I don't know if I'm spelling that correctly, but my DD wants to figure this out to win candy. Her clues are that it's a game involving this piece or term, the pieces are mostly red and small, and it can also be a sport, and it rhymes with 'twinkie'. Any idea?

By Luvn29 on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 04:21 pm:

I've googled several spellings and have gotten nothing. Good luck!

By Rgmom on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 09:40 pm:

Could it be tiddlywinks? The game of tiddlywinks uses a "squidger" to play the game pieces, which are small, colored plastic discs called "winks".

By Tink on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 09:58 pm:

I was thinking tiddlywinks, also, but I've only played with multicolored disks, not mostly red. I had no idea about a squidger or squidget being part of the game, though.

By Cybermommyx4 on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 - 11:10 pm:

????? now I know more than I ever thought I would about tiddlywinks, lol! But "rhymes with *twinkie*" ?!?

squidge · vt, vi to apply a squidger to a wink (Winking World 1, page 4)

1squidger · n the round instrument used to play winks. It may be no smaller than 25mm (formerly 1 inch) in diameter, no greater than 51mm (formerly 2 inches) in diameter, and no greater than 5mm (formerly 3/8 inch) in thickness at its edge

2squidger · n (rare) someone who squidges

1962 Life 14 Dec. Page 122. It set up two-man units each with a powerful offensive squidger and a canny defensive squopper.
squidge-in · n the play of a previously unplayed wink from behind its baseline. Also vi

squidge-off · n the determination of which color starts a game by shooting a wink of each color toward the pot. The closest color wins the squidge-off. Also vi

squidging . adj, n performing a squidge

1958 Sports Illustrated 7 Apr. Page M6. To keep squidging muscles in supple condition before a match, Cambridge tiddlywinkers twiddle their thumbs during lectures.

By Vicki on Friday, March 3, 2006 - 07:12 am:

Did you ever find the answer to this question?? Like the others, I tried searching, but no luck. Now I am curious!!

By Kate on Friday, March 3, 2006 - 09:09 am:

Yes, it was tiddlywinks!! Thanks so much!!

By Kaye on Friday, March 3, 2006 - 09:31 am:

Did you tell the teacher that does not rhyme? By definition to rhyme means to have the same ending sounds, and inkie, is not the same as winks. It does however have a similar vowel sound and alliteration