Codenames for Suckers

The 3rd (as opposed to 1st) month.

data - 3
boxer - 4
one - 0

Ace
Bermuda
Brick
Crusader
Delta
Fall
Ladder
March
Octopus
Penny
Pin
Pocket
Ray
Root
Seal
Sherlock
Stethoscope
War

Cap
Server
Lab

Fighter
Swing

Hook
Pentagon

mason - unlimited

Ray & Fall from last clue

Definitely brick for mason. Possibly also ladder and seal (in that order)

Brick
Ray
Fall
Ladder
Seal
Pass

Happy with that

Brick
Ray
Fall
Ladder
Seal
Pass

ladder

data - 3
boxer - 4
one - 0
mason - unlimited

Ace
Bermuda
Crusader
Delta
March
Octopus
Penny
Pin
Pocket
Root
Seal
Sherlock
Stethoscope
War

Cap
Server
Lab
Ladder

Fighter
Swing
Brick
Ray
Fall

Hook
Pentagon

Whoops, forgot about this. Will clue tomorrow

trench - unlimited

Definitely war

Crusader is another war word, but they didn't use trenches AFAIK.

Root is an under the ground word like a trench

Where's Marianas Trench? Bermuda? Probably not and anyways it's not capitalised.

We need 5 words and Octopus, Delta and March are backups

I suppose I need to read those recent posts where IBD gave his thoughts on unlimited clues in the endgame

Trench is kinda like a pocket?

Maybe

How many trench words and how many non-one words do you think we're dealing with here?

2 and 3 or 3 and 2?

Reading IBD's thoughts on unlimited end game means guess the obvious and then run the backup list.

Kinda what I previously thought.

War
Root
Octopus
Delta
March

That's a first draft, now let's pick it apart and refine it.

I certainly don't think Root belongs that high.

I wouldn't even have it in my top 5 at all.

I'd guess 2/3, but 3/2 is possible.

So you'd go

War
Pocket
Octopus
Delta
March?

I feel like there's a lot better out there for War and pocket

Fatigues or something.

So you think this is War/Pocket/Root? Or just War/Root?

I don't love root either tbh.

Let's think about one - 0 for a second

We had no backup list so there was no danger we were being steered away from.

It was purely a clue to get us words. We've got none of those words so far.

You wouldn't put a 0 clue down for 2 words would you? I mean surely there's an actual positive link to just drop a 2 clue.

This makes me think that one - 0 was for 3 words and we've got 2 from trench.

Do you agree with that "logic"? Or am I just making inferences where I shouldn't?

I like Octopus and March for one - 0 but I'm dubious about Delta.

Does delta work for you? It's an obscure name for a 4 sided shape in the UK. It's also the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet.

Could you also lump root in with one - 0?

Positive and negative roots etc.

Weren't we all part of a game that I clued for root in the maths sense of things?

Edit: found it. I clued principal for root and you got it. Not really relevant here.

...which is shaped like a triangle.

Yes I agree with this.

So we've got Octopus, March, Delta and then we've got 2 trench words

I think we're both liking war and then the other one is up for discussion.

Ace
Bermuda
Crusader
Penny
Pin
Pocket
Root
Seal
Sherlock
Stethoscope