New Rory & MAL - BONUS EPISODE: The Spelling Bee

Episode Date: January 1, 2026

We go into the Patreon Vault to give you a classic New Rory & Mal episode.  Finally, it’s time to see what the gang is made of. Our first (and last) official spelling bee is here. We st...art the episode off with some jokes and things before somehow arguing about influencers and their ethical responsibilities, and finally get to the game at 37:35 #volume All lines provided by hardrock.betSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. The volume. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to the inaugural 2025, Rory and Mall, Patreon spelling B. Palooza. Let's meet our contestants. She's your boo from Syracuse. Give it up for Baby Dee. Do your man on the right.
Starting point is 00:00:39 He's a proud boy, but old, he only eats soy. Give it up for mall. And lastly, everyone is shocked he made it this far by entering the competition. I wish he can read, but he can't. Give it up for I read poorly Rory. He stinks. Who that man? I'm rooting for the underdog.
Starting point is 00:01:19 So when the underdog. The way underdog. The way underdory. When he started that, that music, I had the card up. And I thought that was pre-recorded. And then I looked up and it was peeve on the mic. I read poorly Rory as fucking. I read poorly Rory.
Starting point is 00:01:39 That's going to stick. We have to get chat GBT away from P. Oh, man. I mean, in Rory's chat G.P.T. It's a P, not a B. Oh, that's fine. He don't know how to spell GBT. He can't even spell GPT.
Starting point is 00:01:58 You know. Please. Yesterday. Oh, no, on Monday. On Monday, I asked Kea if she could get me an espresso, and she said, oh, what? I said, that's what it's called, right? No. No. It's espresso.
Starting point is 00:02:12 Expresso. I just started drinking coffee, man. My whole life, I thought it was espresso. Oh, my God. Because you drink it and express. No, you don't. No, you're not faster. Nobody runs faster than you drink espresso.
Starting point is 00:02:28 It's like the express drink. No, it does not work with that way. More jittery. I don't know. That's fine. I welcome all the hate. Yes, this is going to be a great, great spelling bee. Thank you, everybody for tuning in.
Starting point is 00:02:39 You know who else? They hated on and counted out. Who's that? Jesus Christ. That's a fact. That's a fact. And you were made in his likeness. That is true.
Starting point is 00:02:47 I get it. Roy of Nazareth. Yes. What's up, baby D? You ready? Yeah. You locked in low. You got your lap.
Starting point is 00:02:53 See, I don't know. I don't like the fuck that baby D got the lap. Yeah, but still you might have a tab or something. I can't really. You may be screen mirroring, but I have another. What's you doing? And you got your hair down over your left earlo. You got an airpiece in there.
Starting point is 00:03:06 What's up with you, yo? Who's feeding her? Who's feeding her? She got her sister on FaceTime somewhere on the phone. I was just looking shit up. I'd be fucked up. I would be fucked. All right.
Starting point is 00:03:17 With who wants to be a millionaire? They still do that show, right? Yeah, absolutely. Phone a friend? How they, like, phone a friend. They have to have Google open, right? No. I think they tell you because somebody I know was on there
Starting point is 00:03:28 And they tell you to stay, you're supposed to be by your phone, phone clear through this window of time. And if it rings, you just answer it. No, I know. But why couldn't I have my laptop with me? To Google something real quick. No, no, they have somebody like, I think with you, like somebody from the show. They used to send, like, Regis's goons. No, you know, those networks have people that they could fly out and make sure that the phone is connected.
Starting point is 00:03:52 The connection is clear. All of that type of shit. I think it's funny. You know someone that was on who wants to be a millionaire. Yeah. Just let that slide. Yeah. How far did they make it?
Starting point is 00:04:00 It would probably be cheaper just to fly the friend out to the show and sit them in the green room with a gun to their head and say, y'all, don't fucking Google shit. Give the answer. I was watching Family Feud the other day and Vaughn was on there with Neo. I was fucking crying, man. It was like, Von.
Starting point is 00:04:14 It was Neo versus Meg. That shit happened. That whole episode had me crying laughing. Like, Family Feud is nothing but like just comedy for Steve Harvey at this one. And shout out to Vaughn, a friend of the show. What questions did they ask Vaughn? Now I have to go watch this. Oh, you know, you got a while.
Starting point is 00:04:27 I can't remember. I was just laughing. And the fact that him and Neo was on family feud, I was like, what are y'all doing? I hope they asked Neo, like, traditional marriage topics and monogamy. No, they don't want to get it. It's not on that network. They would have to cut those cameras off and came to that with me. Steve believes that.
Starting point is 00:04:44 Thank you, Peach. No, that's our live audience. That's not, Peach. Thousands of people sitting back there. I'm going to ask a stupid question. I don't really know the rules of a spelling bee. Well, you can't use your phone. Well, I know that.
Starting point is 00:04:56 You have to spell the word. And if you have trouble trying to like spell it, before you begin to spell it, you can ask for it to be used in a sentence. I know it's LOLs to make fun of me of not being able to spell. I don't think you guys are that greatest spellers either. So we can't do, we can't do elimination. I think it would be okay. That's be like a point system.
Starting point is 00:05:14 Yeah, we're all out in the first. Yeah, we're going to do a point system. It's a point system? Yeah, everyone's going to say every round. If he can't spell something and I can, he should be. Oh, like God. The competition's going to be like two minutes long. Oh, yeah, that's true.
Starting point is 00:05:25 So we have to kind of like, all yeah, we'll do a point system then. I'm with that. So I think we're all going to get our own, we're all going to get our own words because if we all, obviously, if we all attempt to spell the same words, you know. So hopefully PG give you guys easy words. Why do you keep saying y'all, like you're just going to smoke through this? Every competition we have, I smoke y'all in every single. That's not true.
Starting point is 00:05:47 Okay. You have Juan Ye is the best. He picked Juan Ye. Not me. Oh, no, that you yours. Who was yours? Spell Juanier. You spell.
Starting point is 00:05:55 it. You can't spell W-A. Roy, don't try to spell it wrong on purpose. Okay. Yeah, you got it right. I just got it right. All right. All right. One point for me.
Starting point is 00:06:08 That wasn't on the list, but I get it. All right, Peach. We got these the people send. Yeah, a lot of people submitted Twitter community, Patreon community. All right. And you are allowed to ask the judges who is
Starting point is 00:06:23 Pige, you are allowed to ask for a word to be pronounced again, only one more time, and you can ask for it to be a definition, like, ask for the definition of the word or to be used in a sentence. These are mostly normal words. Okay. And we're confident that Pige is going to know how to pronounce them correctly. Or it may help us because he'll sound it out. He's from Kansas City, so it's kind of like, their little twang on the end of words.
Starting point is 00:06:45 It's kind of like. Did you set them up? He talks like technology. Like in order for like for them to go from easy to hard? No. No? No, okay. Let's do a music category to start it off.
Starting point is 00:06:56 Okay. I'm with that. Who's going first? Rory. Is it Swifty? Let's go. Rory. Remember the kid in the spelling bee?
Starting point is 00:07:11 We're not allowed. I'm sure they'll cancel us. I'm sure you've got some special needs. Yeah. P's just going to have a ball with this. Are we ready? Your word is rhythm. Well, I don't have much of that.
Starting point is 00:07:22 Can you use it in a sentence, please? Rory does not have rhythm Country of origin, please Atlanta That makes sense Motown Yeah, Motown Rhythm
Starting point is 00:07:34 I could write out rhythm But trying to do it Raw Dog Like off your head Yeah Is way tougher than Because I'm trying to like Picture the word
Starting point is 00:07:44 I'm trying to picture rhythm R-H-T-H-Y M R-H-M Hmm Hmm R-H-H-Y No, you don't get to steal a word.
Starting point is 00:08:02 You don't, no, you don't get to try twice. It doesn't work like that. We'll be here all fucking day with you. You lost. Maul, would you like to steal? Yeah, this was, I thought that was a practice. I would like to steal. Okay.
Starting point is 00:08:12 Wait, we can steal words? Yeah. Why not? Rhythm? R-H-Y-T-H-M. He probably was going to spell it the way I was, but saw that it was wrong and then flipped it. That's why stealing a word isn't fair, man.
Starting point is 00:08:26 I was never going to spell it. He just spelled that. I was never going to put that T where you put it. What you said? I spelled it like I had a list. He said RYT? Yo. I definitely.
Starting point is 00:08:43 I definitely, I spelled it like Vives Cartels. Ritum. And I think I added too much of a T.H. In there, like the girl from a 3LW. See? Promises, promises. Like I got to sound. You still said it right.
Starting point is 00:08:54 He didn't all those Caribbean women. He said Ritum. Yo. Big tune. Big tune. Big tune. All right, Ma, you ready for yours? Okay, so I got one point, right?
Starting point is 00:09:07 Big up your side, cool. Yeah, I'm going to keep going. Big up. Big up yourself. All right, Ma, you might get tripped up on this one. Okay. Cipher. Cipher?
Starting point is 00:09:20 Wait, so he gets two? Well, I stole yours and now this is my word. That's not how they do it on Discovery Channel. Well, they also eliminate on a Discovery Channel. All right, fine. Yeah, so you want to go home? Yes, if that's all it'll take. All right.
Starting point is 00:09:35 Cipher. Can you use it in a sentence, please? Rory was in a Cipher with Kendrae. What's fucked up is I would have easily gotten this one. But, well, I'll let him go. All right, Cipher, C-Y-P. I knew this was going to happen. It's a debate because that's not really how you spell it.
Starting point is 00:09:59 So C-F-A-S-E-R-L-E-R-R-E-R-E-R-E. So C-I-P-H-R? Oh, no, I thought you didn't get a second shot. That's- But Demandis only does that with me. How are we spell this? Cypher, can I steal it? Is it the hip-hop.
Starting point is 00:10:11 C-I-P-H-E-R, Cipher, one point for R. What? Got my point back, all tied up. Oh, shit. Yeah, DeG-R was making fun of me. No, no, it's on Google. C-Y-P-H-E-R. A performance by a group of artists, Cipher.
Starting point is 00:10:33 Yeah, I spelled it right, bro. You never asked for the definite? You did. You did. He said Rory was in a cipher with Tech 9. Okay, I'll get myself one of these. I spelled that right. You spoke it right, yeah.
Starting point is 00:10:44 You can spell it both ways. I know, but there's also words on Google that aren't real, but there are words that we say. Is that actually in the dictionary? Meriam Dictionaryam. Yes. Fuck. I'm not doing this for Rory. Where's Mariam at?
Starting point is 00:10:57 Oh, my. I don't see it. Where's you from? C-Y-P-H-R or C-I. C-F-E-R-C-E-R-C-E-F-E-S. C-F-F-E-F-E-E-F-E-E-S. is a slang word. This isn't a slang spelling bee.
Starting point is 00:11:08 You know what else is a slang word and it's often in the dictionary? Ain't. I'm looking now that it's not in the dictionary. I mean, I spelled it right both ways. C-I-P-H-R. It's in the Oxford Dictionary. However you want me to spell it.
Starting point is 00:11:22 However you want me to spell it right. No, that's not fair. He gets Cipher. Cipher is fine. Cool. Y'all tried to trip me up, man. I'm the judge. This is how this is how.
Starting point is 00:11:30 First of all, PJ-R, and he had the word and how it was spelled with C-I-P-H-R. But the way he used. used it in a sentence was I spelled that right. Yeah. You were not in a C-I-P-H-E-R with fucking Kendrick Lamar. You were in a cipher with Kendrick Lamar. He spread the L.
Starting point is 00:11:47 Technicality, he said. Take the L. I didn't, it wasn't my word. What hell am I taking? All right, two for me, none for you. Loser. I was going on. What are you doing?
Starting point is 00:12:02 I think like 5.5? Oh, man, it was baby D-ter. Yeah, P,'s what is it? What you're doing? We should score by how many letters you get right. To round out the music category. Entandra. Hmm.
Starting point is 00:12:17 That's going to kick her ass. Spell it. E-N-T-E-N-D-R-E. Okay. Good job. And see, here's the thing. That's why I do respect Ameris. I would have thrown a fucking fit
Starting point is 00:12:33 because entendre's way harder than cipher and rhythm. Like, rhythm's impossible to spell. I wouldn't get, I wouldn't miss that. Yeah, I was going to put an end at the end of rhythm. I ain't going to lie. It's a tough word. Rhythm. All right.
Starting point is 00:12:47 Before we need a second round, what are some words for you guys that are very simple that you still can't spell? Schedule kicks my ass. Hey, hey, we'll get to it. Oh, schedule is on the bill. It will be. It might be. It might be. Schedule.
Starting point is 00:13:01 I just put SCD and just continue all of my day. I'm not trying to spell schedule. When I was. I was a kid and I was in Spelling Bees and I was actually really good at Spelling Bees probably used to whip my ass and I don't understand why. Probably was tough. Probably used to woo my ass. Probably. Probably.
Starting point is 00:13:15 Probably. I'll probably be there. Probably not. I'll probably be there. Probably not. You guys want to go politics? Oh man. Oh, God. I'm cleaning up.
Starting point is 00:13:24 I'm cleaning up. Right now the score is one me to mall zero for Rory. Because he stole one. Because I stole one. Because I stole Rory's. I took Rory's just spelled it right. And all right with the stealing thing, whoever says it first. It's not like an order.
Starting point is 00:13:36 you can only steal from the person next from the person to your that's all right man to be the first person that says i want to steal to you know when they say look to you know in church when they say look to your neighbor you are my neighbor so i can steal from my neighbor i can steal from all i can steal from i've been to baptist catholic non-denomination that's never happened once they say look at your neighbor and say thank you neighbor i love you neighbor peace be with you neighbor yeah they never said take from your neighbor i hate it that's actually in the command Peace be with you and then also with, I hated the and also with you. I don't, I don't want to shake my neighbor's hand.
Starting point is 00:14:11 I don't want to do that. They changed the translation sort of recently. It's not peace be with you and also with you. It's, I forgot what it was. They changed it though in Catholicism. You don't say that. Wow. With the rest of us.
Starting point is 00:14:24 Changing God's words. It's crazy. New translations. Translators couldn't spell. Yeah. Neither can transgender. You ready, Pete? You ready, Pete?
Starting point is 00:14:35 Who's up first? Rory. Roy, your word is inauguration. Again, one that I could type out with the help of an iPhone to fix it in the middle of me typing it.
Starting point is 00:14:48 They got spell check. Okay. Inagoration. Country of origin, please. Rory. American. Spell the fucking word. Queens.
Starting point is 00:15:03 Yeah. Jamaica State. I-N-O-M-A-M-A-M-A would you like to steal? Wait, wait, all right, can I take the, can I steal the word? You can steal. I-N-A-U-I-U-G in augur. N-I-N-A-U-E Oh, Lord, Jesus.
Starting point is 00:15:46 I-N-A-U-G U-A-R-A Yes. Yep. N-I-N-A-U-G. No, it's over. Maybe D, you want to go for the trip to do? I-N-A-U-R-A-T-I-I-O-N.
Starting point is 00:16:08 Hold up, but where did I get it wrong at? You said G-U-A. It's just G-U-R. Oh, okay, okay, okay. Yeah, my bad. That's for me. I was close. You were not even fucking...
Starting point is 00:16:21 I and O. The O sent me. The O's... In inauguration. In A. The O fucking sent me. Oh, yeah, it's on mall because it was for the steel.
Starting point is 00:16:35 Okay. Your word is. Also, one of... Like I mentioned in the rules, rules earlier, you cannot go I in, I in, uh, I in, uh, I in, they do that in the spelling. Yes, they do. Until I, I could do whatever I want until I want until I finish the word. You can't, if you already say the letter, you can't go back and change it. Yes, you can. No, you can. Yes, you can. You can't change it. You can't go I in a, I mean, I in, oh, it don't work like that. Oh, no, I agree there. Why not? As soon as you get it
Starting point is 00:17:05 wrong, I'm giving you the, yeah, yeah. They don't do that in the spelling B. and the spelling B you only get it wrong if that's like you finish trying to spell it and like you can't go you gotta say it you gotta spell it then say it and then like that was wrong I-N-O never mind I-N-A no way we're doing it
Starting point is 00:17:20 you can't do that you could have they don't do that in spelling me either you can't go back and you tripping man because you got to spell a word say it and then once you say it after you spelled it and if it's wrong that's it
Starting point is 00:17:30 you can be like I-N-O you can try that but I'm gonna give you I-N-A you can try that Try it over here, buddy. Do whatever you want, but it's all Mall, right? All right. All right, mall's turn.
Starting point is 00:17:42 Maul, your word is constituent. Constituent? Constituent. Constituent. I never got that. C-O-N-S-T-I-T-U-E-N-T. Good job. Because you're so patriotic.
Starting point is 00:18:07 All right, P's. Let me add them. What we doing? Your word is Philibuster. F-I-L-I-B-U-S-T-E-R. Hell no. She spelled Philip.
Starting point is 00:18:25 What are you talking about? What are you talking about? Stop looking at the computer. Look, she's cheating. She's cheated. She's cheated. F-I-L-I-B-U-S-T-E-R is not filibuster.
Starting point is 00:18:38 That's not what you spelled. What is it? Spell it then. No, I want to steal it. Oh, go ahead. Still it. What's funny, everything got a story.
Starting point is 00:18:49 This, that speech from this album, every fucking answer. Every time. F-I-L. I grab that while we wait. Filibuster. Yeah. I forgot already where she was wrong.
Starting point is 00:19:14 Was it at the two L's? Never mind what she was wrong. If you miss a steel, you go down on point, too. That's a fact. That's a fact. That's not, no. You guys are just making shit up as we go. Because then you got caught stealing.
Starting point is 00:19:27 This is designed for me to loot. Like, I'm calling bullshit on it. And in the middle of my spell. If you try to steal. In the middle of my spell, you say that. If you try to steal and you don't, you get it wrong. You can't make up rules in the bottom of the second. That's in the rules.
Starting point is 00:19:39 That's in the rules. No one said that. It's valid. That's in the rule. Wait, has anyone missed a steal yet? Not yet, no. Let's go back to the tape. I don't know about that.
Starting point is 00:19:48 All right. F-I-L-L. What's funny is I would if I had that word first, I would have spelled it with a pH. I only did F because she got F right. I would have been like, ooh, I know this rule. P-H makes an F sound.
Starting point is 00:20:13 It's got to be spelled like Phil. Do you want to steal? Why, you want to go for the double steel? Filibuster? No, I don't want to steal. Okay. Can we get the correct spelling? Philibuster
Starting point is 00:20:27 F-I-L-I-B-U-S-T-E-R I had too many else Yeah What other categories do you have, Pish? I think one round per category We can do the Taylor round What's the Taylor round? Taylor Swift round
Starting point is 00:20:43 No, Taylor Our friend Oh, oh Taylor Oh, this is the freaky round Yeah You ready? Look at Damaris shook Wait, what round is this?
Starting point is 00:20:53 The Taylor round. You know it's a friend of the show Taylor? Oh, she sent these words? Yeah. Okay. I can spell dildo. What the fuck? What the fuck? All right, the Taylor round.
Starting point is 00:21:09 This will redeem me. Your word is conalingis. Hmm. How do you pass? New word. Using a sentence, please. ABD and Taylor have yet to engage in
Starting point is 00:21:31 Nguyen. Have yet. I hate you. So much. It means eating pussy, by the way. Yeah. I'm aware of what the definition is. With the origin?
Starting point is 00:21:42 Like, I know definitions. Like, I got that on my, but... It's French. Um, so there's a rap group I liked named Cunningallus. I just don't think they spelled it correctly. Like, if I got fab...
Starting point is 00:21:58 If I got fabulous, I'd spell it like fab. Yeah, that's going to be your basis of, like, reference, yeah. Got you. C-U-N-U-N. No, wrong. Fuck. You're not the judge, Damaris.
Starting point is 00:22:12 Okay, I know how to spell Conellinguish. Oh, shit. You can't steal that one. Mall can steal it. Oh, I get to steal? Yeah. If you choose, if you miss it, you go down a point. Mm-hmm.
Starting point is 00:22:23 Well, I'm at 3-2, Damaris. I'm at negative one, right? Yeah. It's fine. I'll come back. I'll pass the DeMaris. Two steals and a dove, and I'm right back in the game. C-U-N-N-I.
Starting point is 00:22:34 I L-I-N-G-U-S That's how A freak knows how to spell that That's not That's how I was gonna spell it But I was like an English maker I didn't want to lose a point though
Starting point is 00:22:47 Who was going around Spelling that word? That's some freaky shit Yeah What's so? What's up? All right, we're on Mo. Maul, your word
Starting point is 00:22:59 Privilege Privilege? Wait, I get All right. Rory, I know You can't spell privilege either. Then Spell it wrong.
Starting point is 00:23:09 Pass on your steal and I'll steal it. Privilege. I'm probably going to spell privilege. It ends up in my mentions enough. I should know how to spell it. P-R-I-V-E-L-L-R-I-V-I. Is it P-R-I-V-I-L-E-D-G-E. I got it wrong, too?
Starting point is 00:23:38 Damn. Roy, this is your time to shine. I'm scared because that's how I would have spelled it. Oh, fuck. I know what I did wrong. Damn. P-R-I- He can't still, oh yeah, he can't, go ahead.
Starting point is 00:23:53 You guys just keep changing the rules for me. Go ahead. P-R-I-V-I-L-E-D-G-E. No, you spoke it the same way as me. There's no D. There's no D. I'm so close. There's no D.
Starting point is 00:24:12 He's spelled in the same way the Bears' It's L-E-G-E. There's no D. I knew where I fucked up the moment I said it. All right. None of us get it. It's fine. Well, I know all you want for Christmas
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Starting point is 00:27:45 It is an actual Polish saying. Yeah. It is an actual Polish thing. Better version of Play Stupid Games, win stupid prizes. Yes. Which, by the way, wasn't Taylor Swift, who said that for the first time. I actually thought it was. I got that wrong.
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Starting point is 00:30:06 She'll get this wrong, I'll get a steal. I'll be back in the game. Your word is, anchorchief. Actually, I don't know if I wouldn't know how to spell that. Damn.
Starting point is 00:30:23 Can I get the origin of the word, please? And I'm dead assed when I say that. Yes, you can. Because I feel like there's, I'm going to fuck this up. So if it's like Vietnamese, you don't know. But if it's German. No, because if it's American, it's going to be Spanish. English.
Starting point is 00:30:47 Yeah. H-A-N-K-E-R-S. Hell no. Hell no. Hell no. Go ahead, Rory Steele. How do you smoke? I'm at negative two.
Starting point is 00:31:02 If you think I'm going to try handkerchief. How do you? So if I still, I get two, I get what? You get two points, right? No, it doesn't work like that. No, it doesn't. It does not work like that. We owe Demers more points.
Starting point is 00:31:14 Exactly. Yes, because I've stolen words. It doesn't, when both of y'all missed, it doesn't work like that. You get one point from it still. Handkerchief, H-A-N-D-K-E-R-C-H-I-E-E-E-F. Whoa. There's a D in handkerchief? Don't forget the D.
Starting point is 00:31:35 Wait, can you write out like on the screen? I need to see that in person. H-A-N-D-K-E-R-C-H-I-E-F. Wow. There is a D in handkerchief. I would have never gotten that. Damn. Taylor's whipping y'all eyes.
Starting point is 00:31:50 All right, so mall's at what, four? I'm at foe. I'm at foe. And he stole from who? Me, right? Yeah, so it's Rory's term. Yeah. All right.
Starting point is 00:32:02 Back in this game. There's three more Taylor words if you want them. Yeah, all right, let's do it. Taylor, Taylor giving us a run for our money. Rory, your word is February. All right. I know I have a story every time. No.
Starting point is 00:32:21 The second word I was going to say, schedule kicks my ass. February is the second word. Roy, don't fuck up for my fucking ass. I just type Feb. F-E-B F-A-B-O L-O-U-S F-A-M-E-S-A-M-A-S-A-M-F-E-B
Starting point is 00:32:41 F-E-B R-U-R-A-R-Y Oh, my fucking God How far off was I? Did I need that reaction? Like, I was like, that far off, God damn. It's an easy word. It's a fucking, it's the month.
Starting point is 00:33:01 I told you it's one of those words that kicks my ass. We all have a easy word that we do. Not one that we look at every single day. You ready? You've been looking at the... It's January.
Starting point is 00:33:10 I don't look at it every day. F-E-B-R-U-A-R-Y. Wait, didn't I say F-E-B-R-U-A-R-Y? No. You said R-U-R. Yeah, R-U-R. Oh, dear, that was me. I actually...
Starting point is 00:33:27 I got five, baby, D. I see, ma'all. Rory might be at, like, negative, too. I'm at negative two, yeah. That's also... because I did not know because you change the rules in the middle of the game that you get negatives for getting negatives. I'm not putting negatives.
Starting point is 00:33:42 I'm not putting negatives. You have no points. Thank you. If we established that rule before the game, I'd be fine with it. But I wouldn't have tried to take those steals if that was a thing. You got negative. He got negative too.
Starting point is 00:33:52 No, if we, if we established that rule, I would not have jumped in for a steal. Yeah. I would have not played myself. You need two steals right now. I know. I know.
Starting point is 00:33:59 I know. I think it's a rule that would make sense, just not in the middle of the game. All right. So is my goal? Yeah. Well, your word is restaurant. Oh, fuck.
Starting point is 00:34:13 That's my word. That's my word I'm going to spell wrong. That one's tough too. Every single time. I know how to spell it for spell check to immediately fix it for me. Restaurant. R-E-S-T-A-U-R-A-N-T. Oh, my God.
Starting point is 00:34:29 Didn't you go to singing high school? Like, what the fucking? Singing high school? Didn't you go to fame? Like, what the fuck? I thought you just read sheet music. Yo, I'm fucking crazy. Taylor came up with some good ass words
Starting point is 00:34:42 because there's simple words that you will spell wrong. Handkerchief seems like it'd be the most simple thing ever. I would have come nowhere near that. But I knew that there was something funky about handkerchief. Like that's why I was like, ugh, I know it's something funky about that word. I'm kidding you. I got six. You got, baby D got three.
Starting point is 00:34:55 I'm at zero. All right. All right. All right. This is the last of the Taylor round. This one's kind of a layup, especially for Baby D. Mm. Sex.
Starting point is 00:35:05 Sphincter. No way. getting this right. S-P-H-I-N-C-T-O-R. Fuck. Whoa. There's no, Steve. What?
Starting point is 00:35:22 Come on, shut the fuck up. I'm just laughing. I look at this word regularly. Why am I spell? What is it? What's the fuck? Is that like in chemistry class? A sphincter?
Starting point is 00:35:38 Oh, man. Sni-lil it. S-P-T-R-S-P-E. Oh, you want the definition? Yeah, I don't notice. It's the taint. It's like the, no. It's like the, it's like the, it's like the, it's like the, goch.
Starting point is 00:35:48 Yeah, it's like the g-oh-u-c-h. Well, that's a gooch. It's like the asshole. Yeah, same shit right there. Wait, what? So why does Demaris look at this word every day? Because Demaris like her ass ate. So she says eat my sphincter?
Starting point is 00:36:01 Yeah. No, but I know this word. It's kind of like. Someone point me to the best sphincter eater? D'amara's a finger my sphincter. Ma'amara's a finger my spinkter. like to steal? Wait, no.
Starting point is 00:36:17 If I'm not getting negative, I might as well try. Yeah, you might as well try. What did she, what letters did she even start with? I don't know. I have no idea. She got far, though, right? Peach. She got close. She got close.
Starting point is 00:36:31 Uh, S. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Sphin. Hey. Okay. Yeah, what is that? Baby D. What was that?
Starting point is 00:36:41 I was going to go pH after that. Okay. I-N. T-E-R. Svinter Can I take it? Sphinctor. Can I take it?
Starting point is 00:37:00 Oh, see, he pronounced it wrong. This is a judge thing. S-P-H-I S-P-H-I-N-C-T-E-R. That's what the fuck I said. No, that's not what you said. Oh, I said O-R. Oh, I said O-R.
Starting point is 00:37:20 Yeah. I got seven, ABD. That's fucking crazy. It's fine. We're going to 21. Yeah, all right. We knew it like 21 of taps, like we could get mall back down. Yeah, yeah. So who was it on? So on Roy. Now we're going to
Starting point is 00:37:36 our Discord community. Okay. Shout out to the Discord. It's going to be way Shout out to the Discord community. The ops. Wait, Maddie can't submit no words. She's a fucking teacher, bro. I can't believe I let Taylor. The first word is from Maddie. It is for Rory.
Starting point is 00:37:50 specifically? No. Okay. The word is, receipt. Tell us about that one time in band camp. I can tell you it's one of my favorite Lil Wayne songs. That's what I'm trying to refer in my head right now. I know there's a tricky letter in there.
Starting point is 00:38:12 You can spell no receipts if you want to. And now! I was hoping for the Jordan music to kick in. REC. I know what the tricky letter is. letter is, I just don't know where they put it. Mm-hmm. R.C.
Starting point is 00:38:35 I know Hoff is dead. I don't know where they put it. Under giant stadium. Same shit. Because that's where they put it. Stupidest theory ever. REC. This doesn't count. Where does that fucking P go?
Starting point is 00:38:57 Mm-hmm. Okay. I think you worry about the wrong. Isn't that the crazy letter in receipt? He worked on the wrong letter, bro. Holy shit. Take your time. Take your time.
Starting point is 00:39:11 Mall, are you ready for your steal? Oh. Molly, are you ready for your steal? I mean, he might get it right. He won't. Can we just debate about the car or two for a second? Can you pull that out? Mall claims this isn't a classic.
Starting point is 00:39:30 Roy, there's a timer on. All right. See, rushing. First of all, there is no timer when they do it with the real kids. Masters at work. Mm-hmm. R-E-C-P-E-I-T. I don't know.
Starting point is 00:39:48 You didn't even try. Because you kept rushing me. I felt like I was letting everyone down. He spelled respect. R-E-F-E-E. Oh, it was a R-E-A-R-E-A, not Wayne. Yo. Go ahead, Ma.
Starting point is 00:40:01 Receit, R-C-E-I-P-T. Good God. And then, and then DeMaris has me second-guessing that I'm thinking about the wrong, now I was just to guess myself that P wasn't in it, when she was like, worrying about the wrong letter. You are worried about it. You're like, where does that P go? The P is in receipt. That's the one I'm worrying about the most. Where do you put that silent ass letter? Receit. Who says it? Not receipt. Who says it that way? Who on earth says it that way? But you were worried about it being after the C. Yeah, it's nowhere near the fucking C. Get the E and the
Starting point is 00:40:32 eye in the correct order. Because, which is also illegal if you go through the rules of Dimeris saying something to second guess myself. Then I'm thinking it wasn't a P. Mm. If you either you know how to spell the word or you know how to spell the word? All right. It's on who, baby, Dee? I got eight. It's on all. I got eight, baby, Dee. Okay. Keep tracking minds. Don't cheat me. Cheat the judge. I'm getting way harder words. Everybody, I just want that to be acknowledged. You said you was the smartest one when it comes to spell. Yes, you did not say.
Starting point is 00:40:58 Yes, you did. I said I was the smartest one. I was better at spelling. I didn't. That's what's the smartest. Okay. This isn't a reflection of me. It's a reflection of how poorly put together the English languages. Yeah, that's a fact. So this is, how that you think about it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Taking no account. Billabuster I fucked up on. But that's my fault.
Starting point is 00:41:15 Go ahead. It's Mal's turn. All your word is from Kayla. Kayla? Oh, man. Quizaciously. Quizaciously. Quasaciously.
Starting point is 00:41:28 I have no excuse compared to the easy words I've got. Quisaciously. I have no excuse. Quasaciously. I don't think I'll try it. Quisaciously. Can you use that in a sentence? It means in a moment.
Starting point is 00:41:42 mocking manner in a mocking manner quasiously in a mocking manner you're quasatious a lot quasaciously quesaciously look at it de Maris's thinking face I'm gonna try it Q UI
Starting point is 00:42:03 S A CA Is it C A It doesn't get too much Okay okay I've never used that word in my life So on you Are you choosing pass.
Starting point is 00:42:21 C-U-I. Oh, my God. She spoke cuisine. None of us know what the fuck are this. Okay, that was a little too hard. Yeah, I don't get a shot. Oh, Rory, go ahead, yeah. Q U-I.
Starting point is 00:42:41 Z. A. No, no, we're not doing that. We're not doing that. That the letter by letter by letter spell the word out. Wait, because it's like you're waiting for P-G to fucking hit you or not. We can't do that.
Starting point is 00:42:59 Okay, all right. I would have. It didn't matter. Wasn't it, was not getting that round. Was it he was not getting that right? That was where I was stuck. I thought they wouldn't have put two Z's there. Okay.
Starting point is 00:43:08 So this doesn't count, but Q-U-I-Z-Z-A-C-I-O-U-S-L-L-M-C-K-E-Y-M-C-E-M-O-U-S-E. Wow, you would have got a right. Damn. I should have won my first thought of it. I was like, there's no way they really spelled. No quiz like that. No way they did that. That's why I say. Who I don't know who they is?
Starting point is 00:43:28 Who made that fucking work? I've never used that word. I've never used that word in my life. I've never even heard that word. Who said that, Kayla? Yeah. Kayla, your ass is out of there. Kick her out of discord.
Starting point is 00:43:39 Yeah, your asses out of it. We asked for words and she gave a good one. Quisaciously. Pete. Stop quisationing her. Yeah, I'm sorry. Sorry, Kayla. Making a mockery of her.
Starting point is 00:43:49 It's on Demaris, right? Yeah. Demaris. This is from Hezy. Okay. Your word is Flem. I could get this one.
Starting point is 00:44:00 P-L-E-G-M. Hell no. P-H-L-E-G-M. Sorry, P-H-L-E-G-M. You can't spell it right after or try to spell it right out where he might have stole. What did you say after?
Starting point is 00:44:12 I didn't hear it, honestly. You're lying. I really didn't hear how we just... Okay. Go ahead. Still? I'm going to try. Okay. Yeah, at this point, you might as well
Starting point is 00:44:21 just try to spell everything. which letter did you say I forgot both things she said I got to pay attention I said that shit too quick Flem right yeah P-H
Starting point is 00:44:39 no you know stop doing that spell the word he said mm-hmm come on mm-hmm P-H-E-L-E-N
Starting point is 00:44:57 nope what she wants to do with me I actually would have spelled it F-L-E-M, but, you know. Can I try to steal? Yeah. I'm probably going to get it wrong, too. Flem, P-H-L-E-G-H-M. Wrong.
Starting point is 00:45:17 Close. Can you spell it first, please? P-H-L-E-G-M. Okay, there's a second age. Yeah. All right. But there is a F-L-E-M, right? No?
Starting point is 00:45:30 No. I don't know where you be at. I don't know who you've seen that. at bro. I'm so mad. I'm gonna start slowing down like Rory instead of fucking speeding through words because I'm looking at the word in my head is still coming wrong out my mouth. No, you got it.
Starting point is 00:45:42 If I feel you on that one, baby D. Don't worry about it. Ma, get the fuck. All right. I just said, I feel you on that, baby D. Go ahead. Rory. It's Rory. It's Rory. It's Rory. This is from a Twitter fan and Discord. Okay. Dougie Dan. All right. Simple name. So hopefully
Starting point is 00:45:59 it's a simple word. The word is can I get bonus points then if I get this right can this be an eight-pointer mom oh man my
Starting point is 00:46:18 all right I'm sorry your word is negus mhm mhm mhm ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Starting point is 00:46:34 oh you know what Pige can you use it in a second yeah Yo. We'll be right back. We'll be right back. Who's the sponsor after that word? Now a word from my sponsor.
Starting point is 00:46:53 I... It's an actual word. I know. And I'm actually... Finally, going to get one correct, and I'm not sure what that's saying about me. Okay. Okay.
Starting point is 00:47:03 N-E-G-U-S. A. Go, Rory. One of my new current favorite... rappers from upstate New York. I never say his name. I just promote him on Instagram because I'm always scared to say
Starting point is 00:47:17 it's that word I rap is his full name. So that's why I know how to spell. Didn't I tell you to tell him to change his damn name? I said it to him, but it was for selfish reasons. Because I wanted to be able to say it. He can rap so well, but I hate that damn same name. He's one of the most talented artists out
Starting point is 00:47:34 in my opinion. And he got me one point. So at least I like, at least I won't have the donut on the artwork. Yeah. The donut. Go ahead. No, but you lose a point if you spell a word wrong, right? No.
Starting point is 00:47:46 Then I'd be at fucking negative 50. Oh, man. We got rid of that rule. Dan. It was never a rule. Go ahead, Ma. What's my word? Oh.
Starting point is 00:47:53 Well, your word from too damn good. Indefinitely. Indefinitely? I always fuck up definitely and defiantly. Indefinitely. I-N-D-E-F-I-N-D-E-F-I-N-E-T-L-Y. I was about to say. Can I steal?
Starting point is 00:48:20 As you can, baby, D. I-N-D-E-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y. That's what. Fuck, fucking I, man. Mayer's making a comeback. And it's her turn. M. I. Crick letter,
Starting point is 00:48:41 Crick letter, crick letter I. Hunt back, humpback. When is that show coming back? I don't know. They need to hurry and bring it back. Hell you. Baby D, this is from Ash.
Starting point is 00:48:52 Namonia. Hell no. Baby D ain't spelling pneumonia. Shut up. Let me think. In my head, I got proud of myself that I at least know
Starting point is 00:49:04 with the first letter and that was a win for me. Small, small wins. I'm going to try. P. N E M
Starting point is 00:49:18 O Yeah That's hard That's hard That's word It's definitely one of those It's a tough one What say you
Starting point is 00:49:28 Oh fuck I know where I fucked up at Damn P S What? I thought that she got that right So I would have went PN But I thought she said P S
Starting point is 00:49:39 and it was correct Because P's didn't hit the no Didn't she say PS? No. Oh, PN. I was going on for her. No, you can't do that. P.N.
Starting point is 00:49:49 Just stop. Stop. I thought she said P.S. And I was like, God damn. No, learn how to spell. No. I would have said P.N. I'm dead ass.
Starting point is 00:49:57 I thought she said P.S. I was like, all right, wow. I wouldn't have gotten that. I would have just gotten P. Oh, my God. Pistimonia. He put an es in pneumonia. I thought she did.
Starting point is 00:50:10 I was trying to cherry pick off what she said. No. She got it wrong. Even if she did, she got it wrong. Why would you repeat what she did? Because when he put the horn, I thought it was whatever part she was in at the time. I thought she said P.S. N.
Starting point is 00:50:22 Where do you hear a S in pneumonia? Where do you hear a P? But P can make the, that sign. Pea can be silent. Especially when you pee on the carpet. Get out. Get the fuck out. All right, man.
Starting point is 00:50:42 Hold on. Hold on. All right, man. You should get this right. Because I'm so, go ahead. Let me try to spell it. Uh, fuck. P-N-E.
Starting point is 00:50:53 Mm-hmm. P-N-E. No. P-N-E. Fuck, is it? You? Yes. Oh, wait.
Starting point is 00:51:09 Oh. Wait, no? So it's E-U. No. Malls are, he said P-N-E-U. Oh, I thought he said P-N-U. No, he said it. No, Maul's correct so far.
Starting point is 00:51:18 P-N-E-U. Yeah. go ahead. P-N-E-U-M-O-N-I-A. Yeah. I forgot to you. Good job. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:51:32 Now tell us the four stages. The who? The four stages. The four stages. Oh, my God. This is fucking... All right. It's Rory's term.
Starting point is 00:51:42 I feel like it's always Rory's term. Goal always delivers. I mean, do I just go like super easy? No, no, no. Come on. We could stay with the same difficulty left. Okay. Yeah, this is the good one.
Starting point is 00:51:56 From Jay. Is this the hard ER this time? Yeah. I can't believe more washing me right now. Your word is Q. I will use it in a sentence so he knows which one. Like the main character of Juice or like what are we saying here? He died.
Starting point is 00:52:19 His friend died in Juice. Roy don't know how to take one of these. Roy doesn't know how to take it. It's like the cue like you're lining up for something. Oh, okay, different Q. Sorry. Oh, see, then I don't. You're in line at the DMV.
Starting point is 00:52:34 You're in the queue at DMV. Oh, like when you put something and you're like, But is the marriage supposed to be doing this? Yeah, see, I don't. No, that's fair. If I didn't even get the definition. She's a contestant. But I'm using it in a sentence.
Starting point is 00:52:46 You ain't supposed to do nothing. That's Pige's job. She's a contestant. And first of all I said, I gave a definition as a joke. I didn't ask for one. So if I give another version, of Q, I could still be correct. It doesn't have to be the one when you're in line
Starting point is 00:52:59 at DMU. But DeMaris can't do that. I agree. That's what I'm saying. QUE. That's got to be a word. That's gay. You're Puerto Rican today. Ma, can you go? Yeah. Okay.
Starting point is 00:53:22 Get the Eres. Get past. What do you mean? Get past my amigo. Yo. I didn't ask country of origin. you. Even in that
Starting point is 00:53:31 That's a loophole. That's still not Q. Hey. He's just white. He pronouncing him. No. Yo, I'm fucking crying. He's a torrent.
Starting point is 00:53:40 Oh, shit, Q, C-U-E, man. Oh, with a confidence. Yeah, that's your fault. That's your fault. That's your fault. Okay. Q you.
Starting point is 00:53:49 You can't do it again. Uh, shit. Come on, baby, dear. Wait. Oh, but now, see the way baby D. Nah. Who you see the way baby D. No.
Starting point is 00:54:01 said take a cue. You said, who said, Rory can't take a cue? No, like, lining up. Like, lining, we both said, like, lining up at the DMV. See, they confuse me. That's what I'm, me too. You said, you said, you said, you said, you said, you said, who said Rory can't take a cue? Who said, who said Rory can't take a cue? No one said that. Tamara's, definitely said that. You can't, you can't, you can't, take, Rory can't take a cue. That is, if that's the, I spelled that right. But you are correct. She's not allowed to do that. She's not a judge. She's got to come from you.
Starting point is 00:54:27 Y' y'all, y'all conspiring against me, man. That's fucking crazy. I'm not going to turn against you. Baby. Oh, maybe you can see my computer. No, I can't. I cannot see your computer because I would know how to spell this fucking word. I cannot see your computer. That's crazy.
Starting point is 00:54:40 I'm getting my using my ease fucked up right now. I was supposed to get that right, bro. That's crazy. They don't want to see me win. Oh, I'm about to spell this boat it's so wrong. But in the way DeMaris gave me the example, that I spelled that right. Remember when I was being pressured for the clock? But I'm just saying the way she said it, I'm like, okay, then that's what you.
Starting point is 00:55:00 You can give bad definitions too. That's a fact. They conspiring against me. That's a fact. I thought someone said something in Spanish. You got a five-point cushion right now. Fuck. Why can I not remember how to spell this fucking word?
Starting point is 00:55:12 What's the clock, man? Can you lower the brightness on your laptop in case you... I can't see. I'm... I spell mad words wrong. How will I be able to see it? Try to throw us off. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:55:23 You got to lose some, too. Yeah. You ever had the answers to a test and you, like, get two or three wrong? Yeah, you have to. I'm going to spell this wrong because I'm missing a letter. and I don't know what the letter is. That's not the letter you should be thinking of. Now's the time.
Starting point is 00:55:37 It can circle all the way around. I think once in it's wrong, you can't steal it. You can't steal it after. QE. Hell, no. It's Q-U-E, but there's another, or, what is it, Peach? It's Q-U-E-U-E-U, right? U-E-Q-U-E-E, is that it?
Starting point is 00:56:02 Wait, what do you say? Q-U-U-U-E-E-E-U-E-E-E-E-E. Yeah Of course I was Going to spell that And then you guys cut me off That was your word originally
Starting point is 00:56:14 I know and then you just hit the button You didn't let me finish No you can't you don't You say Q UE And I said C you Yeah You guys didn't let me finish Or you say QUE
Starting point is 00:56:24 And it stopped and looked at it You say QUE right Yeah Rory has a point Rory has a point No he does not Yes I do You guys cut me off
Starting point is 00:56:31 You didn't let me finish I could have continued on You pause and say QUE E U-E. I could have kept going. I could have kept going. No, he was never going to say U.E again. No, he wasn't.
Starting point is 00:56:40 Hell, no. The entire time I've been saying, Ph. It was the same cadence. And we've been told you to stop doing that. We've been told you to stop doing that. Sorry. No, I see. Who's the word?
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Starting point is 01:00:21 Here, the Nick Dick and Poll show, we're not afraid to make mistakes. What Coogler did that I think was so unique. He's the writer-director. Who do you think he is? I don't know. You meet the president? You think Canada has a president? You think China has a president.
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Starting point is 01:03:00 To hear this and more, listen to Reality with the King on the IHard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Oh, oh God. This comes from Gina. Gina. Convenience. Who? Convenience. It's mad easy.
Starting point is 01:03:26 Convenience. C-O-N-V-V-E-N-E-N-C-E-N-C-E. Good job, Ma. Demaris tries to clap before I gave it my response and tell people she knew it. Peach. Peage, you're going to help. How's that? How many rounds are we doing?
Starting point is 01:03:56 Are we going to a certain point? Do you guys want to do 15? We did 15. Oh, that means I could still. No, go to 15. First one, 15 points. Oh, that means I still got a shot. All right, cool.
Starting point is 01:04:05 Give us the update of the point, experience. Right now, I am at 4. Mall is at 10. I think I'm at 5. I forgot to get myself one, but it's fine. I'm at 4. I'm at four malls at 10 and Rory is at one. I think you forgot to give me nine.
Starting point is 01:04:19 You forgot to give him nine. All right, so I still got a shot. We want a 15? All right, let's do it. Peach. This word is from West Side Fried. This is the baby D, right? Mm-hmm.
Starting point is 01:04:29 Amalgamation. Oh, I'm sorry. But he got convenience. And he got niggas. Like, what the fuck? You got Q. Yo, Q. A. M. A. M. A. D.J.
Starting point is 01:04:51 A. M. A. M. G. L. Y M. F. Fong. Fong. Fong. Fong. Fulf. Oof. That got a hurt. That was close. That was close. What's the word again? Amalgamation. Spelling. I mean, I pronounce the piece. Spell it for me real quick. Spell it for me real quick. Said amalgamagal what? Amalgamation. Amalgamation. Amalgamation. C. P. said amalgamation, like G-L-Y. Play that again. Al-A-M-A-L.
Starting point is 01:05:41 He's got it. I think you got it. G. A-T-I-O. Oh, Jesus. What was the word again? Amalgamation. Amalgamation.
Starting point is 01:05:56 John is in T-I-O-N? Amalgamation, right? Amalgamation. A. M. A. L. Amalgagia. G-A-M-A-T-I-O-N. This is a clinic. I just want to say the I spelled wrong because P-S-P-E-P-E-P-E-P-E-R-L-G-A-M-A-T-I-O. I just want that to be made clear. That's bullshit.
Starting point is 01:06:25 That's bullshit. P-S-A-M-G-A-M-A-T-I-O-O. A-M-G-A-T-I-O. Oh, okay. Yeah, I forgot that. This is painful. All right, R-R-R-R-R-E. It's on you, my dog.
Starting point is 01:06:39 Time for my run. That's it. Here we go. More, man. Oh, you guys want to play now? Oh, okay. Cool. I didn't know.
Starting point is 01:06:44 I didn't know what time we were starting that. Let's get Royce and points here. Yeah. Let's get them on the board. This is from Forever Ashley X-O. Love Ashley's. Foreboding. What?
Starting point is 01:06:58 Foreboding. The fuck is foreboding. Oh, my Lord. I'm dead ass. What's foreboding? Use it in a sentence for him. Because since I'm not allowed to, go ahead. It seems that her forebodings were justified.
Starting point is 01:07:13 I mean, I still doesn't explain anything, but... Yeah. Do you have an inward conviction of... Okay, that hopes. F-O-R-E-B-O-A-T-I-I... For voting? I spelled four in boating together. Boating.
Starting point is 01:07:35 Oh, B-O-A-T-I Just go Are you going to steal? Are you going to steal it? I could try. I never heard of this word. Forboding. Yeah. F-O-R-E
Starting point is 01:07:52 B-O-A This is how I spelled it. T-I-N-G. That's how I spelt it. Oh, okay. F-O-A-A-T-O-A-T. F-O-R-E-B-O-D-I-N-G. Come back.
Starting point is 01:08:22 Pee's going to say, let's give Rory some points. Say, four-boating, and then it's not even that. I'm thinking it's, because Peech said that, it's got to be, exactly, it's got to be boating and four together. Yeah. All right. He described it to you, though, like what it is. It said nothing about boating.
Starting point is 01:08:37 Mm-hmm. The definition said nothing about the word boating. I didn't think it was something you do at the beach. I just, when he said it was easy. I just thought it was foreign boating. Yeah. All you ready? Yes, I'm ready.
Starting point is 01:08:50 This is from a different nano. Oh, man. Nano. Araknophobia. Araknophobia. Araknaphobia. Araknaphobia. All right, I'll give it a shot.
Starting point is 01:09:09 Okay. A-R-A-C-H-N-O. No, no. A-R-A-C-H N damn, is it... You already said O, so you have to start a O. No, I could change how I'm spelling.
Starting point is 01:09:42 I didn't finish spelling it. That was the room that we came up with from the very beginning. Let me go back to the forefoding. All right, oh. A-R-A-C-H-N-O-P-H-O-B-I-A. Judges. Really?
Starting point is 01:10:09 Really? He didn't hit the buzz when you said, oh, holy shit. It's a racknophobia? I'd have got it wrong. That was a half-court shot. I got 12, baby, D. Really? Damn.
Starting point is 01:10:24 What is arachnophobia? Fear of spiders. Oh, okay. Demaris, this is from J.K.L. 302. Okay. No, you're going to give you a good one, baby, D. Ambidextrous. Ooh, that I like that word.
Starting point is 01:10:39 A. M. B-I-D-E-X-T-R-O-U-S. Don't call the comeback. Good job, baby, D. Can't spell ambidextrous without the D. She's lucky because I would have easily stolen that. That's a fact. That's a fact.
Starting point is 01:11:04 She got lucky on that one. Because I'd be up to right now. You be up to? Roy, you ready? I guess. How ready can you be? You can never be too ready, Rory. But keep in a row with us.
Starting point is 01:11:18 Are you like failing on purpose? No. What the fucking mean? No. We're listening to Intrasville. Moss. What the fuck? How many more times I'd tell you guys I was in space camp?
Starting point is 01:11:31 I was not a book smart person. Oh, shit. I like history of music. This word's from DB rock fire. Mm-hmm. Oh, you're not going to hold me down. Equifical. Ooh.
Starting point is 01:11:43 And whom? Equifical. Oh, okay. Equivocal. Is it equivocal or equivocal? Equivocal Equivocal. Equivocal? Yeah.
Starting point is 01:11:58 What's also tough is when I start spelling, I lose it in my mind. You got to see it. Yeah. No, do you got to write it on the back of your paper with your hand with a kid. You're allowed to do that? No. No, you can't do that with your finger. No.
Starting point is 01:12:11 You can't do it. Oh, wow. That would have helped me a lot. Really? Yeah, they write it on their thing. Equivocal. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Starting point is 01:12:21 Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I. V-I-C-A-L. Fuck. So close. Was that extra? Damn, was that extra?
Starting point is 01:12:42 We should have played it where if you steal it and get it wrong, it's negative points. That's what I did. That's what I said. I know. We should have did that. We should have did that. No one was going to get to 15 then. All right, I'll try it.
Starting point is 01:12:56 Equivocal. EQ, U-I, V-I E-Q-U-I-V-O-C-A-L Baby Beach Wow This isn't be a legendary comeback She's cheating, though
Starting point is 01:13:28 She can see the fucking laptop No I can't I'm looking at shoe Go A-A-A-P Go dark on the laptop You got to turn the brightness all the way down I can't see that laptop I thought he said equivvv
Starting point is 01:13:42 She keeps leaning back And she's she trying That's what they're doing spades when they try to see they part in the hand. I know I know how that trick go. Get the fuck out of here. If I was doing it, if I'm going to cheat, I'm going to cheat to win. I'm not going to cheat to come in second place. Type of shit is that.
Starting point is 01:13:54 You probably studied the Twitter community and memorized all those words. I'm not even on socials. Y'all are, though. I'm just saying. Peaches is in my turn? No, it's my turn. Oh, it's my story. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:14:06 Maul, this is from Anderson the Gaslighter. Okay. Shout to Anderson the Gaslighter. It's a great Twitter name. Conspicuous. Conspicuous. I'm going to just try another half-court shot. Conspicuous. C-O-N-S-P-I-C-O-U-S.
Starting point is 01:14:30 Really? She was even looking at the laptop and giving you the thumbs up. Peach Friday tried to trick her and put the wrong spelling up there. Come on, Demaris. Shit, no, I was going to spell it like that. You said inconspicuous or conspicuous? Conspicuous. Can you use it in the sentence, please?
Starting point is 01:14:53 just to make sure it's not more than one conspicuous his absence was conspicuous okay C-O-N I mean I I laughed at the definition
Starting point is 01:15:08 the bird has a conspicuous red head so all the definitions have to do with the pop C C O-N S-P-I-C- U-O-U-S.
Starting point is 01:15:28 And it's her turn. Oh, my God. I'm not to edge of my seat. Who's going to take it? Me, Demaris, or Mall? What's the score, DeMaris? The score is currently me 8th, Mall 12, and Rory 1.
Starting point is 01:15:42 It's on, DeMaris. Peach, give me something easy. This is from Takashi. Mm-hmm. Six-9? Right. Takashi 2.
Starting point is 01:15:52 Okay. Mm. Quagmire Q-U-A-G-M-I-R-E Nice Hal's nervous Nice I mean but he does have the benefit
Starting point is 01:16:12 of having me go before him where he can steal points Yeah I was gonna say yeah That's why he's up so far now That's why I was saying whoever said first I want to steal it to me would have been a better strategy But you know he's eating off my points That's cool you're welcome
Starting point is 01:16:25 Thank you bro Men got to stick together. Rory, this is from A-Dog Blitler. Who's coming up with these Twitter names? Your word is luminescent. Luminescent. L-Umincent.
Starting point is 01:16:47 L-U-M-I-N-E-S. L-U-M-I-N-E-S. This is the trick of course. Oh, Jesus. Demaris, you have been taking way longer than me. You had it. Oh, I was about to spell it on a damn page. Lord, let me not do that. And that's another thing we're not looking to see. Baby D is spelling it when it's time to steal.
Starting point is 01:17:35 Yeah, she'd be on her laptop doing it. Yeah, we not even, you know me? You hate it. E-N-C? I don't know where you left off. Yeah, you got to. Luminous. I was that S. uminousin. Yeah. You got to spell it before. You can't. You can't. Yeah. he doesn't remember what the fuck you said but I got to the S though and it was fine
Starting point is 01:18:01 he's been he's been letting you get to the end of the word even if you're getting it wrong he'll get out of with Mall a lot even if it's wrong he'll let you get to the end of the word well I was at the S yes okay what did you say E&T is what I said I'll be honest
Starting point is 01:18:14 luminescent I was close yeah very close come on mall I think I was between two letters so I think this should be easy for Mall L-U-M-I-N-L-U-M-I-N-O-U... It's another I, fuck.
Starting point is 01:18:45 What? L-U-M-I-N-E-S-S-E-N-T. Damn. That was French. Luminance-O-L-M-A-S-A-S-A. She's spelled. She's supposed. She's about L-E-S-E-N-T?
Starting point is 01:19:05 Fuck. I thought that's what he said. It's S-C-E-N-T. That's not what he said? I definitely would last. I knew the interview. S-E-N-T. Damn, I thought he fucking did it right.
Starting point is 01:19:15 That's the only reason why this spell it. Like, you know what? That's my fault. Pay attention. That's my fault. Pay attention. Damn. All right, well, so I'm Maul.
Starting point is 01:19:23 He's at 12. Damn, I needed that word. Mo. Let's do lightning round so I can get a comeback here. Lightning round? Yeah. Maul, your word. Fascism.
Starting point is 01:19:35 I mean, he's got to know this. His news talks about it every goddamn day. Fascism. He's in a sentence speech? F-A-S-C-I-S-M. Wow. Enough Fox News. That's the title on the TV every single time.
Starting point is 01:20:01 I want to Demaris. I'll get a steal out of this, then get my own point. Get me up to three. Incumbent. Mm-hmm. Can you say that? Say it again. Incumbent.
Starting point is 01:20:14 Mm-hmm. I-N-C-U-M-B-E-N-T. Another one since, like, you're still in. All right. I'm at 10, mall's at 13. Rory's at one. All right, Rory, this is your round. Come on, you can do this.
Starting point is 01:20:34 You got this. Your word is. First of all, I don't want the petty claps. What? of the kid. I'm encouraging. And last place at the track meet.
Starting point is 01:20:42 Like, hey, good job, sport. Like, yeah. Everybody starts to fucking. They already gave ribbons to everyone and he's still coming through. I'm not that guy. And you kind of are. No, you clearly are that guy.
Starting point is 01:20:52 Can we do proper nouns? Proper nouns. If you would have started with that, I would have been at 14 points. I have a geography. I love proper nouns. Come on. Give me a proper noun.
Starting point is 01:21:03 Jamaica. Jamaica? I should know how to spell. I could write this out for sure. You're joking, right? You really can't spell Jamaica. I'm spelling things out without writing them down is very fucking tougher. Wait, what's the word? You know.
Starting point is 01:21:20 Jamaica. Jamaica. Rid them. There's no fucking whack. You don't let nize down, baws down, and cars gone. Where's the aya? I knew that I was going to trip you up. That's the one. Spell check has ruined my fucking life.
Starting point is 01:21:39 I could type it the way I think it is. just fix it and I'll think I spelled it right. It's Jamaica, not Jamashia. Rital. I can spell Jumungi. Yo, baby, yo, she, all right, man, all. I can't, I cannot wait to his turn. Bro. J-A-M-M- You're spelling right now. I know. Okay. J-A-M-A-I-C-A. Oh, thank God. Jesus- Fucking. Pons are sweating. Christ. Roy has two on the board, guys, two on the fucking
Starting point is 01:22:13 I see everyone's nervous. Everyone's, their posture's a little different now. Mm-hmm. My word is, Cortland. Cortland? What? Like Cortland, New York?
Starting point is 01:22:25 Like Van Cortland Park. I could spell this easily. Like Van Cortland Park? Like Van Cortland Park. Yeah. We should have started with this round. I would have some points by now. C-O-R-T-L-A-N-D-T.
Starting point is 01:22:41 All right. I thought the T was going to mess you up. If you said like Van-C-O-R-R-T-O. Van Cortland Park. I thought he was going to throw you in there with the court. You know how many times I've known how to spell that. I got 14, baby, D. Don't cheat me.
Starting point is 01:22:53 Cheat the judge. Are you allowed to say like, it's like Van Cortland Park? That felt like a big clue and giveaway. Because I know a lot of people would spell Cortland, C-O-U-R-T, L-A-N-D. But that's why I was going to ask him to like use it in the sentence. There's no, nobody would put Cortland. You're like, yo, is it like this?
Starting point is 01:23:09 Nobody would put you in Cortland. There's definitely places that have Cortland. that has a you. That is true. Oh, never saying that. I was going to do C-O-R-T-L-A-N-D, like Cortland the place in upstate.
Starting point is 01:23:25 P. You ready? Is Maul's turn or my turn? It's my turn. Schenectady. Mm-hmm. If I get this wrong, every fucking English teacher
Starting point is 01:23:38 I've ever had in my life might literally kill me. You let stove down. You let stove down. I'm going to text. It's a stove. This is stowed. How do you spell it wrong?
Starting point is 01:23:51 They go kick you out the car. You kicked out the whip. Oh my God. I cannot spell Schenectady. And that's fucked up. It is a tough fucking word. It's hard as fuck. It's really not.
Starting point is 01:24:06 S. C. H. E. N-E. C. T-E-D-Y. baby D
Starting point is 01:24:26 fuck yo sconectity is hard as fuck to spell I'm paying attention to her I'm gonna save time and not play myself I'm gonna pass which leaves it to mall so we can get this competition really going this will give him 15
Starting point is 01:24:40 this would put you over the edge this is for the win this is for the win I'm not gonna play myself we can get to it if we start doing Long Island towns I may win that one I can spell Roncoma
Starting point is 01:24:52 but upstate towns no thanks for the win Schenectady S C H E
Starting point is 01:25:12 N E C T A D Y We have a winner I was right there
Starting point is 01:25:34 I'd like to thank everybody at the public school system of New York City they try to say that we are the worst we are not look at the gap this is one of those losses that's tough because like you were right there and then you just don't get like you know
Starting point is 01:25:52 it's like the Titans and the Rams you know they write one yard line yeah yeah that's tough feels like for me right now it's tough baby Dee let stove down that's true baby Dee damn that was baby how you can spell Schenectady it's a hard word to spell I spelled instead of A-D I put
Starting point is 01:26:08 E-D because the way we pronounce It's connectity, not connect to-de. Like, you know it's weird. So, yeah, I'm, I did it instead of it. I told you that Terry was going to come back to kick your ass. I told you. We told you. I mean, I'm on the side double or nothing.
Starting point is 01:26:21 Like, that was, that was rig. I'm on the side of double or nothing. Even if we doubled your points, your ass, still won't win. Double in Rory's two. It's crazy. Well, like, in Jamaica and what? Jamaica and Niga's. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:26:36 Why are you got the niggas from Jamaica? With the rhythm. with the rhythm the rhythm, the rhythm niggas from Jamaica got rid of them. That doesn't really
Starting point is 01:26:47 put a good light on me at all. That looks crazy. Jesus Christ, worry. This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed human.

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