Axes in the vomit stream, Vanilla Sun, Swiss Tiara, and April Fools

High-scoring words of the night so far:

SUCKER (224 points) - against Pearl R. [two 4W]
DJIN (140 points) - against Jan A. [5W, 2W]
ONYX (153 points) - against Ann V. [two 3W]
INCLIP (145 points) - against Rick A. [5W, 5L on C] {a good deficit-erasing word!}
AXES (122 points) - against Sherisse G. [5W, 2W] {a good deficit-erasing word!}
SAHIB (300 points) - against Gail P. [two 5W]
STREAM (113 points) - against Lynn B. [5W, 2W, hook off FAVE for a plural] {a good deficit-erasing word!}
CLEANERS (238 points) - against David H. [2W, two 3W]
VOMITS (165 points) - against Danielle G. [5W, hook off EYECUP for a plural]
MAYOS (126 points) - against Marie V. [two 3W]
COMPED (192 points; 3W, two 2W), BYTES (156 points; 3W, two 2W) - against Kate E.


Jasmine passed along these two weird names to me: Vanilla Sun and Swiss Tiara. They're real, since they involved registering at an institute of higher learning! My siblings and I once met a little boy named Swiss in the years gone by when we used to play in the park. I miss those days...

Trivia fact for Thursday, Apr. 1: What is April Fools' Day known as in France, where the annual prank-pulling day is believed to have originated? April Fish, or Poisson d'Avril, which is the phrase that French youngsters shout after taping paper fish (or pictures of a fish) onto the backs of their friends. The prank is linked to the old Julian calendar, when April was the start of the New Year, and coincided with the sun's leaving the zodiacal sign of Pisces, the fish constellation.