The mystery word was "magician". One of the players gave the clue "magic" which was excluded as invalid. The three remaining clues were "Houdini", "Merlin", and "illusion". The guesser guessed "magic".
We weren't sure whether to rule it correct or incorrect. Certainly "magic" as a clue is invalid, because it's in the same family as (etymologically related to) "magician". But does that mean that the guesser's guess of "magic" was close enough to the mystery word "magician" to count as correct?
We weren't sure whether to rule it correct or incorrect. Certainly "magic" as a clue is invalid, because it's in the same family as (etymologically related to) "magician". But does that mean that the guesser's guess of "magic" was close enough to the mystery word "magician" to count as correct?