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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.

Comments (14)
  1. sorry if this is in the list of possible answers (i havent looked yet) but this popped in my mind instantly… hippopotamus!

  2. How about ophidiophobia (fear of snakes).

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

  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…)

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

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

  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.

  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.

  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.

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

  10. woodchuck.

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

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

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

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

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

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