Dale and Olly,

How did you find this board if you don't subscribe to A Word A Day?

Whatever -- every week Anu, or a guest, E-mails 5 words, one a day, on a certain theme. Usually he specifies the theme: eponyms, words from German, etc. This week, as occasionally happens, we have to guess the theme. If you don't subscribe to the E-mail you can find each word here:

http://wordsmith.org/words/today.html