Here are the winners for our Goblins word-find contest! We asked our fans how many words they could make out of the letters G-O-B-L-I-N and S, and they responded in droves!

Most entrants only listed a handful of words, knowing that Goblin fan apathy might make them default winners, but we surprisingly receiveved a number of legit entries. After utilizing a complex judging system that involves no word disqualifications (entrants were awarded points for creativity if their words sounded real) and bonuses for various reasons, we decided to give prizes to anyone who ended up with at least 20 points.

Note: Please do not appeal the judges' decisions, and do not inform us if words don't actually exist. The only reference books the Goblins own are a rhyming dictionary and that book that tells you how many minutes to fast forward a video to see a naked chick (Buh owns that one.) Thanks for playing...you're all winners.

ROBERT E. CLARK

THE GRAND WINNER! Total: too many words to count, though it looks like about 400! Even if you discount every hinky, cheating, sneaky maneuver (he uses every one but then nobly notes which words are made, up, proper nouns, foreign or use repeat letters) it’s still about 100 words! Plus 1 bonus point for most desperate essay, plus 3 points for finding the best word of them all 'Bison,' plus 4 points for alphabetizing, giving Robert a total of 408+! Congratulations to you, and whatever computer program you specifically designed to win Goblins word scramble contests, your PRIZE is on its way!

ROBERT'S ENTRY:
I'm dying to win this contest! So here's my list. It wasn't clear to me whether it was permitted to use repeat letters, or whether things like proper names were allowed, so I've arranged my list to try to allow the judges to sort all that out, if need be. I also include, for extra-extra credit, a handful of foreign words as well. (I'm just hoping that you don't subtract points for overkill.)

(Words with NO REPEATS are marked with an asterisk (*).)

(Words and their plurals are grouped together for convenience's sake.)

ENGLISH WORDS
"bi (*) bib bibs bibbing bibbings big bilging bilgings bill bills billing billings billion billions bin (*) bins (*) bing (*) bings (*) bingo (*) bingos (*) bio (*) bios (*) bison (*) bisons bling (*) blings (*) bling-bling bling-blings bliss blob blobs blobbing blobbings blog (*) blogs (*) bob bobs bobbin bobbins bobbing bobbings bobbling bobblings bobo bobos bog (*) bogs (*) boggling bogglings boil (*) boils (*) boiling boilings boing (*) boings (*) boll bolls bolo bolos bong (*) bongs (*) bongo bongos boning bonings boo! boos boob boobs boo-boo boo-boos booing booings boon boons boss bossing bossings B.S. (*) gib (*) gibs (*) gibing gibings gibbon gibbons gig gigs giggling gigglings gill gills gin (*) gins (*) ginsing glib (*) glob (*) globs (*) globbing globbings globin (*) globins (*) globing globings glogg gloggs gloss glossing glossings gnosis go (*) go-go go-gos go-no-go gob (*) gobs (*) gobbling gobblings goblin (*) goblins (*) going goings goings-on gong gongs gonging gongings goo goo-goo gooing gooings goon goons goosing goosings gosling goslings I (*) ibis Ibo (*) Ibos (*) igloo igloos ignis ill ills illing illings Illini Illinois inn inns inning innings ion (*) ions (*) in (*) is (*) li (*) lib (*) libs (*) lignin ling (*) lings (*) lingo (*) lingos (*) lining linings lion (*) lions (*) lo (*) lob (*) lobs (*) lobbing lobbings log (*) logs (*) logging loggings logion logo logos loin (*) loins (*) loll lolls lolling lolling long (*) longs (*) loo loos loon loons loosing loosings losing (*) losings loss nib (*) nibs (*) nibbling nibblings niggling nigglings nil (*) no (*) no-go no-no no-nos nobbling nobblings noggin noggins noil (*) noising noisings nolo non nonillion nonillions noon noons noosing noosings nosing nosings o (*) obi (*) obis (*) obliging oblong ogling oglings oi (*) oil (*) oils (*) oiling oilings olio olios on (*) ongoing onion onions oooooooooo os (*) Oslo (*) Sb (*) sib (*) sibs sibling siblings sigil sigils sign (*) signs signing signings sill sills silo (*) silos sin (*) sins sing (*) sings singing singling singlings singsong sinning sinnings sino (*) Sion (*) sis sling (*) slings slob (*) slobs slog (*) slogs slogging sloggings snib (*) snibs snibbing snibbings snob (*) snobs snog (*) snogs snogging snoggings so (*) so-so sob (*) sobs S.O.B. (*) S.O.B.s sobbing sobbings soil (*) soils sol (*) solo solos soloing soloings solon solons son (*) sons song (*) songs soon

PROPER NAMES
Bilbo Bill Billi Bo (*) Bob Bobb Bobbi Bono Gibb Gibson (*) Gil (*) Gino (*) Golgi Libbi Ling (*) Loggins Lon (*) Loni (*) Nils (*) Nino Obi (*) Oingo Boingo Olin (*) Onin Sibill Slobo Sol (*)

WORDS THAT SORT OF SOUND LIKE THEY COULD BE ENGLISH WORDS
bibbling bibblings bibliolog bibliologs biolog biologs biologging biologgings bion (*) bions (*) blissing blissings bossling bosslings gliss glissing glissings glissining glissinings glossolog glossologs goblining goblinings goblinosis goob goobs goobing goobings ignobling ignoblings inlining inlinings innobling innoblings libbing libbings lolligog lolligogs lolligogging lolligogging looning loonings nosolog nosologs sinolog sinologs sissing sissings slobbing slobbings snobbling snobblings snoo sog (*) sogs (*) sogging soggings

FOREIGN WORDS
biblios (Greek for "book") billig (German for "cheap") bis (*) (German for "until") bisnonno bisnonni (Italian for "great-grandfather/s") bloss (German for "bare") bois (*) (French for "wood") bon (*) (French for "good") ins (*) (German for "into") loi (*) (French for "law") loin (*) (French for "far away") noi (*) (Italian for "us") nonno nonni (Italian for "grandfather/s") ob (*) (German for "if") osso (Latin for "bone") sinon (Latin for "unless")

JEFF ZIMMERMAN

Jeff has a respectable 67 entries, but double that for Jeff’s absurd notion to list definitions for each one, plus 5 humiliation points for admitting he watches “Ally McBeal” minus two record collector points for mentioning Gon, Bis and Peter Gabriel, then those two points are restored for referencing AC/DC, plus 5 self-promotion points for listing his band’s bio as the definition for “Bio.” Good enough for us to award a 1st Place Prize equal in grandness to the Grand Prize!
FINAL TOTAL: 144!

JEFF'S ENTRY:
1. "Boglins." (little rubber puppet goblin toys from the 80's)
2. "Nilbog." ("Goblin" spelled backward, it is the name of a ficticious town in the film "Troll 2")
3. "Bog." (Where I fish for my dinner)
4. "Go."(What I'm told to do when I've had too much to drink at the bar)
5. "Sob." (What I do when I'm told to leave the bar)
6. "Gob." ( The practice of showing your appreciation for your favorite 70's punk band by spitting- or "Gobbing"- on them.)
7. "Nils." (The name of Springsteen's left-hand man. Deposed by Clarence Clemens.)
8. "Nil." (Zero, Zip, Zilch. Nothing.)
9. "Bin." (Where English people keep garbage.)
10. "Log."
11. "Bling." (As in "Bling Bling!")
12. "Silo." (Like a silo.)
13. "In." (What guys want.)
14. "Bo." (Phoenetic spelling of a particular French drummer's name.)
15. "Lob." (To toss lightly. I've been ejected from Goblins shows for doing so with beer bottles.)
16. "Gin." (You drink it.)
17. "Sling." (How David slew Goliath.)
18. "Bing." (Tyranical show-biz dad Bing Crosby used to call his son Lindsay "the Head",when refering to the large melon on his shoulders. Lindsay Crosby suffered from low self esteem and would later take his own life by putting a bullet in the Head.)
19. "So." (Peter Gabriel's 1986 tour de force.)
20. "Snob." (Go to any Goblins show. The place'll be crawling with 'em.)
21. "Lib." (Short for"liberation.")
22. "Sib." (First name of the drummer in 70's rock band Boston.)
23. "No." (The word at times I so desperatley need to hear.)
25. "Sin."
26. "Sing." (Number 26!)
27. "Bon." (AC/DC singer Bon Scott. Also means "good" in French.)
28. "Glob." (Short for "globule.")
29. "Sol." (Pro-noun)
30. "I." ("I" AM the Greatest! And "I" should win!")
31. "S.G." ( "Dude, that's a hot S.G.!"As in "Gibson S.G.")
32."Is." (" That depends on what your definition of 'is' is."- President William Jefferson Clinton.)
33. "Goblin." (Singular form of "Goblins.")
34. I.N.S (Large, ineffectual agency intended to protect us from evil foreigners.)
35. ."O.G."- Abbreviation for "Original Gangsta."
36. "L"- Short for "elevated" as in Chicago's famous rapid transit system.
37. "Bong"- Though I don't know what it means, I hear the word bellowed at parties with alarming frequency.
38. "Song"- The Goblins have stolen several of these.
39. "Snog"- slang; British: To "make out."
40. "OB"- Name brand feminine hygiene product.
41. "SNL"- Wildly popular Saturday night sketch comedy program starring Joe Piscopo.
42. "Ol"- As in "Good ol' boys."
43. "OI!"- Loud, agressive rock music characterized by a heavy beat and shouted vocals. Followers of the genre dress in the "skin head" mode of fashion.
44. "Ling"- Asian character on Fox's "That Allie McBeal Show." I dunno how I know that.
45. "Slob"- Since his girlfriend left him, my friend Bill has become something of a slob.
46. "Big"- Painfully, I'm told.
47. "Gon"- 60s garage band featuring Craig Moore on bass.
48. "Lo"- And behold!
49. "O"- Riveting 2001 Martin Sheen vehicle depicting the evils of racial intolerance.
50. "On."- Opposite of "off."
51. "Si."- Mexican for "no."
52. "Sno"- the edible portion of a sno-cone.
53. "Long"- I dunno if I included that one already.
54. "G"- As in "What up 'G'!"
55. "Bis"- I remember filing their product at Tower Records about 5 years ago.
56. "Lon"- I have a friend named Lonnie. He often goes by "Lon."
57. "Lois"- Character in the popular syndicated daily comic "Hi and Lois."
58. "Onis"- As in base ball player Onis Concepion.
59. "Li"- His first name is "Jet."
60. "Goblin"- Simple. But did I already list it?
61. "Bio"- The Mashers hail from Elgin, Il.
62. "Glob"- Again, I dunno if I already listed it.
63. "Slog"- To trudge slowly and with great effort.
64. "Blo"- The Rain-Blo connection. I'm reaching, as I'm told the competition is so stiff.
65.BINGO!
66. . G.I.
67. Boing- the sound made when something bounces

COLETTE

Second Prize goes to Collete who initially had 60! Plus 5 points for using Spanish slang, and 10 chutzpah/possible nepotism points for claiming to be related to a Goblin in a (successful) attempt to win favor, plus 2 points for “noblin,” because it’s the best made up word (if it isn’t real) submitted, plus 5 “red” point for causing the most “spellcheck” red underlines of any entrant.
FINAL TOTAL: 82

COLETTE'S ENTRY:
slog slig sno son sin sob sog slob boing boings snog lio (spanish slang for huge complicated issue) sol (spanish for sun) bling blings snig nigs nib nil gob glob globs go gin glin on ogli obli ogin glo niog bin bon bog bogs blo blog bolgin blingnog nob nobs snob snobs noblin noblins lin lib lig log logs login lion lions lob lobs lon li loin loins loing

ERIC OTTENS

Third Place goes to the Ott Man! 70 words, plus a 10 point bonus for taking things to the next level by using words that LOOK like you can make them out of G-O-B-L-I-N-S, but you actually can’t (like “Bombing,” “Noggin,” “GG” [always give credit for scatalogical punk rock references] and the mighty “Boob”) plus 2 points for “Losing,” the second best word, as it is so ironic in the face of what WINNERS all Goblins fans are!
FINAL TOTAL: 81!

ERIC'S ENTRY:
GOBLINS GOBLIN SIN SINS BLING BLING NGOBO NGOBO GOB GOBBING GONG GONGS BONG BONGS BOING IN NI LIGON BOG GO BO GOING BIN BINS BLOG LOG LOGS LOGGING BINGO LINGO BLOB GLOB BOO SILO SING SINGS SINGING BILL BILLS BILLING GOO GOOB OBLONG SNOB SNOBS BOMB BOMBS BOMBING BOSS BOSSING SLING SLOB SLOBS LONG LONGING SIGN SIGNS SOB SOBBING NOGGIN ON NO I BLISS LOON GOON BOB BOOB GLOSS LOSS LOSING OGGI'S GG

REDD TWANG BANG
70 + 5 bonus points for using “OS,” which may or may not be a word, 3 times in a row! + 3 “Bison” points
FINAL TOTAL: 78!
BI BIG BIG BIN SLOG SNIB SNOB GOBLIN IN ION IS LI LIB LIN GO GOB LING SNOG SO SOB SOIL SOL SOLI SOLING SON SONG BISON BLIN BO BOG BOIL BOING BONG GIB GIBS GIN GLIB GLOB BINGO BIO BIS GLOBIN LINGO LION LOB LOG LOIN LONG LONG OBI OIL ON OS OS OS SI SIB SIGN SILO SIN SING SLING SLOB LOSING NIB NIBS NIL NO NOG NOIL

DAN SPRINGER
63 words (all seemingly real) plus 3 "Bison" pointS.
FINAL TOTAL: 66!
1-Goblins 2-Go 3-Loin 4-Log 5-Bog 6-Bin 7-Bison 8-Boil 9-Soil 10-Son 11-Sin 12-Sil 13-Sign 14-Lob 15-Lib 16-Logs 17-Boils 18-Loins 19-Globs 20-Snob 21-Glob -Dan Springer 22-Gin 23-Gil 24-Gobi 25- Slob 26-Goblin 27- Bogs 28- Bins 29- Lobs 30- Gins 31-Giblons 32-Big 33-On 34-In 35-Gi 36-No 37-So 38-Ni 39-Si 40-Bi 41-BO 42- Os 43-Lo 44-Li 45-Gob 46-Gobs 47-Silo 48-Soln 49-Sol 50-LNG 51-Sog 52- Sob 53-Sig 54-Oil 55-OG 56-Ib 57-Bi 58-Bg 59-Nog 60-NG 61-Nib 62-Nil 63-Lingo

TOFU BRICKWORKS
34, plus 5 bonus points for being named “Tofu Brickworks”
FINAL TOTAL: 39!
1) go 2) gob 3) gobs 4) gin 5) sob 6) long 7) lob 8) bing 9) bings 10) sing 11) sling 12) bog 13) bogs 14) boil 15) boils 16) oil 17) oils 18) soil 19) nob 20) nobs 21) snob 22) bong 23) bongs 24) bin 25) bins 26) snog 27) glib 28) goblin 29) slog 30) big 31) in 32) is 33) sin 34) I

EMIL HYDE
25 words, plus 3 bonus points for counting them for us.
FINAL TOTAL: 28!
23 real words: SNOB GLIB SIN SLING GLOB LOG BOG SOB BOING SONG LOB BIN LINGO BINGO GOB NIL LOINS BIO BIG BOIL LONG OIL SON. 2 fake words that sound real: BILGO LONS.

STEVE SILVERSTEIN
22 words, plus 5 bonus sympathy points for having the least words of anyone who actually tried!
FINAL TOTAL: 27!
BOING.. BIN SIN LOB SOB BIG SING GIN SLING BINS LOBS SLOB NIL LINGO BINGO BOIL BOILS OIL OILS LOG LOGS If famous names count, we can't omit BING.