String and knot are locks

Not sure about genius


Maybe Amazon or boom?


Yo-yos were used in Greece (and in Goonies 2 for NES) as a weapon, and marathon is from Greece, but that’s two steps so nah

They aren’t very current these days and not booming either so nah on those

I dunno; not loving Amazon/genius but I guess it’s one of those two


I’m fine with string knot first and then Amazon/genius in either order, one before pass and the other as backup

Actually, how does genius even relate to yo-yo? I may be missing something obvious, but I don’t see a connection

yoyo is capitalized. so im thinking yoyo ma

is that how you spell his name? he is the famous musician

Ah yeah

string
Knot
Genius
Pass

Amazon

there was a rapper in the 80s named yoyo too... but highly doubt it's a reference to the rapper lol

i just remember the lyrics "my name is yoyo. im not a ho no" lol

Yo-Yo - 3

Amazon
Boom
Brazil
Chair
Contract
Current
Embassy
Genius
Groom
Himalayas
Hotel
Marathon
Mine
Mona Lisa
Mountie
Onion
Peanut
Princess
Ranch
Skates
Smoothie
State
Tank

String

Knot

Wagner - 5

Multiple meanings, but the two main ones I can think of are:

- The German composer
- The Russian military group

Lots more fit the latter (Boom/Current/Embassy/Mine/State/Tank) than the former (Chair/Genius...anything else?)

What are the chances you're familiar with Wagner's work? All I know he wrote is ride of the Valkyries, and that doesn't fit anywhere.

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I think we have to go with Wagner group here, the composer doesn't give us anything useful. Unless you know what the Ring cycle was about (another Wagner I just remembered)?

For them, I'd go:

Tank
Mine
Embassy

-long gap of uncertainty-

Boom
State
Current
Hotel

IBD knows his classical music, so I'd be surprised if he expects us to go 5x for the Russia group without considering Wagner the composer.

I agree there's not much there for him that I feel great about, but I think Genius has to be pretty high up there.

Your Russian list seems okay, but I'd have Mine lower (I don't think there have been landmines). I'd also have embassy lower, as that's more of a stretch. Basically I like the Boom/State/Current group better than the Mine/Embassy group.

I think I'm:

Tank
Genius
Boom
State
Current
Mine
Embassy
Chair

I saw something on twitter about landmines around that whole Wagner thing last week, which is why it's stuck in my head, but I'm happy to push it down.

I don't love current, but without a good reason. I really don't like putting Genius so high, because I think Yo-Yo hits it harder than Wagner does.

I'm happy with Tank, Boom, State as a top 3, and can live with current next.

For fifth word, I don't really like any of the options, to be honest

I'm okay with that.

Tank
Boom
State
Current
Mine
Pass

Genius
Embassy
Chair

Yo-Yo - 3
Wagner - 5

Amazon
Brazil
Chair
Contract
Current
Embassy
Genius
Groom
Himalayas
Hotel
Marathon
Mine
Mona Lisa
Mountie
Onion
Peanut
Princess
Ranch
Skates
Smoothie

String

Knot
Tank
Boom

State

bump for TBizzle

Will get on this today. Heading back to civilization soon

Royal - 4

for royal:

princess
chair
embassy
mountie
hotel


for yoyo:

genius


and im lost on the other yoyo word

Amazon - maybe to buy yo-yo; not royal
Brazil - no to both
Chair - royal chair is a throne; maybe royalty chairs the country? Seems decent but also meh
Contract - royals may enter contracts but bleh
Current - neither seems current; royals in news last year due to death
Embassy - usually for political entities in countries, but maybe since some countries ruled by royal; not bad
Genius - Ma is a virtuoso, or a genius
Groom - royal weddings are big so maybe?
Himalayas - don’t think so
Hotel - prolly lots of fancy hotels with Royal in the name; maybe why capitalized?
Marathon - don’t see for either
Mine - don’t see for either
Mona Lisa - Leo worked for royalty; not sure if this was during that, but she’s not dressed like royalty so prolly not
Mountie - yeah
Onion - nah
Peanut - don’t see it
Princess - lock
Ranch - meh
Skates - maybe yo-yo connection? Weakish
Smoothie - don’t see for either

Gotta guess:
Princess
Mountie
Genius (yo-yo)


Decent options for more:

Yo-yo:
Amazon
Skates
Current???

Royal:
Embassy
Seat?
Groom?
Hotel?

Princess
Mountie
Embassy
Chair
Genius
Pass

Amazon
Hotel


Does this work?

Princess
Mountie
Embassy
Chair
Genius
Pass

All red

Yo-Yo - 3
Wagner - 5
Royal - 4

Amazon
Brazil
Contract
Current
Groom
Himalayas
Hotel
Marathon
Mine
Mona Lisa
Onion
Peanut
Ranch
Skates
Smoothie

String
Princess
Mountie
Embassy
Chair
Genius

Knot
Tank
Boom

State

commission - 2