ANNOUNCEMENT

Wordwind--that's me!--got as many votes as the OED. Tra-la! And I didn't even cheat like the author of J, which is the letter eye incognito.

My definitions rarely get votes, although the asp voted for one of mine a while back.

Now what to do to celebrate? I think I'll take the OED out for a drink.

Bourbon regards,
WordWinner! forgetting my Southern upbringing to always conduct myself modestly

P.S. This was really an easy contest to figure out in retrospect. It hit me last week: retiarius. reticulated. netted. How did so many of us miss the "ret" part? Rhet Butler wasn't called "Rhet" for nothin'!