Choosing a peg

Choosing a peg

Three verified Major words and two or three Dominic people for every cell. Major hands you an object, Dominic hands you a person who can act — the difference, and what to do about it, is in Dominic and Major.

Pick from a shortlist with akasha peg major.42 --pick 2, or replace it outright with akasha peg major.42 "your own image". Every Major word here is machine-verified to encode to its own number.

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SEESAWsettled

Major

  • ZOOS
  • OASIS

Dominic · OO

  • Ozzy Osbourne — biting the head off something
  • Oliver Onions — cranking a barrel organ

01

SUITsettled

Major

  • SEED
  • SODA

Dominic · OA

  • Oliver Atkinson — awkward pair — an O·A of your own
  • Orville & Amelia — taking off in a biplane

02

SUNsettled

Major

  • SNOW
  • SAUNA

Dominic · OB

  • Orlando Bloom — firing a longbow
  • Otto von Bismarck — laying down iron and blood

03

SUMOsettled

Major

  • SEAM
  • SUM

Dominic · OC

  • Oscar Chaplin — awkward pair — try an O·C you know
  • O. Cromwell — banning Christmas

04

SIREsettled

Major

  • SIERRA
  • SOAR
  • SEWER

Dominic · OD

  • Olivia de Havilland — escaping down a rope of bedsheets
  • Owen Davies — or an O·D of yours

05

SEALsettled

Major

  • SAIL
  • SOIL

Dominic · OE

  • Odysseus & Eurycleia — awkward — pick an O·E
  • Omar Epps — scrubbing in for surgery

06

SASHsettled

Major

  • SIEGE
  • SUSHI

Dominic · OS

  • Oskar Schindler — typing a list of names
  • O. J. Simpson — pulling on a glove

07

SOCKsettled

Major

  • SACK
  • SKI

Dominic · OG

  • Owen Grady — awkward — raising a hand to a raptor
  • Oscar Grouch — slamming a bin lid

08

SAFEsettled

Major

  • SOFA
  • SIEVE

Dominic · OH

  • Oliver Hardy — tipping a bowler and falling over
  • Oliver Heaviside — scribbling equations

09

SOAPsettled

Major

  • SPY
  • SPA

Dominic · ON

  • Olivia Newton-John — dancing in leather trousers
  • Oscar Niemeyer — pouring a curved concrete wall

10

TOESsettled

Major

  • DAISY
  • DOZE

Dominic · AO

  • Annie Oakley — shooting a card out of the air
  • Adam Osborne — lugging a suitcase computer

11

TIDEsettled

Major

  • TOTE
  • DEED
  • DATE

Dominic · AA

  • Andre Agassi — smashing a return
  • Alvar Aalto — bending a sheet of plywood

12

TINsettled

Major

  • TUNA
  • DUNE

Dominic · AB

  • Antonio Banderas — whipping off a mask
  • Anne Boleyn — losing her head

13

TOMBsettled

Major

  • TEAM
  • DIME

Dominic · AC

  • Al Capone — swinging a baseball bat
  • Agatha Christie — poisoning the tea

14

TYREsettled

Major

  • TREE
  • TAR
  • DOOR

Dominic · AD

  • Adam Driver — igniting a red lightsaber
  • Alighieri Dante — descending into the inferno

15

TOOLsettled

Major

  • TAIL
  • DOLL

Dominic · AE

  • Albert Einstein — sticking out his tongue
  • Amelia Earhart — vanishing over the Pacific

16

DISHsettled

Major

  • TOUCH
  • DASH

Dominic · AS

  • Arnold Schwarzenegger — curling a dumbbell
  • Adam Smith — weighing coins in an invisible hand

17

TACKsettled

Major

  • TAG
  • DOG
  • DUCK

Dominic · AG

  • Al Gore — showing a rising graph
  • Ada Gordon — or an A·G of your own

18

TOFFEEsettled

Major

  • TAFFY
  • DIVE
  • TOFU

Dominic · AH

  • Audrey Hepburn — eating a pastry outside Tiffany's
  • Alfred Hitchcock — stepping into his own film

19

TAPsettled

Major

  • TAPE
  • TUB
  • DOPE

Dominic · AN

  • Alfred Nobel — lighting a fuse
  • Anna Netrebko — hitting a high note

20

NOSEsettled

Major

  • NEWS
  • NOISE

Dominic · BO

  • Barack Obama — stepping off a helicopter
  • Bill O'Reilly — thumping a desk

21

NETsettled

Major

  • NUT
  • NEWT
  • NEAT

Dominic · BA

  • Buzz Aldrin — bouncing across the Moon
  • Bryan Adams — strumming until his fingers bleed

22

NUNsettled

Major

  • ONION
  • NEON

Dominic · BB

  • Brigitte Bardot — lowering sunglasses
  • Bugs Bunny — chewing a carrot

23

ENEMYsettled

Major

  • GNOME
  • NAME

Dominic · BC

  • Bill Clinton — playing the saxophone
  • Billy Connolly — doing a banana-boot dance

24

NEROsettled

Major

  • NARROW
  • HONOUR
  • NEAR

Dominic · BD

  • Bob Dylan — dropping cue cards
  • Bruce Dickinson — flying his own aeroplane

25

NAILsettled

Major

  • NOEL
  • ANNUAL

Dominic · BE

  • Billie Eilish — whispering into a microphone
  • Bette Ellis — or a B·E of yours

26

NOTCHsettled

Major

  • NICHE
  • NACHO

Dominic · BS

  • Bart Simpson — spraying a skateboard
  • Britney Spears — dancing in a school corridor

27

NECKsettled

Major

  • INK
  • NAG

Dominic · BG

  • Bill Gates — peering over glasses at a screen
  • Bear Grylls — drinking his own urine

28

KNIFEsettled

Major

  • NAVY
  • NEPHEW

Dominic · BH

  • Buddy Holly — hiccupping through a chorus
  • Bob Hope — swinging a golf club

29

KNOBsettled

Major

  • NIB
  • NAP

Dominic · BN

  • Bill Nye — doing an experiment in a bow tie
  • Bob Newhart — holding a one-sided phone call

30

MOUSEsettled

Major

  • MOOSE
  • MAZE

Dominic · CO

  • Conan O'Brien — waving enormous hair
  • Charles Ogden — or a C·O of yours

31

MATsettled

Major

  • MUD
  • MEAT

Dominic · CA

  • Christina Aguilera — belting a run of high notes
  • Casey Affleck — mumbling into his beard

32

MOONsettled

Major

  • MAN
  • MINE

Dominic · CB

  • Cate Blanchett — playing Elizabeth I
  • Charlie Brown — having the football pulled away

33

MUMMYsettled

Major

  • MEMO
  • MAIM

Dominic · CC

  • Charlie Chaplin — twirling a cane
  • Coco Chanel — draping a string of pearls

34

MOWERsettled

Major

  • MARROW
  • EMERY

Dominic · CD

  • Celine Dion — throwing her arms open
  • Cameron Diaz — spiking her hair

35

MULEsettled

Major

  • MAIL
  • MOLE

Dominic · CE

  • Clint Eastwood — narrowing his eyes over a poncho
  • Charles Eames — moulding a plywood chair

36

MATCHsettled

Major

  • MUSH
  • IMAGE

Dominic · CS

  • Claudia Schiffer — striding a catwalk
  • Charles Schulz — drawing a beagle

37

MUGsettled

Major

  • MIKE
  • AMIGO

Dominic · CG

  • Che Guevara — posing under a beret
  • Cary Grant — dodging a crop-duster

38

MOVIEsettled

Major

  • MUFF
  • MAUVE

Dominic · CH

  • Charlton Heston — parting the Red Sea
  • Christopher Hitchens — lighting another cigarette

39

MAPsettled

Major

  • MOB
  • MOP

Dominic · CN

  • Chuck Norris — roundhouse-kicking
  • Christopher Nolan — folding a city in half

40

ROSEsettled

Major

  • RICE
  • EROS

Dominic · DO

  • Dominic O'Brien — memorising a deck of cards
  • Denis O'Brien — or a D·O of yours

41

ROADsettled

Major

  • RAT
  • RIDE

Dominic · DA

  • David Attenborough — whispering beside a gorilla
  • Douglas Adams — holding up a towel

42

RAINsettled

Major

  • RHINO
  • RUIN
  • WREN

Dominic · DB

  • David Bowie — changing costume mid-song
  • Daniel Barenboim — conducting with both fists

43

RAMsettled

Major

  • ROOM
  • ARM

Dominic · DC

  • David Cameron — hugging a husky
  • Dick Cheney — shooting his own friend

44

ROWERsettled

Major

  • ROAR
  • WARRIOR
  • RARE

Dominic · DD

  • Donald Duck — losing his temper
  • Daniel Day-Lewis — making a shoe by hand

45

ROLLsettled

Major

  • RAIL
  • REEL

Dominic · DE

  • Duke Ellington — playing a stride piano
  • Dwight Eisenhower — reading an invasion map

46

ROACHsettled

Major

  • RASH
  • RICH
  • RAGE

Dominic · DS

  • Dr Seuss — balancing a striped hat
  • Donna Summer — sustaining a disco note

47

RAGsettled

Major

  • ROCK
  • RAKE
  • RUG

Dominic · DG

  • Dizzy Gillespie — puffing out his cheeks
  • Danny Glover — announcing he is too old for this

48

ROOFsettled

Major

  • RAVE
  • REEF

Dominic · DH

  • Debbie Harry — shouting into a mic
  • Dennis Hopper — riding a chopper

49

ROPEsettled

Major

  • ROBE
  • RIB

Dominic · DN

  • David Niven — raising an eyebrow
  • David Nash — carving a tree in situ

50

LASSOsettled

Major

  • LICE
  • LAZY

Dominic · EO

  • Ed O'Neill — slumping onto a sofa
  • Eugene O'Neill — or an E·O of yours

51

LIDsettled

Major

  • LOT
  • LADY
  • LOAD

Dominic · EA

  • Edwin Aldrin — saluting a flag
  • Eve Arnold — raising a camera

52

LIONsettled

Major

  • LAWN
  • LINE

Dominic · EB

  • Emily Blunt — staying silent to stay alive
  • Elizabeth Bennet — refusing a proposal

53

LAMBsettled

Major

  • LOOM
  • LIME

Dominic · EC

  • Eric Clapton — bending a blues note
  • Eddie Cochran — hammering a summertime riff

54

LYREsettled

Major

  • LORRY
  • LAIR

Dominic · ED

  • Emily Dickinson — folding a poem into a drawer
  • Ellen DeGeneres — dancing between the seats

55

LILYsettled

Major

  • LOLLY
  • LULL

Dominic · EE

  • Elmer Elephant — awkward pair — pick an E·E
  • Edward Elgar — conducting his own variations

56

LEASHsettled

Major

  • LEECH
  • LUSH

Dominic · ES

  • Ed Sheeran — looping a guitar line
  • Erwin Schrodinger — opening a box with a cat in it

57

LOGsettled

Major

  • LAKE
  • LOCK

Dominic · EG

  • Eva Green — glaring in smoky eyeliner
  • Elizabeth Gaskell — writing the industrial north

58

LOAFsettled

Major

  • LEAF
  • LAVA

Dominic · EH

  • Ernest Hemingway — landing a marlin
  • Edith Head — pinning a costume

59

LIPsettled

Major

  • LAP
  • LOBBY

Dominic · EN

  • Emmy Noether — proving a conservation law
  • Eliot Ness — kicking in a speakeasy door

60

CHEESEsettled

Major

  • JUICE
  • CHOOSE

Dominic · SO

  • Sinead O'Connor — shaving her head
  • Shaquille O'Neal — dunking a basketball

61

SHEETsettled

Major

  • JET
  • SHADE

Dominic · SA

  • Steve Aoki — throwing a cake into a crowd
  • Scott Adams — drawing a man with a bent tie

62

CHAINsettled

Major

  • SHINE
  • CHIN

Dominic · SB

  • Sandra Bullock — driving a bus too fast
  • Sarah Bernhardt — dying beautifully on stage

63

GYMsettled

Major

  • JAM
  • CHIME
  • SHAME

Dominic · SC

  • Sean Connery — ordering a martini
  • Samuel Coleridge — shooting an albatross

64

CHAIRsettled

Major

  • SHORE
  • CHERRY

Dominic · SD

  • Salvador Dali — waxing a moustache
  • Sacha Baron Cohen — or an S·D of yours

65

JELLYsettled

Major

  • SHELL
  • JAIL

Dominic · SE

  • Sergei Eisenstein — rolling a pram down steps
  • Sam Elliott — drawling under a moustache

66

GEISHAsettled

Major

  • SHUSH
  • CHACHA

Dominic · SS

  • Steven Spielberg — framing a shot with his hands
  • Susan Sontag — photographing the photograph

67

SHACKsettled

Major

  • CHALK
  • JOKE

Dominic · SG

  • Steffi Graf — hitting a one-handed slice
  • Stan Getz — blowing a bossa nova

68

CHEFsettled

Major

  • CHIEF
  • SHAVE
  • SHOVE

Dominic · SH

  • Stephen Hawking — speaking through a synthesiser
  • Sherlock Holmes — holding a magnifying glass

69

SHIPsettled

Major

  • SHEEP
  • JEEP

Dominic · SN

  • Stevie Nicks — spinning in a shawl
  • Sam Neill — backing away from a raptor

70

GOOSEsettled

Major

  • GAS
  • CASE

Dominic · GO

  • George Orwell — typing under a naked bulb
  • Georgia O'Keeffe — painting an enormous flower

71

GOATsettled

Major

  • CAT
  • KITE

Dominic · GA

  • Giorgio Armani — straightening a lapel
  • Gillian Anderson — raising one eyebrow at a file

72

CANsettled

Major

  • COIN
  • GUN

Dominic · GB

  • Gordon Brown — selling the gold
  • Georges Braque — gluing paper to a canvas

73

COMBsettled

Major

  • GAME
  • GUM

Dominic · GC

  • George Clooney — pulling a heist in Vegas
  • Glenn Close — boiling a rabbit

74

CARsettled

Major

  • CROW
  • CRAY

Dominic · GD

  • Geena Davis — driving off a cliff
  • Gerard Depardieu — filling a glass to the brim

75

COALsettled

Major

  • GOAL
  • GLUE

Dominic · GE

  • Gustave Eiffel — bolting an iron lattice
  • George Eliot — writing under a man's name

76

COACHsettled

Major

  • CAGE
  • GAUCHE

Dominic · GS

  • Gwen Stefani — spelling out a word
  • Gloria Steinem — holding up a placard

77

CAKEsettled

Major

  • COKE
  • KAYAK
  • COOKIE

Dominic · GG

  • Greta Garbo — wanting to be alone
  • Gus Grissom — climbing into a capsule

78

COFFEEsettled

Major

  • CAFE
  • CUFF

Dominic · GH

  • George Harrison — playing a sitar
  • Goldie Hawn — giggling mid-sentence

79

CAPsettled

Major

  • CUB
  • GAP

Dominic · GN

  • Graham Norton — pulling a red-chair lever
  • Gamal Nasser — nationalising a canal

80

VASEsettled

Major

  • FUSE
  • FIZZ

Dominic · HO

  • Harry Osborn — awkward pair — pick an H·O
  • Hans Oster — or an H·O of yours

81

FOOTsettled

Major

  • FEED
  • VOTE

Dominic · HA

  • Hannah Arendt — chain-smoking over a trial transcript
  • Hans Andersen — cutting a paper silhouette

82

FANsettled

Major

  • PHONE
  • FUN

Dominic · HB

  • Humphrey Bogart — tilting a fedora
  • Honore Balzac — drinking his fiftieth coffee

83

FOAMsettled

Major

  • FUME
  • VIM

Dominic · HC

  • Hillary Clinton — adjusting a pantsuit
  • Helena Bonham Carter — backcombing her hair

84

FIREsettled

Major

  • FUR
  • FERRY

Dominic · HD

  • Hilda Doolittle — awkward — reciting an imagist line
  • Humphry Davy — lighting a miner's lamp

85

FILEsettled

Major

  • FOIL
  • VEIL

Dominic · HE

  • Harold Evans — spiking a front page
  • Hugh Everett — splitting the world in two

86

FISHsettled

Major

  • FISHY
  • VOYAGE

Dominic · HS

  • Homer Simpson — strangling his own son
  • Harry Styles — wearing a feather boa

87

FIGsettled

Major

  • FOG
  • VAGUE

Dominic · HG

  • Hugh Grant — stammering an apology
  • Herbert Gutenberg — or an H·G of yours

88

FIFEsettled

Major

  • VIVA
  • FIVE

Dominic · HH

  • Hulk Hogan — tearing off a t-shirt
  • Howard Hughes — refusing to touch a doorknob

89

VAPEsettled

Major

  • FOB
  • VIBE
  • FIB

Dominic · HN

  • Horatio Nelson — raising a telescope to a blind eye
  • Hilda Nash — or an H·N of yours

90

BUSsettled

Major

  • POSE
  • PIZZA

Dominic · NO

  • Nick Offerman — sanding a canoe
  • Nathan Outlaw — filleting a fish

91

BEADsettled

Major

  • BAT
  • BOAT
  • PET

Dominic · NA

  • Neil Armstrong — planting a bootprint
  • Nikita Andreev — or an N·A of yours

92

PANsettled

Major

  • BONE
  • PIN
  • PONY

Dominic · NB

  • Napoleon Bonaparte — tucking a hand into his coat
  • Nick Bostrom — worrying about a simulation

93

PUMAsettled

Major

  • BEAM
  • POEM

Dominic · NC

  • Nicolas Cage — stealing a national treasure
  • Nat King Cole — crooning at a piano

94

BEARsettled

Major

  • PEAR
  • BAR

Dominic · ND

  • Neil Diamond — reaching out to touch a hand
  • Nelson? D — or an N·D of yours

95

BELLsettled

Major

  • BALL
  • PILE

Dominic · NE

  • Nora Ephron — writing a diner scene
  • Nikolai Erdman — or an N·E of yours

96

BUSHsettled

Major

  • BEACH
  • PUSH

Dominic · NS

  • Nina Simone — hammering a chord in protest
  • Nate Silver — publishing a forecast

97

BOOKsettled

Major

  • BAG
  • PIG

Dominic · NG

  • Neil Gaiman — opening a door to another house
  • Nell Gwyn — selling oranges

98

BEEHIVEsettled

Major

  • PUFF
  • BEEF

Dominic · NH

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne — stitching a scarlet letter
  • Naomi Harris — or an N·H of yours

99

PIPEsettled

Major

  • BABY
  • POPPY

Dominic · NN

  • Nick Nolte — scowling at a mugshot camera
  • Nanni Nannini — or an N·N of yours