Codenames 42

[JR4]

Okay, let`s see. 

A TELESCOPE can be used to point at outer space. 
Many BALL games use points. 
BOARD games sometimes use points too. A BOARD can show the live score in any ball game.

I guess PIN is kind of similar to point but I`m more confident about the first three words. A counterargument would be that the clue is point in singular which indicates a stronger emphasis on objects pointing at something. Hmm, I need to think a bit about this one..

[Azoth]

Do I have the right colour this time? Okay then!

The first thing I notice is that the clue isn't Pointy (STAR/SPIKE) or Points (BALL/BOARD), which would narrow the meaning, but Point - which has many meanings. Let's see.

Point a TELESCOPE at the sky
Play BALL and score points

Pretty confident about those. Then:

PINs end in a point, and when bowling you knock them down and score points
Play BOARD games and score points
Connect points with a RULER, and RULERs order minions by pointing
SATELLITES beam information to and from a point
Point (and click) at someone to TAG them (in a photo)

Not sure about the final word.

[Bobchillingworth]

Well, that's certainly a start.


Pre-spoilers:

* Spike, duh

* Needle, also duh

* Star, final duh


Post-spoilers:

Okay, not as unanimous as I expected. I think we'd have a plural clue if this was meant to refer to points in a game. This seems incredibly obvious to me, but I suppose Telescope makes sense as well, albeit less directly than the things which either are literal points or are defined by having points. I'll at least clear the most blatantly correct one:

Point to: Spike

[Tarkeel]

SPIKE is BLUE

[JR4]

Okay, we`re looking at different meanings of Point. It`s very much open to interpretation.

I still feel good about TELESCOPE next. If that`s correct, I`m happy to go NEEDLE next on the assumption that Amicalola is trying to clue all the pointy things. But why not clue Pointy instead? 

Point to Telescope

[Tarkeel]

TELESCROPE is BLUE

[JR4]

Okay, what is going on here? NEEDLE isn`t a word on the board.

I slightly prefer BALL over STAR.

[JR4]

One player rushing a bit with the guesses and the two others discussing a non-existing word. Guys, we need to up our game. 

[Azoth]

Yeah, we're a mess.  

I assume you both meant PIN instead of NEEDLE?
I still prefer BALL to PIN, but it's close.
Either of them would be better than STAR, because then the clue really should have been Pointy.

(I wouldn't have started with SPIKE, either, since that was the next word on Red's list for Ground. Water under the bridge.)

I'll go ahead and guess BALL in the morning (GMT) if no one objects.

[Bobchillingworth]

OBJECTION!


I really don't care much for Ball here, when we have Pin (whoops lol), which is both a point and part of the expression "pin point".


It also has no connection to Ground, though I'm not going to apologize for guessing Spike either, given that it was correct.


So, Point to Pin.


Pass.