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Sandy Wood
Brain Game: Ceramic Dog
by Sandy Wood - October 28, 2009 - 7:30 AM

ANSWERS:

Several “phobia” words could fit the bill, including hippophobia (fear of horses) and phobophobia (fear of eating).

Other possibilities include chihuahua, macadamia, piggyback, poppycock, widowhood, and woodchuck.

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  1. sorry if this is in the list of possible answers (i havent looked yet) but this popped in my mind instantly… hippopotamus!

    posted by brandon on 10-28-2009 at 8:12 am

  2. How about ophidiophobia (fear of snakes).

    Brandon, hippopotamus wouldn’t work because of the S and T.

    posted by Heather on 10-28-2009 at 8:18 am

  3. Brandon – “hippopotamus” has a ‘t’ in it, so it doesn’t work.

    (Not that I can come up with any on my own this early in the morning…)

    posted by Tina on 10-28-2009 at 8:18 am

  4. Tougher question: who turned the letters before Vanna?

    posted by PartiallyDeflected on 10-28-2009 at 10:28 am

  5. I was very proud of myself for getting “cookbook” and “kickback” and left it at that.

    posted by Matthew on 10-28-2009 at 10:40 am

  6. I know the answer, PD, but I’ll let someone else provide it.

    I was maybe 10 when the show premiered… I know that its morning air time was just about the only thing that made me get out of bed before noon during summer vacation.

    posted by Sandy Wood on 10-28-2009 at 10:49 am

  7. Matthew, those are both perfectly good words. I’d give props to any answer of eight letters or more.

    Did I actually use the word “props” in a sentence? Sorry.

    posted by Sandy Wood on 10-28-2009 at 10:52 am

  8. I used to love to watch people “shop” on Wheel of Fortune. I wonder why they don’t do that anymore. Maybe people just prefer cash.

    posted by Hannibal Schlechter on 10-28-2009 at 2:54 pm

  9. That would be Susan Stafford PD! She left in 1982.

    posted by Seamus on 10-28-2009 at 3:15 pm

  10. woodchuck.

    chappaquidick — i know, it’s a name…but it’s also an incident!

    posted by Pete on 10-28-2009 at 7:16 pm

  11. Very good Seamus! You may buy a vowel.

    posted by PartiallyDeflected on 10-28-2009 at 7:39 pm

  12. I wonder if R.L. Stine was ever an answer on this portion of WOF. It’d be an instant win!

    posted by Tamsyn on 10-28-2009 at 8:08 pm

  13. I found out about this from @BrainRunner on Twitter. A great follow for sweet links like this one!

    posted by Ricky Davis on 10-29-2009 at 4:05 am

  14. wrong again – it was tom foolery and susan surfboard.

    posted by dirk alan on 11-10-2009 at 4:33 pm

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