Codenames 8

[Twinkletoes89]

Ketchup and Fork seems like it could've been clued a lot easier than this.

I like the idea of box and ketchup. A plural makes me think of a container for a box of buns.

If school was one of the words, then dinner could work fine.

I think Ketchup is a lock, but I really dislike fork.

[Bobchillingworth]

Point to Ketchup


For the second word... I don't know. It's tough to think of a single word which clues both Ketchup and Fork., most foods you'd put the former on you just hold with your hands. But box does make a certain sense which hadn't occurred to me. You'd put like cinnamon buns in a box for sure... but you'd also eat them with a fork if you don't want sticky fingers.

[Twinkletoes89]

I'm sorry but fork is a real non-starter with me. Over in the UK I see loads of meals where people add ketchup and eat it with a fork.

The choice to use buns instead of just bun really makes a big difference to me. Remember when I did burns instead of burn? The plural emphasised the clue degree which may otherwise have been ignored.

Thus what do we think of when we think of buns?

I never eat one with a fork.
I've bought boxes of buns (bread or cake) before
I've heard of buns of steel or shake your buns dancing.

So I think it's a toss up between box and dance.

Either one is hard to clue with ketchup so that doesn't help much either.

[Bobchillingworth]

Compelling arguments.


I'm not set on anything. I'll be very surprised if we don't land Ketchup though.

[sunrise089]

I'm so unsure I'm fine with Box. It at least does play to the plural point.

[DaveV]

I like TT's argument for Box or Dance with the plural clue. I'd rate Box above Dance, but I'm fine with either.

[Bobchillingworth]

Whichever you prefer is fine with me, TT.

[Lewwyn]

Ketchup is blue

[Bobchillingworth]

Oh, TT is probably offline, it's probably like almost 1 AM in England.


Okay, well, dave has a slight preference for box, and the rest of us are uncertain, but it was TT's first non-ketchup suggestion, so:


Point to Box

[Bobchillingworth]

Also, for the record, Ketchup is the "Protective trait" of Codenames. In a grid full of words with alternate meanings, it's a vaguely unpleasant condiment that hardly pairs with anything.