.

Anagrams - none
Front hook - none
Back hook - none

Word of the Day - Straggly

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Straggly

Meaning - Spreading out in different directions.

Usage - He was a tall, wiry man with straggly hair.

Anagrams - none
Front hook - none
Back hook - none

Word of the Day - Bulwark

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Bulwark

Meaning - a defensive wall; an object that acts as a shield.

Usage - If shots are fired at the presidential vehicle, the car’s bulletproof exterior will act as a bulwark.

Anagrams - none
Front hook - none
Back hook - S

Word of the Day - Evince

Here is the word of the day from our students at the Communicare Club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Evince

Meaning - a defensive wall; an object that acts as a shield.

Usage - If shots are fired at the presidential vehicle, the car’s bulletproof exterior will act as a bulwark.

Anagrams - none
Front hook - none
Back hook - S

Word of the Day - Grotesque

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

grotesque

Meaning - extremely ugly and strange

Usage - It’s odd how we can find some grotesque things so fascinating.

Anagrams - none
Front hook - none
Back hook - R, S

Word of the Day - Aspersion

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Aspersion

Meaning - A false charge meant to harm someone’s reputation.

Usage - The politician’s career was ruined by an aspersion created by his enemies.

Anagrams - none
Front hook - none
back hook - S

Word of the Day - Laudable

Here is the word of the day from our students at the communicare club at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management:

Laudable

Meaning - Praise worthy.

Usage - While both of the recycling projects are laudable, only one of them can be enacted within the city limits.

Anagrams - none
Front hook -none
back hook -none

Sherwin Wins Pune Scrabble Championship 2015

Sherwin Rodrigues has won the Pune Scrabble championship. The tournament that featured 15 rounds of competition had a record turnout of 60 participants. Here are the complete standings:

Pune Scrabble Championship, July 2015

Final Standings

Rank	Won-Lost	Spread	Player
1	12½–2½	1299	Sherwin Rodrigues (#1)
2	11–4	818	Varisht Hingorani (#3)
3	11–4	699	Nakul Prabhu (#5)
4	11–4	228	Samrath Bhatia (#15)
5	10–5	1025	Ramchandran Chidambaram (#14)
6	10–5	461	Udayan Grover (#2)
7	10–5	407	Sunny Bhatia (#19)
8	10–5	269	Sudhir Kamath (#21)
9	9½–5½	808	Shaik Ahmed (#8)
10	9–6	728	Carolann Pais (#6)
11	9–6	720	Irfan Siddiqui (#4)
12	9–6	621	Mangala Bhandarkar (#9)
13	9–6	207	Hyder Quraishi (#26)
14	9–6	132	Pramit Kamath (#7)
15	9–6	125	PC Jose (#18)
16	9–6	124	Nidhi Singhvi (#13)
17	9–6	−95	Ruparel,Nikheel (#37)
18	8½–6½	−19	Chatterjee,Dipankar (#20)
19	8½–6½	−183	Subodh Tripathi (#28)
20	8–7	653	Lennie D'Souza (#11)
21	8–7	513	Zeba Sultan (#35)
22	8–7	378	Hriday Samtani (#29)
23	8–7	362	Neena Shahani (#25)
24	8–7	356	Sanjay Bijlani (#16)
25	8–7	−29	Manju Pai (#22)
26	8–7	−40	Rehet Bhatia (#43)
27	8–7	−83	Priya Karkhanis (#17)
28	8–7	−88	Dhyan Gandhi (#52)
29	8–7	−192	Romilla Thakur (#27)
30	8–7	−218	V Ramachandran (#10)
31	7½–7½	339	Meena Bakhru (#24)
32	7½–7½	85	Sylvia Coelho (#42)
33	7–8	267	Kala Ganesh (#33)
34	7–8	189	Vraj Jain (#38)
35	7–8	164	Eeshan Malhotra (#58)
36	7–8	104	Satish Srinivasan (#32)
37	7–8	74	Rex D'Souza (#23)
38	7–8	35	Rajeev Menon (#40)
39	7–8	−12	R Nalini (#12)
40	7–8	−291	Caryl Gonsalves (#39)
41	7–8	−316	Viji Ramachandran (#48)
42	7–8	−452	Meena Kalyan (#44)
43	7–8	−690	Milon Nag (#36)
44	6–9	97	Sridhar Paidikondala (#34)
45	6–9	74	Viren Braganza (#41)
46	6–9	4	Vedika Hingorani (#47)
47	6–9	−23	Saraswati R (#30)
48	6–9	−129	Aruna Grover (#46)
49	6–9	−275	Gaurav Bhargava (#31)
50	6–9	−405	Priya Kshirsagar (#49)
51	6–9	−721	Prateek Wadhavkar (#50)
52	5–10	234	Rekha Sanzgiri (#45)
53	5–10	12	Arindam Basu (#55)
54	5–10	−197	Supriti Malhotra (#60)
55	5–10	−259	Laura Braganza (#53)
56	5–10	−386	Krtin Juneja (#51)
57	5–10	−933	Sushanto Bhattacharya (#54)
58	4–11	−1188	Nandita Sarkar (#56)
59	4–11	−1633	Sian Virani (#57)
60	0–15	−3754	Atharshsiddharth Umapathy (#59)

Pune Scrabble Tournament - Top 20 after Day 1

Rank	Player	Win-Loss	Spread
1	Nakul Prabhu	7–0	+798
2	Sherwin Rodrigues	6½–½	+720
3	Meena Bakhru	5½–1½	+441
4	Varisht Hingorani	5–2	+575
5	Irfan Siddiqui	5–2	+556
6	Carolann Pais	5–2	+502
7	Priya Karkhanis	5–2	+317
8	Pramit Kamath	5–2	+310
9	Udayan Grover	5–2	+278
10	Sunny Bhatia	5–2	+215
11	V Ramachandran	5–2	+165
12	PC Jose	5–2	+99
13	Samrath Bhatia	5–2	+81
14	Nidhi Singhvi	5–2	−37
15	Zeba Sultan	4–3	+559
16	Lennie D'Souza	4–3	+486
17	Shaik Ahmed	4–3	+365
18	Mangala Bhandarkar	4–3	+365
19	Hriday Samtani	4–3	+246
20	Sanjay Bijlani	4–3	+239